Rehab available in U.S. for Web addicts

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Rehab available in U.S. for Web addicts

By Nicholas K. Gerantos

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Monday, September 07, 2009

FALL CITY, Wash. — Ben Alexander spent nearly every waking minute playing the video game "World of Warcraft." As a result, he dropped out of the University of Iowa.

Alexander, 19, needed help to break an addiction that he described as being as destructive as those stemming from alcohol or drug abuse. He found it in a suburb of high-tech Seattle, where what claims to be the first residential treatment center for Internet addiction in the United States recently opened its doors.

The center, called ReSTART, opened in July and for $14,000 offers a 45-day program that employs a cold-turkey approach to help people wean themselves from pathological computer use, which can include obsessive use of video games, texting, social networks, online auctions and other technological time-killers

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I might have to look into this. I break out in cold sweats whenever I can't get on and play Farkle...