This question is asked by thousands of loving and worried parents everyday.
Most people have the same image of when someone mentions a person addicted to the internet.
The fifteen year old boy sitting alone in a dark room only he and his computer, but these images aren't true for the majority of addicts. What many times is only a healthy fascination with the expanding and ever-changing world of computer technology, is misdiagnosed by parents as being an obsession with the Internet world. Eating My Life by John Suler. More information, including statistics and charts can be found on the Internet by going to a site made by the Illinois Institute of Adiction Recovery. The facts are that there's little known about internet addiction, even though a few psychology professionals have done some ground breaking work on the subject.