Local program offers help for Internet addicts
By Michelle Esteban & KOMO Staff
FALL CITY, Wash. — Studies suggest that 1 in 8 Americans suffers from Internet addiction. But until now, there have been very few places for people to turn. For 20-year-old Alex, who didn’t want us to use his last name, video games were an escape. “I turned to the Internet or video games and when I felt like I felt better, hours had gone by — three or four hours!” he said. Alex says it evolved into a full-fledged Internet addiction. It began when he fell behind in his studies at Vassar, a highly selective and rigorous Liberal Arts College. “At a certain point, I just couldn’t take it anymore so I turned to video games and the Internet to escape from the stress,” he said. Most internet addicts spend 6 to 18 hours a day online. But now there is help locally at the Restart Internet Addiction Recovery Program in Fall City — the only Internet addiction program in the country.
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