Book Description
It might start with an innocent exploration of chat rooms, or a stab at an interactive multiuser game. But the Internet, for many Americans, has the potential to become an addiction that wreaks havoc at home, work, school, and in real-life relationships. The author, an expert on Internet addiction, began researching obsessive online behavior when he noticed that an increasing number of couples seeking marriage counseling were suffering from cyberspace-related problems.
Virtual Addiction includes 12 warning signs of Internet abuse, steps for addicts to change behavior, and advice for compulsive online shoppers and stock traders.
Ingram Synopsis
An expert on internet addiction identifies the 12 warning signs for cyber-space compulsion and counsels both addicts and their loved ones on how to break the internet's hypnotic hold. Original. 25,000 first printing. Tour.
