Hi, Welcome to Caught in the Net!  Are you addicted to the computer? checking email? Facebook? My Space? games?  Anything that takes you away from "real" life, could be considered an addiction.  When your family starts calling you on it, ex., "You are ALWAYS on the computer."  They are probably right.  You are not going to want to hear that because then you might have to give up the addiction.  I spent over a year addicted to AOL.  Back in 1996-97, the financial cost was $2.95 an hour!  The cost to my family, as MasterCard says, "priceless."    Maybe, this blog could be a safe place to share your addiction to the screen of a computer?   Sincerely, Grace