Internet Addiction

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  Answer these questions to see how much you are the Internet addict.
  
  How often do you find that you stay on-line longer than you intended?
  1 = Rarely
  2 = Occasionally
  3 = Frequently
  4 = Often
  5 = Always
  
  How often do you neglect household chores to spend more time on-line?
  1 = Rarely
  2 = Occasionally
  3 = Frequently
  4 = Often
  5 = Always
  
  How often do your grades or school work suffer because of the amount of time you spend on-line?
  1 = Rarely
  2 = Occasionally
  3 = Frequently
  4 = Often
  5 = Always
  
  How often do you check your e-mail before something else that you need to do?
  1 = Rarely
  2 = Occasionally
  3 = Frequently
  4 = Often
  5 = Always
  
  How often do you find yourself saying "just a few more minutes" when on-line?
  1 = Rarely
  2 = Occasionally
  3 = Frequently
  4 = Often
  5 = Always
  
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  These are the questions in Internet Addiction Test (IAT) that I found it is important to assess my excessive Internet usage. For many years, I have been using the Internet in different purposes such as e-mail, downloading, browsing, and reading. It is fascinating that the Internet provides everything I want to know. It is good to know what I want to. On the other hand, having too many things to see has made me over-flood with information and become the suffering user from Internet addiction. I usually over-stay on-line, neglect duty, and become solate from social life without knowing how to control the problem.
  
  The Center for Internet Addiction Recovery (http://www.netaddiction.com/default.aspx) provides the resources for treating Internet addiction. I can find several self-tests for Internet addiction. For example:
  
  Cybersexual Addiction Quiz - A quiz to determine if you are addicted to cybersex or viewing cyberporn.
  
  Internet Addiction Test (IAT) - A test for online users to determine if they may be addicted to the Internet.
  
  Quiz for Obsessive Online Gaming - A quiz for those who might suffer from online gaming addiction.
  
  Quiz for Compulsive Online Gamblers - A quiz for those might suffer from compulsive online gambling.
  
  Quiz for Online Auction Addiction - A quiz for those who may suffer from an addiction to online auction houses.
  
  The Partner's Addiction Test - A test for spouses or partners of potential Internet addicts.
  
  The Parent-Child Addiction Test - A quiz for parents to help assess if their son or daughter may be dealing with an addiction to the Internet
  
  Personally, I think that Internet addicts, including myself, need to distract their attention from the on-line activities to off-line activities such as reading books, exercising, social meeting, and of course, working.
  
  I hope to be able to get out of the Internet hook soon. It is very difficult to be away from the Internet trap. Being too much on-line sometimes makes me sick!