I check email constantly and visit my favorite web sites every day. I've even blogged and shopped online in the middle of the night. Am I an Internet addict?
Thankfully not, according to this test. But there are people whose claim their online habits are leading to divorce, getting fired and even depression.
Stanford University's med school is trying to figure out if "Internet addiction" is a real medical problem or just a bad habit. Their survey found that one in eight Internet users behave like substance abusers: hiding or lying about being online and using the Internet to escape real problems. Some logged more than 30 hours a week of NON essential Internet use.
The Center for Internet Addiction offers counseling and says some people experience withdrawal and fantasize about being online.
Stanford says it's not just predators or gamblers. They found a lot of potential addicts are obsessed with shopping, chat rooms and -- BLOGS!
For the record, there's is absolutely NOTHING wrong with being addicted to this blog! :)
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