I always knew I was ill. I just did not know what it was called. Matt McCall at VC Confidential identified it for me. Daily, I can get swallowed up by my computer and spend hours in front of it when I only meant to spend a few minutes:
"Like an alcoholic, I am addicted to LCD’s and the connectivity they bring me. Dr. Edward Hallowell has written a couple of books on the increasing craziness of our worlds these days. Interestingly enough, his core specialty is treating kids for ADD. In "Crazy Busy", he lays out a broad array of time abusers and approaches to dealing with them. He doesn’t condemn this new world but rather describes it as one of the most engaging, exciting and interactive of times. It is because of this energy that we are drawn to the rush of always connected, all the time. He refers to my illness as "Screen Sucking". Unchecked, it will consume 24 hours a day. There is always someone to send an email to or receive one. It is our generation’s IM."
