Have you taket the Internet Addiction Test (IAT)?

Hmm a addiction is a addiction so cold turkey probally wouldnt be a good idea. My mother suffers from internet addiction, and is complete denial about it .If shes not at work or church thn shes on the computer end of story. She says this is how she likes to spend her free time. But I see it as a addiction.

I am an average internet user so the test says. My score was 38. I think people can be addicted to the internet, you hear the rare story about people dying at their computer or game console, because they refused to move and people have been found to not have eaten in days and have been to the toilet in bottles and pots around them, because they refused to move to the toilet.

I scored 33, shizuoka, and following was remarked: "You are an average on-line user. You may surf the Web a bit too long at times, but you have control over your usage." Though internet is a very important part of my life now, as I am a doctorate student and my work, usually, also involve reading articles online on different scientific journals, searching for related research papers to my work, correspondence with academia in different parts of the world and such. At home, my family is away from me, so internet is the only way I can talk to them and see them 'live'. I do look forward to coming to internet to have a chat with my partner and to see my family. I also like to converse with my friends here and on other groups where my countrymen meet. Still, I enjoy my off-line time. A walk in the morning or evening or even at night, playing cricket, billiard, and some other games with my friends here. In fact, I'll go this afternoon too. So, yes, while I enjoy being online for my work and to communicate with family and friends, I like to spend time off-line too! :-)

Oh great! my score is 27 and I am average user. Thanks for the info,I was a bit worried before that.

I took the test and the result was 32 "You are an average on-line user. You may surf the Web a bit too long at times, but you have control over your usage." I need to be at my computer to work and most of my internet activities are work related or money earning ones. I always shut down in the evening and do something else and I always go out for a few hours so I am not on the internet too much.

I scored 53.