Using T.V. as a Pain Killer

Every Day I'm struggling with pain and a part of me has felt proud that I haven't turned to pain medications to bring me comfort.  My doctor offered them to me a long time ago but I decided that would not be very good because I would want them every day since I'm in pain every day.  I knew that if I started taking pain meds. I might end up becoming dependent on them since we didn't know what was wrong or how long I would be in pain.  It was a good decision but the other day as I turned on a movie for my boys I realized that the T.V. had become a kind of pain killer for me, and that needed to change.  I needed to break away from it and discover new ways to cope with what I was going through.  I couldn't let my kids suffer (which is what I think to much T.V. is for kids).  Like any addiction I had to remove it from the living room.  I put our T.V. on a rolling T.V. stand and stuck it in our living room closet that only I can open.  I will bring it out only at scheduled times.  It might be hard (for me) at first, but even when dealing with my pain I can find better ideas for my little toddlers.