reSTART, first US Internet addiction clinic opens

LMAO red! Good one!
I feel, as someone else has said, that there is a real underlying truth to this, but the way it is positioned is too "commercialized" for it to hold any weight except for the people who are "desperate ones"...
AND, 14k$ is a bit much for anyone.

14k what internet addict or any addict for that matter would have that amount of cash , google and the likes should be paying for the clinics .

Hey Twister,
maybe Eric Schmidt should do PSA's about "responsible internet" like Gary loveman does for Harrahs

I had to do a google on all of that red , have a look at where I'm living , we don't get much news on Harrahs and Gary loveman over here , but with the financial boom of the past , casinos , strip clubs, prostitution and cocaine sprung up over night here in a big way , now everyone's skint clinics are full to burst , there's a pattern here somewhere I think .

Thought I would add a little amusement
I actually don't consider something that someone enjoys classified as an addiction. If we go that route, then we might as well classify a lot of things we do as an addiction. I would be seeing the shrink everyday for my addiction to computers, chocolate, fishing, music, movies, etc.
Sure there are some people who take the use of the internet a little to far but people do it with a lot of other things as well. The internet is not the problem, it's those people who are using it.

I have the internet available in every room of my house. Do I qualify? From media centers, setting up a home server, and making sure my portable devices have wifi. In any case I'd spend that money on investments, well that's not really spending is it.

hi....my name is 192.168.255.255

....of dear, well , i think we may just see you in an upcoming episode of "intervention" :wave:

Game addiction has been getting a lot more press as of late. Just last night, i watched a DVD exploring the people who play MMO's and several segments dealt with one man's obsession with Everquest.

The name of the documentary was "Second Skin". Fascinating piece that explore many different aspects of online culture.

anyone see the south park episode where there all playing WOW , its funny stuff .

you've got to be kidding me "medical condition" ya right thats a joke. Their is nothing Biological about internet addiction, except maybe lazyitis

"Participants will engage activities that are often avoided"
So I can assume you get sex when you sign up?