America’s First Internet Addiction Center Opens
September 9th, 2009
Internet addiction may seem like a slippery slope to many who use the internet for working and engaging in social interactions, but some people may experience a strong tendency to crave internet and computer use to a debilitating degree. To address this issue, an internet addiction clinic has been opened recently in Washington state, with hopes of helping addicts return to a prosperous and balanced life. The program runs for the course of forty five days and is not covered by insurance, but is intent on providing quality services to those who enter its doors.
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This sounds like such a great idea! I’ve seen many friends and myself included get sucked into the world of the internet and online gaming especially. It is not different than any other addiction and it can destroy your life just as much. Facilities and programs of this type could do so much good!
It will be hard for it to take off prior to being covered by insurance. The average person hasn’t got $14K+ lying around for something like that.
This is a good thing in my opinion. There are people out there who check their mail 50 times a day, and now with the increasing popularity of social networking sites, the problem has only snow-balled. Too much of anything is bad, and a de-addiction clinic is a step in the right direction.
Internet addiction is now listed as a type of compulsive disorder, and can be very harmful to the personal life of an individual. As soon as a person gets addicted to the internet, or anything in general, his social interactions will suffer and so will his family-life.
In this age of the internet and internet addictions, this announcement is like a silver lining in helping people who want to kick the addiction and get their lives back on track.
My cousin suffered from internet addiction last year and it was a very tough time for him and his family. First of all, it took him quite some time to realize that he was suffering and once that was done, he had a very tough time kicking the addiction. He consulted several doctors over a period of months and was finally free of the addiction.
This new center will be a boon as trained staff will be able to help the addicts in a much better and way and the recovery can be faster.
My husband claims that he is addicted to online pornography and it has caused terrible troubles in our marriage as you could only imagine. I do not even know where to turn to for help because I have this feeling that it is my fault. I never even knew that such a thing existed but I guess the internet has given us lots of things we would have never imagined having to deal with even ten years ago. He is having a hard time in therapy as am I and everything just feels like it is falling apart. Washington is nowhere close to where we live and he says that SA meetings are not really his thing. I am at the end of my rope and really do not know what other sources to look to to help with our situation.
Good for you. Innovative program!. You are offering a real solution for a very real problem that so many of us, as therapists, are dealing with more frequently with our clients.
I need professional advice,
I am in the Military and I seem to fit the description of IAD. I sit behind a computer all day emailing other peoples girlfriends and fiancés all day long. And when they don’t have time for me and they are out doing things I send them emails all day long, sometimes up to 10 emails in one day. I don’t understand why I do this. Even when they tell me things like, “I am getting married soon”, or “I never met you in my life how could you love me and have such strong feelings”, I continue to try to be with these females. At time I find myself just sitting behind a webcam for hours watching these females and trying to have them talk to me but most of the time I am ignored only then having to show them how much I care at times I send the money as well in outrageous amounts trying to prove my love that I think I am feeling. I think that they just take the money and then keep talking to me because they think I’m sad and they feel sorry for me, but I’m not 100% sure. I heard one of their husbands say he don’t care that I talk to her and send money, that he thinks it’s cute that I do that, but I’m really trying to be with this female but when I ask her when I can visit her she doesn’t want me to. Is it that I think it’s a game and I am trying to win these females away from their loving relationships, or is it them just using me for money just talking to me? I want to try to get some advice or even help with this conduction I may have before it interferes with my job. I been sending more emails lately then my reports I must with my occupation. I cannot speak with a Military counselor for it may jeopardize my current work status for I am around computer all the time and all I want to do is chat. Have I lost my reality? Is the Love I’m looking for really on the internet or must I unplug? Please send me some professional advice.
It nearly always involves out and out bribery and using investigators to enable blackmailing opponents. ,
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