What Help Is Available for Internet Addiction?

Question by NH Baritone: What help is available for internet addiction?
This is not gambling, porn, or anything other than web cruising and forums. Are there national organizations for internet addiction? Online meetings (the irony is not lost on me)? Other resources?

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Answer by prichardfinancial
You need to get yourself a healthy addiction like chewing tabacco or drinking boxed wine.

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China Internet Addiction – China has cemented its position as the world’s largest Internet population, with the number of Internet users reaching a staggering 300 million at the end of 2008, according to the China Internet Network Information Centre. For more news and videos visit ? ntdtv.org Follow us on Twitter ? http Add us on Facebook ? on.fb.me But there is a downside. At a newly created Internet addiction treatment centre, Cheng Jiawei had to finish one last exercise of arranging toy figurines in a sandpit, a way her doctors could understand how her mind worked. Once spending 15 hours a day in Internet cafes, Cheng’ arrangements toned down after two and a half months at China’s largest Internet addiction treatment centre. [Cheng Wei, Patient]: “When I played video games, I believed that I was one character in the games. I made ‘friends’ playing video games that I couldn’t make in real life.” Cheng’s family spent 3700 dollars on the treatment, while some 60 children are in the treatment centre. Tao Ran founded China’s biggest Internet addiction treatment centre, and is now looking for additional space as more people knock on the door for help. [Tao Ran, Director]: “There are more than 200 organisations offering treatment for internet addiction in China now. If it weren’t for the fast increase in the number of these hospitals, we would have many more people coming here for help.” The treatment does not come cheap – each patient pays about 1500 dollars (USD) a month, sometimes staying for up

 

From Twitter:

RT @ISetPanemOnFire: “@ButtercupPN12: WHAT IF WE ALL SAW EACH OTHER IN REHAB FOR INTERNET ADDICTION?” It def wouldn’t help our addiction … – by ButtercupPN12 (Buttercup(=^?^=))

From Twitter:

“@ButtercupPN12: WHAT IF WE ALL SAW EACH OTHER IN REHAB FOR INTERNET ADDICTION?” It def wouldn’t help our addiction I’m sure haha – by ISetPanemOnFire (Katniss Everdeen)

From Twitter:

@ladygaga If not, can it help me with my internet addiction? #bornbravebus – by pmoyacristina (CristinaMoyaPalacios)