How to handle my internet addiction

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Hello all,

I have come to the realization that I have an internet addiction. I realized this because I recently moved out of my parent's house, and for the first few months I did not have internet in my apartment. As such, my only source of internet was through my phone, which I used sparingly as it was on a data plan. I also had access to WiFi at work and at my parent's house for when I really needed it.

When I had no internet, I saw that I actually did stuff. Much of my time on the net was spent here or on other 'forums', places where you discussed things but didn't actually do anything. When I had no net, I watched TV, I read books, I played games. I did the things that I always intended to do but never had time for. I think I discovered that I did in fact have time for them, I just was too easily pulled to the internet where I would waste all my time. My time at the net was just being wasted on nothing (or at most just spent finding out about and downloading more TV and games to never watch or play), where my time without net was spent doing things I enjoyed. I was able to see the difference whenever I would return to my parent's house. There I would end up spending a few hours online and realize I was just doing nothing, wasting time.

I got tired of always having to go out to get stuff online, or to stream things, etc. So I recently signed up for internet at my apartment. I have since noticed that all the ways I acted when I was at home are now here. I used to go on my computer and play games or even make games, another hobby. Now I just go on 4chan or other places and post all day, or watch streams, and then I'm frustrated because I didn't clean or didn't get further in a game I'm playing, etc.