"I blog, therefore I am" - FIDDAMAN the blog addict

"I blog, therefore I am" is a great and dangerous fallacy and the blog addict needs to understand that.

http://middlewesterner.typepad.com/middlewesterner/2005/02/the_blogging_ad_1.html

You'll see that one who is tempted to blog starts by hanging out with bloggers (in a virtual sense) and soon enough gets sucked into the endless cycle of Post-and-Read-and-Post-and-Read. And soon enough, something that started out as an innocent and fun way to pass the time turns dark and ugly and begins to ruin a life - and not just the blogger's life, but the lives of those around him.

Unlike the heroin addiction, the cure for the blog addict is not necessarily total abstinence. Rather, as with many sexual addictions, the goal is to change the habit and the mind-set, so that the patient gains control of the activity, rather than allowing the activity to control him.