There are quite many types of addictions like addiction to chockolate, drugs,alcohol,smoking,etc. but in the 21st century one of the fastest growing addictions is the addiction to gaming/internet.

Although i’m in front of the PC 8-9 hours a day i can’t call myself an addict, because i don’t sit around and play or chat, i work and watch movies and meanwhile chat on Messenger. The internet is like a job for me because i get payment on the internet(paypal) and i send the  finished work on email.

Those are considered internet addicts who spent more and more time in front of the PC playing online games like Runescape,World of warcraft, or just chatting all day. Chatting on messenger all day became a trend among today’s teens, heck i heard a girl bragging about how she chat 17 hours with a friend of her.

I saw a report on youtube lately that was about a 17 year old boy who plays world of warcraft 16-18 hours a day just to keep his position in the guild and gain more and more items and experience.

The bad part about this type of addiction is that if your an addict you can’t help yourself, you need family/friends support. Internet/gaming addicts live like in an other world, for instance the world of a game, they think what happens there is normality and forget about the real world and when they are disturbed they get mad and start yelling and such.

Usage of the internet and the PC is great, but remember to use it moderately, and never forget yourself in front of PC playing a game for 10+ hours because especially if the game is long or an online game you can easily become and addict.