I am not alone!! Check out these stats...

Email addiction rears its ugly head...

In 2007 AOL surveyed 4,025 respondents, 13 and older, in 20 cities around the US to measure email usage, here are some results:

• 59% of people are checking email in bed
  
• 53% in the bathroom
  
• 37% while driving
• 12% while in church
• 40% of people check their email in the middle of the night
• 47% of people that live in Houston are more likely to check their email in the middle of the night then eating a midnight snack
• Women have fewer e-mail accounts on average (2.6) than men (3.0). 
• There is virtually no difference in how long men and women have had e-mail. 
• 60% of all respondents who work outside of the home check personal e-mail on the job an average of three times. Women are more likely than men to feel guilty about doing so (31% vs. 26%). 
• Men are more likely than women to check their work e-mail over the weekend (69 percent vs. 62 percent). 
• Men are more likely than women to have checked their e-mail in the middle of the night (44% vs. 36%). 
• Women spend about 15 extra minutes a day on e-mail than men do.
• Despite having fewer accounts, on average, than men, women check e-mail more frequently daily (4.6 times) than men (4.3). 
• Men have gone longer than women without checking their e-mail (nine vs. eight days). 
• Men are more likely than women to check their e-mail from a portable device in restaurants, while eating out alone, at a Wi-Fi HotSpot and in business meetings, while women are more likely than men to check e-mail on a portable device in bed in their pajamas. 

And for the best stat: only 16% of women and 13% of men think they are addicted to email

Isn't it amazing how inaccurately people perceive themselves? This study reveals how addicted people really are to email. If all of these people are checking their email in the middle of the night, they are sleeping with their Blackberry or iPhone! I must admit that I have done that on a number of occasions, but not anymore.