Virtual citizenship: Creating a media savvy family
In addition to an increasing violent or sexual nature of video games, film and television, the addiction and over consumption of media continues to grow — especially with the youth — making it necessary for families to set parameters in their own …
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Letter: Can you help? Video game addiction is destroying my niece
Can anyone recommend someone to help? My niece is unwilling to enter into any counselling. It is likely, as has even proven in the States when they looked at the profile of addicts, that she is depressed, cannot manage her feelings and carries a lot if …
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Question by zoroz: Video Game Addiction – who realizes how bad this is becoming?
I know quite a few people addicted to popular mmorpg’s – I mean, addicted to the point of neglecting friends, family, children, etc. Is anyone else noticing people in their lives affected by video games to the point where they never leave their house and are constantly in front of the computer screen? What are you all doing about it?

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Answer by hopelessromantic29
Me, but I can’t really do anything about it. I don’t have kids yet and my bf isn’t addicted to it. I have noticed it in schools and high schools, even colleges. I tried to mention it to my friend’s bf who is addicted to any PC or PS2 games, but he doesn’t listen. I don’t know what else I can do?

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Flappy Bird, Responsibility, and the True Nature of Video Game Addiction
In Truth About Addiction and Recovery, psychologist Stanton Peele describes addictions as “hooks” that give “people feelings and gratifying sensations that they are not able to get in other ways. … Addictions make people less aware of and less able to …
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Mills River Life Enrichment Center will host a game of bingo at 10 a.m. Thursday, Mills River United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall, 131 Old Turnpike Road, Mills River. A nutritious meal is provided at each program. Lunch reservations required.
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Heroin use growing at alarming rate
RUTH ANN RIGBY CLIP: 038701 1:57 ALOT OF TIMES FAMILIES ARE IN DENIAL ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON IN THEIR OWN HOUSE 1:59 RUTH ANN RIGBY HAS HELPED ADDICTS THROUGH RECOVERY FOR 17 YEARS — BUT RECENTLY IT WAS HER OWN FAMILY MEMBER WHO NEEDED …. ITS LIKE …
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Question by bill: Video Game Addiction – Help!?
I have played a game called King of Kings 3 for a little more than a year now. This game has really had a bad impact on my life. I have become addicted to spending real money to make my character better. Overall, I probably spent $ 2,000 on the game. I played it for 6+ hours a day, and hardly see my wife anymore. Today I found myself paying $ 50 into the game and asked myself why. I now see that I am wasting my money. Money that I need for bills, money that could have been spent to have a wonderful dinner with my wife. Money that if nothing more, could have been saved.

I am at the starting line of ending my addiction. I gave away all my items on the game and told all of my friends that I am quitting. I uninstalled the game and want to find new activities that don’t ruin my real life. It was sad, people in the game said how they would miss me, but I have to do this for myself.

I need to fix my life, how can I make sure that I don’t fail and fall back into wasting my life on pointless video games? Are there any support groups in the USA? Should I see a psychologist? I don’t want to fail by going back to this game. I have wasted probably more than a thousand hours on this game, I am hurting because I had to say goodbye, but I can’t live a normal life with this video game.

I’ve had other addictions too. I played halo reach just as much and it impacted me almost as badly. Now my brother wants me to buy Diablo III. I know I can’t do that. How can I make sure not to fall into this trap again? How do I get my wife to end her own internet addiction? How do I take control back of our relationship? I want to have the relationship I used to have with my wife and my family.

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Answer by Good looking Murphy
stop playing it, well definitively stop spending so much on it. play a cheap game like diablo or world of warcraft

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Now There's A Hospital-Based Treatment Facility for Internet Addicts
In that sense, Bradford's Internet Addiction Treatment and Recovery Program is the first of its kind—and it's already garnering press attention. Young and her colleagues treat Internet addiction like a real physical and mental affliction, on a par …
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The Center for Internet and Technology Addiction (CITA) Launches New Patient …
The Center for Internet and Technology Addition (CITA) has a long record of successfully treating these disorders and offers 2-day and 5-day Intensive programs in the areas of Computer, Internet, and Video Game Addiction, Online Pornography and Sexual …
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PA Hospital First To Open Inpatient Treatment Program For Addiction To The …
But that won't stop hospitals from profiting off of the concept, now that the very first inpatient program to treat internet addiction has been launched at Bradford Regional Medical Center in Pennsylvania. The voluntary, 10-day program is set to open …
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Question by Ed: What companies are investing in medical centers to treat video game addiction?
I know it is considered an actual medically diagnosable disorder by a lot of doctors. So, does anyone know which companies will put the money into a treatment center?

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Answer by Max
There is a treatment center. It is called the outdoors.

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