AlexaCushing on "RE: Internet addiction an epidemic in the UK?"

Matthew, I think you are splitting hairs here. My entire sense of time has changed, because of the Internet. I want information, connection, answers NOW. Five seconds now feels like a minute. I honestly do sleep with my Blackberry under the pillow, but I've stopped reading it at 3am. I know many people like this . . . I see them in the elevator in the morning . . . looking, scrolling, searching on their BB. We don't speak. We techno-types want to know what has happened in the last five minutes, as if our lives will be seriously altered by the news. To keep things simple, the challenge of an addiction is not being able to give it up. We led our daily lives just fine before the Internet. Take that Blackberry away from me, shut down my Internet connection, I am totally stressed. That's what the research confirms. I don't see your point that these human physiological responses are any different from needing a drink.
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