Internet Addiction:  How real is it? 
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 Caught in the Net
a story of internet addiction and romance
 by Sunshine44
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Caught in the Net
a story of internet addiction and romance
by Sunshine44
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     In 1995, I was involved with an auto accident . . .  actually it was a truck accident, as a tree removal truck hit into the back of my VW Jetta as I was coming home from a nursing  visit.  I was a home health nurse.  We had had a hurricane the evening before the accident.  That morning, I had been given the choice to go to my patient's home or not.  I chose to go.  The rest is part of my history.  I had to have neck surgery to repair a ruptured   disc . . . then I had time on my hands.  I got into trouble . . .  I became addicted to America On Line.  I was a prime candidate.  Afterall, like I wrote, I had time on my hands (actually fingers), my 78 year old dad came to live with us, I had two teenagers and a 3 year old to care for,  I had a Yorkie who used to wee wee on my dining room table when he became anxious, I had a 19 year old daughter who came home from college pregnant, oh . . . and I was going through a divorce.   As I look back, it was no wonder that I escaped into the moniter of my computer. (No excuses being made, I just chose a poor way to cope.)

     There have been many books written about internet addition since the mid 90's.   One such author,  Kimberly Young, has written a book, entitled,  Caught in the Net: How to Recognize the Signs of Internet Addiction—and a Winning Strategy for Recovery, which can be purchased at Amazon.com.   Too bad the book wasn't out when I was addicted . . . but then again, I wasn't interested in reading books at that time of my life.  I was only interested in  sending instant messages and reading e-mail!   The more the merrier!

'Finish every day and be done with it.  You have done what you could.  Some blunders and absurdities crept in; forget them as soon as you can.  Tomorrow is a new day.  You shall begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with  your old nonsense."
  Ralph Waldo Emerson

I have to admit that I chuckle every time I read the phrase "old nonsense." 

Sincerely, "Grace", Caught in the Net