can internet really ruin your social life?

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usually, i spend around 4 hours surfing the net, chatting, reading emails, making postings in mylot, and checking my friendster and tagged accounts. before was worse. when ragnarok, an online game, became popular here in the philippines, i got so addicted in the game, i can sit in front of the computer the whole day playing. sometimes, i tend to skip meals or stay up late just to finish what i'm doing. i could remember my sister saying that i have no more social life. i regret the days that i've spent lesser time with my family and friends just because of this. but thank God that those days were over. i have limited myself in spending too much time in the internet. anyway, i believe that internet should be used in more appropriate and productive ways.what about you, do you think the internet could affect your physical and social life?