Ask Slashdot: Living Without Internet At-Home Access?

An anonymous reader writes "I've decided that the internet is no longer a positive influence on my life, and am interested in canceling my service. In the interest of not forgoing all digital conveniences, I plan to set up a small intranet, hosting a few resources that I think I'd like to have access to on a regular basis (e.g. a text dump of Wikipedia). I'll also still have access to the internet at my office, and have easy access to public Wi-Fi at libraries and coffee shops. My questions are thus: Does anybody have any experience living without the internet? What major nuisances did you encounter? What resources should I put on my intranet? Is there anything I'm overlooking?"

Re:No Carrier

[Antisyzygy]

If you know you can't control your drinking you don't burn down all the liquor stores within 5 miles of your house, forcing yourself to go 6 miles away to get booze when you need it. You go get treatment for the problem itself. I used to have a bad drinking problem, mostly due to a combination of genetics and depression. I went the in-patient and out-patient treatment route with AA. It never sat well with me because I am an atheist and the whole higher power thing seems ridiculous to me since there are medical reasons for addiction. Then, I discovered a little pill called Naltrexone and I drink moderately about 90 percent of the time. Since it blocks the dopamine receptors in my brain I do not get positive feedback from drinking (or eating). Lesson? You can do things to control your problem through medical and psychiatric treatment. In his case, maybe he needs to get a porn blocker or some software that only allows internet to be on a few times a day.

Re:No Carrier

[jawtheshark]

Same here. Atheist, bad drinking problem, didn't find AA helpful. I didn't go the meds way. I found myself a good psychiatrist who 'simply' found a good way to convince me that drinking was going to destroy me long term. I quit cold turkey 1st March 2010, and didn't drink a drip ever since.
The only valid step with an addiction is realizing you have a problem, and then seeking help.

Re:Also this is not the audience you want.

[Barlo_Mung_42]

To be fair, many of us remember life without the internet. Heck, I even remember when you had to get up and walk across the room to change channels.