Thursday, December 29, 2005
Hello, my name is Teaspoon and I am a teen TV show addict
I realize that this post is going to open me up to possible, and let's face it probable, ridicule and scorn. My friends and family may even disavow me, but admitting you have a problem is the first step. TTSA is no laughing matter, it is an affliction that effects millions of Americans each week and everyday. It may not get the press that some of the bigger, and truthfully more important/dangerous addictions, but that does not make it any less of a problem. Anyone is potentially a TTS addict.
So again, my name is Teaspoon, and please people use real names, the only way you can get better is if you are completely honest. With yourself and with others.
The following is a transcript of a recent Teen TV Show Addicts Anonymous meeting. (so much for it being anonymous.)
My name is Teaspoon, I am 27 years old and I am an addict.
EVERYONE - "Hi, Teaspoon."
I have been addicted to TTSs since I actually was a teenager. It started with watching BH 90210 once or twice a season, then it was once or twice a month, and finally there I was every Wednesday. That spread to shows such as Saved By the Bell (in syndication), as well as Saved By the Bell the College Years. Currently the shows that I "watch" are Smallville, One Tree Hill, and last seasons, The O.C.
I have recently watched the first season of The O.C. on DVD, I don't know why I did this, the writing is sub par, the plots are either rehashed BH 90210 plots or worse, and the acting, aside from Adam Brody, is only fair all the way down to bad. It was actually painful to watch... but I couldn't stop. I couldn't look away, I had to find out what happened next.
Everytime I do this to myself I know that I am doing harm to myself, I tried not to watch The O.C. period when it first came out. A friend got me to watch an episode and then I found myself recording it so that I wouldn't miss it. With One Tree Hill I had gotten off of it, quit it cold turkey at the start of Season #2, but by the middle of the Season, I was watching it late at night in my underwear wearing a catchers mask. Smallville, I justify it that it is the story of Superman and what red-blooded American man would watch that, but that just isn't the reason, and I can't lie to myself anymore.
EVERYONE - " Good for you."
My name is Teaspoon, and I am an addict. Please help me get better.
EVERYONE - "Welcome Teaspoon, you can get better."
End of Transcript.
The above post was truly in no way meant to minimize what people go through with real addiction, I have several friends that are in AA and NA and worked hard to handle their addictions. My post was just as all my posts hopefully to be taken as entertainment and enjoyed.
Best,
Teaspoon
So again, my name is Teaspoon, and please people use real names, the only way you can get better is if you are completely honest. With yourself and with others.
The following is a transcript of a recent Teen TV Show Addicts Anonymous meeting. (so much for it being anonymous.)
My name is Teaspoon, I am 27 years old and I am an addict.
EVERYONE - "Hi, Teaspoon."
I have been addicted to TTSs since I actually was a teenager. It started with watching BH 90210 once or twice a season, then it was once or twice a month, and finally there I was every Wednesday. That spread to shows such as Saved By the Bell (in syndication), as well as Saved By the Bell the College Years. Currently the shows that I "watch" are Smallville, One Tree Hill, and last seasons, The O.C.
I have recently watched the first season of The O.C. on DVD, I don't know why I did this, the writing is sub par, the plots are either rehashed BH 90210 plots or worse, and the acting, aside from Adam Brody, is only fair all the way down to bad. It was actually painful to watch... but I couldn't stop. I couldn't look away, I had to find out what happened next.
Everytime I do this to myself I know that I am doing harm to myself, I tried not to watch The O.C. period when it first came out. A friend got me to watch an episode and then I found myself recording it so that I wouldn't miss it. With One Tree Hill I had gotten off of it, quit it cold turkey at the start of Season #2, but by the middle of the Season, I was watching it late at night in my underwear wearing a catchers mask. Smallville, I justify it that it is the story of Superman and what red-blooded American man would watch that, but that just isn't the reason, and I can't lie to myself anymore.
EVERYONE - " Good for you."
My name is Teaspoon, and I am an addict. Please help me get better.
EVERYONE - "Welcome Teaspoon, you can get better."
End of Transcript.
The above post was truly in no way meant to minimize what people go through with real addiction, I have several friends that are in AA and NA and worked hard to handle their addictions. My post was just as all my posts hopefully to be taken as entertainment and enjoyed.
Best,
Teaspoon
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An addiction may be stated as fact, yet, a problem is a matter of perspective. Temptation is there to be obeyed and worship with chocolate and cherry. And copious amount of rum.
I'd say unleash you inner geek and carry on prancing about proudly - in the name of Teen TV Show Addicts - with those steamy underoos and catchers mask. One man's problem is another man's salvation. Think of all those cutie actors you are supporting. They would be jobless without you.
Toob on, Superman!
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I'd say unleash you inner geek and carry on prancing about proudly - in the name of Teen TV Show Addicts - with those steamy underoos and catchers mask. One man's problem is another man's salvation. Think of all those cutie actors you are supporting. They would be jobless without you.
Toob on, Superman!
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