The thread at Son">http://www.olganon.org/?q=node/17375]Son in recovery -- and now on TV! provides links to 2 articles, Internet">http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_081809WAB-internet-addiction-c... addiction treatment center opens in Fall City (WARNING: There are some clips from WoW in the associated video if you click to watch it) and Internet">http://www.q13fox.com/news/kcpq--082009-internetaddiction,0,3860970.stor... Addiction Treated At Computer "Detox" Center that talks about the first in-patient treatment center for Internet addiction and 19 year-old Ben Alexander, one of its patients.
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- John O.
[em]Carpe Diem![/em] (Seize the Day!)
Nice, glad to see a treatment facility on this side of the US.
Cheers, Desire to Stop
ALL quoted text (unless otherwise stated) comes from the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous (with wording sometimes changed only to make it more relevant for gaming addiction). I will include page numbers.
Hoping & praying for a measure of recovery for all of us today.
I caught the tail end of an ad for an internet addiction facility. What I heard made it sound something like the Betty Ford clinic or some such...
Was very surprised to hear that advertised on the radio !
" ... don't question it just go" "... where the body goes the mind will follow"
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Borrowed from "Desire to Stop"
The article Internet addiction center opens in US provides more details about this new treatment facility, as well as general information related to Internet addiction.
- John O.
[em]Carpe Diem![/em] (Seize the Day!)
The article Games: Interview With The Founder of a Video Game Rehab Clinic is based on an interview with Dr. Hilarie Cash, one of the co-founders. This article says:
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- John O.
[em]Carpe Diem![/em] (Seize the Day!)
A copy of the interview: Games: Interview With The Founder of a Video Game Rehab Clinic
can also be found here: http://www.olganon.org/?q=node/19458
Liz
Liz Woolley