“I began by trying to make a few friends laugh. I had no idea how quickly tweeting would consume me. Before long I was posting 20 to 30 times a day, seven days a week,” tells Larry Carlat, formerly “L.C.” of Twitter, to the New York Times. Carlat goes on about losing his job and marriage due to his tweetaholism.

“Do I still have the occasional urge to tweet? Do I continue to compose tweets in my head? Do I miss my Twitter friends? Sure. But the immense weight of compulsion has been lifted. Now, before I go to sleep, I turn off my iPhone before I turn out the lights.” Interestingly, what some may consider a brave confession of a true obsession, many of the readers’ comments on the post call foul, claiming L.C. may be full of B.S.

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