>>That is good advice Mike, or at least I like it, for I do not know what is good for Mike, or for anyone suffering depression or addiction. From the list of series in Netflix, I would add long running ones, some that I liked are "Monk", "How I met your mother", "Dexter"
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>>What seems to be working for me, but it might be taking as just another addiction, is playing computer games, in particular strategy games, like "Civilization" (currently V) or Medieval Total War (various versions) .
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>I find video games addicting themselves and try to steer away from them when I'm in a bad spot. I play a lot of them though. Civ 5 is great, although I find myself always falling back to a military victory. I guess that says something about me. :-)

When my frustration level gets high enough, either I'm going to head out for a long walk (with the dogs), or I'm heading upstairs to get on Battlefield Bad Company 2.

Wife: "where are you going?"
Me: "upstairs to kill people"
Wife: "OK - dinner is at 6"