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Harumph! Those withdrawal symptoms almost killed me! If Dr. Atkins had been alive when this board was created, I'm sure he would have included another chapter in his book. Something like "Living in the Real World: How to Survive ADBB Downtime." I tried all the remedies I knew -- another cup of veggies, snacks high in fat and protein, drinking more water, brushing my teeth more often... Nothing made the ADBB cravings go away!
It all started Wednesday afternoon (morning for the US folks). I was on ADBB when a window popped up out of the blue telling me "the domain has expired". Now, you all know I'm a very rational person. I don't trust windows. Ever! Especially those saying something I don't want to hear. So I treated it with indifference and killed it with the lethal 'X' button. It obviously didn't like my brutal ways, because it transferred itself in the window where I had ADBB opened. Now this was extreme rudeness. I was pissed off! Clicked REFRESH. Once. Twice. Nothing. Nothing?! Noooooo! REFRESH. REFRESH. REFRESH. Please REFRESH. Please? Pleasy please? Damn you!
I'm very patient in general. I really am, seriously! But not having ADBB is more than I can take. You see, when I gave up sugar, I didn't stop being an addict. No. I just substituted an addiction with another. A healthier one indeed, but an addiction nonetheless. So when I was left without my fix, despair took over. Was it only me? I was still receiving emails from the board, so others clearly didn't have the problem. Great, now what?! How am I going to let people know I am stranded?! It's like getting stuck alone in an elevator and discovering your phone ran out of battery and the emergency button is broken! No, I'm actually lying. The elevator is much better. It happened to me once and I was able to alert people by banging on the door. Now all I could bang on was the refresh button. And even that was to no avail!
I needed a rescue plan. Lyssie. She *must* know what's going on. I send her a message, she has the same problem. Paranoia sets in -- they are out to get us! It's a conspiracy! How else could you explain the fact that Lyssie *and* I cannot access the board, while others can? Do you know how many emails we exchanged on the ADBB topic? Over 50! Sure you'll say, no surprise, you talk all the time in your journals anyway. True, but you see... in the journals, we are never able to concentrate on a single topic for more than about 5 posts. And here we were, with over 50 emails. 50! That's pathetic!
While the board was down, I had time to do a lot of squats. Squats, unlike push-ups or crunches, have the advantage that you can press refresh every time you do the downward motion. That's efficiency to me!
Anyway. I'm very glad to be back. Hopefully everything will be sorted out soon and everybody will regain access to the board. *fingers crossed*
My three questions for you:
1. How efficient are you without ADBB? [My answer: I thought I waste a lot of time on the board, but I discovered I actually work better if I am able to check it throughout the day.]
2. Were you more tempted to cheat without getting advice/inspiration/etc. from the board? [My answer: No. But I've cheat-free for months, so that makes things easier.]
3. Would you keep doing Atkins if the board closed? Do you think your success on Atkins depends on ADBB? [My answer: From where I am today, I would say "yes, I would, even without the board", on the other hand I am pretty sure I would have not restarted Atkins after being more off than on this summer, if I hadn't read something here that really opened my eyes.]
Happy posting everyone!
It all started Wednesday afternoon (morning for the US folks). I was on ADBB when a window popped up out of the blue telling me "the domain has expired". Now, you all know I'm a very rational person. I don't trust windows. Ever! Especially those saying something I don't want to hear. So I treated it with indifference and killed it with the lethal 'X' button. It obviously didn't like my brutal ways, because it transferred itself in the window where I had ADBB opened. Now this was extreme rudeness. I was pissed off! Clicked REFRESH. Once. Twice. Nothing. Nothing?! Noooooo! REFRESH. REFRESH. REFRESH. Please REFRESH. Please? Pleasy please? Damn you!
I'm very patient in general. I really am, seriously! But not having ADBB is more than I can take. You see, when I gave up sugar, I didn't stop being an addict. No. I just substituted an addiction with another. A healthier one indeed, but an addiction nonetheless. So when I was left without my fix, despair took over. Was it only me? I was still receiving emails from the board, so others clearly didn't have the problem. Great, now what?! How am I going to let people know I am stranded?! It's like getting stuck alone in an elevator and discovering your phone ran out of battery and the emergency button is broken! No, I'm actually lying. The elevator is much better. It happened to me once and I was able to alert people by banging on the door. Now all I could bang on was the refresh button. And even that was to no avail!
I needed a rescue plan. Lyssie. She *must* know what's going on. I send her a message, she has the same problem. Paranoia sets in -- they are out to get us! It's a conspiracy! How else could you explain the fact that Lyssie *and* I cannot access the board, while others can? Do you know how many emails we exchanged on the ADBB topic? Over 50! Sure you'll say, no surprise, you talk all the time in your journals anyway. True, but you see... in the journals, we are never able to concentrate on a single topic for more than about 5 posts. And here we were, with over 50 emails. 50! That's pathetic!
While the board was down, I had time to do a lot of squats. Squats, unlike push-ups or crunches, have the advantage that you can press refresh every time you do the downward motion. That's efficiency to me!
Anyway. I'm very glad to be back. Hopefully everything will be sorted out soon and everybody will regain access to the board. *fingers crossed*
My three questions for you:
1. How efficient are you without ADBB? [My answer: I thought I waste a lot of time on the board, but I discovered I actually work better if I am able to check it throughout the day.]
2. Were you more tempted to cheat without getting advice/inspiration/etc. from the board? [My answer: No. But I've cheat-free for months, so that makes things easier.]
3. Would you keep doing Atkins if the board closed? Do you think your success on Atkins depends on ADBB? [My answer: From where I am today, I would say "yes, I would, even without the board", on the other hand I am pretty sure I would have not restarted Atkins after being more off than on this summer, if I hadn't read something here that really opened my eyes.]
Happy posting everyone!
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