How can I stop being a slave to technology?

I have real ambitions to do other things I enjoy, but somehow I always end up back on my laptop or cellphone. While on one of these, I am not doing anything productive. Facebook, Youtube, MSN, e-mail, etc. It’s like my fingers just click and type on their own and I have no control over them.

I’m an aspiring writer and NEED my laptop to get things done. I feel like such a failure when I end up watching youtube videos for 5 hours. =(

How do I fix this? How do I make the technology work FOR me and not against me? I obviously have some kind of ADD… except it’s not really ADD, it’s more like.. Technology Abuse Disorder…am I the only one who has this problem?

I really need some good advice for how to turn this around. Thank you.