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Heavensfield centre opens its doors to America’s internet addicts

Times Online | Mike Harvey

Ben Alexander is an internet addict. His activity of choice is the World of Warcraft online role-play game. He used to spend as much as 17 hours a day lost in a virtual realm of wizards and trolls — a pursuit that eventually led to him dropping out of college.

Now the 19-year-old is a patient at the first residential internet addiction clinic in the US, where he is being weaned off his habit and given the skills to cope with the real world.

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