Addicted?

Years ago, I wasted one-and-a-half hours a couple of different times playing Solitaire on my computer.  I felt that was too long.  I tried setting different limits.  Three games.  Fifteen minutes.  But when I played, I often played for at least thirty minutes or to postpone getting started on what I knew I needed to be doing.  Several times I “fasted” from computer games for forty days.  Soon after the fast, I was under control, for a while.  I finally simply removed the games from my computer and don’t miss playing Solitaire anymore.

Then Facebook came along.

Initially, I had fun putting cute little critters in garden plots with a few people, but after a while I thought: “What is the point of this?”  I stopped all those types of games fairly easily.

Now, I play Wordscraper on Facebook with a friend. I don’t spend more than fifteen minutes on any one day and usually less.  I get to interact with someone I don’t see often and the game helps to keep my mind sharp.

How about you?  Have you been addicted to a computer game?  Have you found a way out?  My friend, Curt, shared how God grabbed his attention and how he exchanged his game time for time spent discipling people through eMail.  Read more…

If you don’t think you have time or the necessary skills to use a computer to answer a few emails, then let Sarah’s story encourage you to consider being an Online Missionary.

You can make a difference in people’s lives sooner than you think by signing up to be an Online Missionary for Global Media Outreach or for EveryStudent.com.