Posted on 11/30/2005 7:32:29 PM PST by SirChas
Hooked on the Web:
Help Is on the Way By SARAH KERSHAW
REDMOND, Wash.
THE waiting room for Hilarie Cash's practice has the look and feel of many a therapist's office, with soothing classical music, paintings of gentle swans and colorful flowers and on the bookshelves stacks of brochures on how to get help.
But along with her patients, Dr. Cash, who runs Internet/Computer Addiction Services here in the city that is home to Microsoft, is a pioneer in a growing niche in mental health care and addiction recovery.
The patients, including Mike, 34, are what Dr. Cash and other mental health professionals call onlineaholics. They even have a diagnosis: Internet addiction disorder.
These specialists estimate that 6 percent to 10 percent of the approximately 189 million Internet users in this country have a dependency that can be as destructive as alcoholism and drug addiction, and they are rushing to treat it. Yet some in the field remain skeptical that heavy use of the Internet qualifies as a legitimate addiction, and one academic expert called it a fad illness.
(Excerpt) Read more at drudgereport.com ...
What would the 12 steps be to recover from Freeping?
http://nytimes.com/2005/12/01/fashion/thursdaystyles/01addict.html?ei=5094&en=520b3d4fbb667856&hp=&ex=1133413200&partner=homepage&pagewanted=print
You really need this!!!
becoming really , really ignorant and ill informed like the rest of America!
As long as you are learning and not spending , it ain't no addiction!
Are we talking about porn and/or gambling "addicts" here?
1) Put your beeber on stune
2) Have someone hold your beer
3) Chase that moose away from your sister (moose bites can be pretty nasty)
4) Get in the shower
5) ...
I'll add more later but right now I have to go see if there are any new threads.
Addiction? No way, I can step away from FR any time I want. Yessiree, any time.
See ya tomorrow.
I can stop anytime I want. I just don't want to right now.
First step is to admit you have a problem.
The last step is to submit yourself to a higher power.
So I guess Freeping qualifies.
Excuse me I have to go now. I haven't changed my tee shirt in six weeks.
well, I guess you are correct, those thoughts never entered my mind!
I am addicted!!! and freeping is my drug of choice!!
That number seems a stretch. John Kerry got too many votes to suggest this country is that literate.
Can the meetings be held over the web?
This is only reply No. 50,686 for me. I don't have a problem.
Just because I have FR on my Blackberry and I'm working on an I-POD version doesn't mean I'm addicted.
You've posted a total of 1 thread and 21,338 replies.
I can't believe I survived my newbie vanity posting.
You've only posted 1 thread?
I would say I Freep to read the articles, but I really spend all day looking for MoDo threads.
What the hell is a therapist's office? For that matter, what the hell is music, paintings and bookshelves?
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