According to this item, Internet-connectivity addiction is as powerful, and as difficult during withdrawal, as habituation to alcohol or tobacco.
This is such palpable nonsense that I thought it warranted an immediate post. Perhaps I’ll mention it on Twitter, too. But first I’ll see what the reaction’s been around the blogosphere.
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So far, no studies on the widespread but sadly unacknowledged problem of “reality addiction.”
Jeffery Hodges
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Reality’s just a crutch for people who can’t handle drugs.
I wasn’t going to comment, but some powerful urge held me in its grip. I could not break free and was compelled to write this.
The devil made me do it …
I know that there is such a thing as connection withdrawal. Not anything close to nicotine withdrawal. However, a piece of software called Freedom helped.