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    by Crystal Cook

    Sometime near the end of 2005 The New York Times reported six to ten percent of (then) one hundred eighty-nine million Internet users were afflicted with IAD (Internet Addiction Disorder). Some say it is a legitimate addi...read more

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    by Girlnurse

    Yes, unfortunately people are getting addicted to the Internet in alarming numbers. Families are being ruined and relationships destroyed. Take an average looking guy with pretty low self esteem. A guy who is a little o...read more

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    by Tara Rijon

    When I was a teen I witnessed a particular woman who enjoyed soap operas to the point that it was the only thing that she did all day. She also weighed upwards of three hundred pounds. Even at a young age, I was privy to t...read more

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    by Cray Sellars

    Internet users can become addicted. The internet is an amazing tool in today's society. You can look up vitually anything on the internet. You can find employment opportunities and apply for jobs on the internet. People ca...read more

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    by Laura Leigh Fields

    I have a very addictive personality. If I like something, I just can not seem to get enough of it. This can go for simple things such as chocolate to serious things like alcohol. I get addicted to cartoons, and even the In...read more

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    by RahimAbdul

    An addict is a person who has been dependent on something, especially bad things like drugs and alcohol. The best meaning I have found for addict is; To give (oneself) up to some strong habit or to cause (someone) to becom...read more

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    by IT Guru

    Yes, most definitely! The Internet has become a way of life for many Gen X and Ys. Back in the 1994, when I was attending UCLA, the Internet was very limited. It was not until the Internet replaced libraries and became t...read more

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    by Doug Stowe

    Internet Can users Become Addicts? The very word "addiction" evokes a strong connotation of physical, spiritual and moral entrapment. To be addicted is to crave an object, a person or concept as if it were the central ...read more

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    by Suzy Long

    It is very easy to become addicted to the internet. There's a whole other world for people to explore at the touch of a button. You can listen to music, talk to people from the other side of the world, shop, create stuff, ...read more

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    by Pratima Pawar

    yes i feel so that users become addicts of internet. lots of think,almost everything is availabel on net thats why person didn,t know that how much time they spend on net and just spend lots of time. slowly they became ad...read more

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