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Could You Be Addicted to the Internet?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the all-part-of-the-job-description dept.

Billosaur writes "Over at The Register, Dr Stephen Juan has this interesting article on Internet Addiction Disorder (IAD). Apparently this has been around since at least 1995 and there are those lobbying for it to be included in the DSM-IV. While some people use the Internet a lot for work or to keep in touch with family & friends as well as banking and bill-paying, it's interesting to thing that some people actually become addicted. There's still a lot of controversy over the diagnosis, whether this is true addiction or not. There is more detailed information available in this paper from Viriginia Tech."

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  1. Could I? by lostngone · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Thats like asking does water flow down hill. . The answer is yes.

  2. No. by Hawthorne01 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I can quit any time I want to. Really.

    --
    "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."
  3. Re:Internet? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Yeh its addictive I can remember the first time I gave a bj for a broadband connection.