Addiction to the internet 'is an illness'

[Applespider]

Some of it, I think, depends on how long ago you started using the internet.

If you've been using it a long time, or its always been around, then it is just another communications channel - a conduit to information that is more interactive than TV/radio etc. Would people say that we're addicted to the post arriving, electricity in our homes like it was a bad thing?

On the occasions where I can't get online, it's not until I develop a burning need to know something that I get antsy.

I will admit to procrastinating online rather than doing more boring chores but I think that's just my nature since I did exactly the same thing with books when I was younger.

 

[iAlan]

I think someone alone with internet access isn't going to be neglecting at least some of their "basic drives"... if you know what I mean.

Ahh, no - please elaborate.....


Just kidding, and I 'exercise' that drive more often than I should










You are talking about the drive to know when the next big Apple release is, aren't you? (I cleaned that up nicely for our unser 18 users!)