Stella - I grew up devouring secular fiction as a hobby and as an escape from a painful life.  It is now almost like an old addiction that lurks in the background.  Every time I try to give up my excessive time on-line, I end up back with a book.

But lately, I can't find much worth reading.  When I was protestant, I began to realize the harm that romance novels were doing me & my friends & I actually had a bonfire & burned them.  I began reading more action/adventure or mystery books.  BUt more & more, these contain the same types of impurities or descriptions of other evils that I do not want to read.  I miss old fashioned books like Agatha Christie's  Miss Marple or the Perry Mason novels, etc.

I took a big step yesterday in asking the admins of both the other forums I belong to to de-activate my accounts.  I am a little nervous, but I think it is the right thing to do.  I have had the admins put me on a self-imposed ban at times and during those times I did much better.  As soon as the ban was over, I was right back there.  So I am going to cut myself off totally.  Wasting time on line does NOT help me in my vocation as wife and mother.

I also sent an e-mail to my priest asking for a little advice & help with some good Catholic reading to replace my secular reading.  He says my reading of blogs to learn things about the faith is ok, but what I really need is a good Catholic book to replace the on line time with.

So I am beginning this journey of eliminating unhealthy things.

Pray for me, please.

I am curious if any one here has wanted to give up television but had a family opposed to it?

I myself find the noise horrible and refuse to let my kids watch it after school.  Some days I break down and allow 1/2 hour - but then I find the shows annoying and stupid.

My hubby watches a lot of TV and is not willing to consider getting rid of it.  If I want to spend time with him in the evenings, I need to watch TV.  There are only 2 or 3 shows left I will watch - crime/cop shows all of them - because in them I don't usually have to worry about impurity.

If it was up to me, I would throw it out today.

ANd I find that secular novels - whose plots read like TV series - addict me as much as TV.  I can sit and read for hours.  That will be harder for me to break than the TV habit!  I am having problems finding anything good to read, though.  I have been asking the homeschooling mothers at my TLM what they read and will be taking my recommendations from them.  Secular literature is beginning to bother me like TV does.

I also am struggling with how much time I spend on line.  I read mostly Catholic stuff, but I am currently trying to discern if any of it actually helps me.

This is my first post here - so HI to all of you!  ( I have been lurking for a while.)   

I am debating about giving up other forums that seem to thrive on controversy.

Please, all of you, pray for me.