Perhaps I can interest you in this Netherlands-based detox clinic for video game addiction....
Read the whole thing. I know people who play a lot of video games, but I don't know anybody who's ever taken drugs so they can stay up to play more video games. That's nuts. But from the statement in the article about endorphins, it sounds like the games themselves are basically like drugs for these people.
Video games may look innocent, but they can be as addictive as gambling or drugs - and just as hard to kick, says Keith Bakker, director of Amsterdam-based Smith & Jones Addiction Consultants.
Bakker already has treated 20 video game addicts, aged 13 to 30, since January. Some show withdrawal symptoms, such as shaking and sweating, when they look at a computer.
His detox program begins in July. It will run four to eight weeks, including discussions with therapists and efforts to build patients' interests in alternative activities.
Bakker already has treated 20 video game addicts, aged 13 to 30, since January. Some show withdrawal symptoms, such as shaking and sweating, when they look at a computer.
His detox program begins in July. It will run four to eight weeks, including discussions with therapists and efforts to build patients' interests in alternative activities.
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