There should be an X-Box controller as the pic, those kids play more than PlayStation users, and are very abusive.

hahahah, only attention *****s go there.

Wait, they also give you *****s there??
Too bad I'm not sick...

I can just imagine some of the 12 steps...
Step 1: Unplug Console
Step 2: Go outside and experience actual sunlight
...
Step 11: Make friends that aren't l33t gankers
Step 12: Get a (real) girlfriend

imagine when they are cured,

and they have withdrawls,

"man im really craving some halo 3:dead:"

they take internet addiction very seriously in china its big over there and holland has treatment centres for video game addicts and apparently alcoholics and video game addicts relate to each others symptoms .

That $14,500 could buy me a few PS3's maybe an X-Box, some exclusives and cross platform titles an HDTV a 7.1 stereo system a lazy boy chair, a trip to the supermarket, an alarm system for my home, then locked down for a few months in my basement and play games all day and night long.

LOL...$14,500 because you can't walk away from the Internet or a game? Hell, give me $5,000, I'll pop the CPU out of your PC and we're all good - addiction solved. ;-)

Sorry, but for $14,500 I could put a nice down payment on a house. I can quit at any time. I swear.

Almost seems like a joke to me
But i guess when I worked at office max there was a couple that came in, looked like they were strung out on crack. Wanted to buy a router and some other computer stuff. When I asked them if it was for a particular use, they said as long as it will work with Ever Crack err Quest.
Made me laugh

I think with most medical conditions (especially the newer ones like Internet addiction) there is a level of truth in them, but there are also many other people using it as an excuse. I'll be the first to admit that when I'm on vacation and don't have my PC or an internet connection i feel a little lost. But by no means will I 'tweak' if i dont have internet for a week or a month.
If this place can help the people who really need it, its a great thing...if they are trying to capitalize on the general stupidity of people in large quantities...then maybe not. But hey, its America, make a product, sell it, win...that's the modum operadi
$14k for 45 days, rent, food, and "adventure trips" included, not really a bad deal. yes its out of my price range, but I can easily see 5-6k of this just covering the basic expenses like rent ($100/night for a decent hotel; I bet this is on par if not more), food ($22 a day is still $1000), and electricity. Plus the labor and overhead of the staff and the cost of transporting people to the adventures and costs to do the adventure.
And to the first poster, what proof can you offer the xbox players are more addicted then playstation users....sounds awfully fanboy-ish to me

Eddie_42, very nice post.

People have all kinds of addictions, drugs, alcohol, sex, work, video games, smoking, etc. If you don't have any addictions good for you, however there are people who need help and can't just walk away without it. If the addiction is real then some of these costs should be covered by insurance.

@Eddie_42:
There are just too many surveys done for you not to realize that X-box users spend longer time playing, than PStation users. Am going off the surveys. I urge you to do a web search.

Does being addicted to TECHSPOT count?

I know that some teenagers need a boot from their games, but shouldn't a good parent be able to do so? I know i got my teen motivated and off of world of warcraft. Whilst he still plays it, he's now more interested in life.
Instead of 15k, why not try actually getting "with it" and trying some real parenting applied to the modern world?
As for taking the internet relation away completely... Why would you do so? People need a break from reality.

Not really a good start when you get there and its called the' internet addiction 'Crysis' Center'

I guess its like any addiction , they can't handle it in any amount . Good parenting might get them of the path to addiction before its to late but the early signs aren't as easy to spot as someone getting drunk all the time or always smelling of weed , internet porn addiction would be more worrying .