{"id":736,"date":"2010-11-26T01:59:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-26T01:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2010\/11\/how-to-tell-if-you-have-a-blogging-problem\/"},"modified":"2010-11-26T01:59:00","modified_gmt":"2010-11-26T01:59:00","slug":"how-to-tell-if-you-have-a-blogging-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2010\/11\/how-to-tell-if-you-have-a-blogging-problem.html","title":{"rendered":"How To Tell If You Have a Blogging Problem"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>There are a lot of web sites that help you figure out if you have a <i>drinking<\/i> problem. But there don\u2019t seem to be any that help you figure out if you have a <em>blogging<\/em> problem. Fortunately, all that is needed is to copy from a site about alcohol addiction, and use find and replace to make it address <i>blogging addiction<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>Two examples follow. The first comes from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/alcohol\/prevention\/signs.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">this site<\/a>, aimed at students:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Do you lose time from classes due to blogging? <\/p>\n<p>Do you\u00a0blog because you are uncomfortable in social situations? <\/p>\n<p>Do you\u00a0blog to build up your self confidence? <\/p>\n<p>Is\u00a0blogging affecting your relationships with friends? <\/p>\n<p>Do you\u00a0blog alone? <\/p>\n<p>Do you\u00a0blog to escape from studies or home worries? <\/p>\n<p>Do you feel guilty or depressed after blogging? <\/p>\n<p>Does it bother you if someone says that maybe you\u00a0blog too much? <\/p>\n<p>Do you have to\u00a0blog when you go out on a date? <\/p>\n<p>Do you get along better with other people when you blog? <\/p>\n<p>Do you feel more important when you blog? <\/p>\n<p>Have you lost friends since you started blogging? <\/p>\n<p>Do you\u00a0blog more than most of your friends? <\/p>\n<p>Have you started hanging around with a crowd that\u00a0blogs more than your old friends? <\/p>\n<p>Do you\u00a0blog until you just couldn\u2019t\u00a0blog anymore? <\/p>\n<p>Have you ever had a complete loss of memory from blogging? <\/p>\n<p>Have you ever been to a hospital or been arrested due to\u00a0blogging behavior? <\/p>\n<p>Do you turn off to any studies or lectures about blogging? <\/p>\n<p>If you answered yes to some of these questions, you have some of the symptoms that indicate a problem with blogging. Remember, there is no intelligent reason to deny that you have a health problem. If you think you do have a problem, the most important thing is to do something about it! <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The second is from <a href=\"http:\/\/alcoholism.about.com\/cs\/homework\/a\/blsigns.htm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">About.com<\/a>: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u2022Have you ever felt you should cut down on your blogging? <\/p>\n<p>\u2022Have people annoyed you by criticizing your blogging?<\/p>\n<p>\u2022Have you ever felt bad or guilty about your blogging?<\/p>\n<p>\u2022Have you ever\u00a0blogged first thing in the morning to steady your nerves?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/7622297540113836091-5095634022044976918?l=exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are a lot of web sites that help you figure out if you have a drinking problem. But there don\u2019t seem to be any that help you figure out if you have a blogging problem. Fortunately, all that is needed is to copy from a site about alcohol addiction, and use find and replace [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How To Tell If You Have a Blogging Problem<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"There are a lot of web sites that help you figure out if you have a drinking problem. 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