Internet junkie detox center claims US first
The A Register | August 20, 2009
A dedicated internet and gaming addiction recovery program has opened shop in Fall City, Washington, which claims to be the first of its kind in the US.
The center, called reStart, is a 45-day anti-internet detox program located at the soothingly-named rural Heavensfield Retreat Center located some 20 minutes away from Microsoft’s Redmond HQ.
ReStart says the program is specifically tailored to suit those “addicted” to browsing the internet, gaming, or even text messaging. Signs a person has become an over-infatuated Facebooker or slave to SMS according to the website include a “heightened sense of euphoria while involved in computer and internet activities,” “craving for more time on the computer and internet,” and “physical changes such as weight gain or loss, backaches, headaches, [and] carpal tunnel syndrome.” {Read the Full Story at the A Register}
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