Andrew Heidrich, an education network administrator from Sacramento, plays World of Warcraft for about two to four hours every other night, but thats nothing compared with the 40 to 60 hours a week he spent playing online games when he was in college. He cut back only after a full-scale family intervention, in which relatives told him hed gained weight.

　　Theres this whole culture of competition that sucks people in with online gaming, said Heifrich, now a father of two. People do it at the expense of everything that was a constant in their lives. Heidrich now visits websites that discuss gaming addiction regularly to remind my self to keep my love for online games in check.

　　Toebe also regularly visits a site where posters discuss Internet overuse. In August, when she first realized she had a problem, she posted a message on a Yahoo Internet addiction group with the subject online: I have an Internet Addiction.

　　Im self-employed and need the Internet for my work, but Im failing to accomplish my work, to take care of my home, to give attention to my children, she wrote in a message sent to the group. I have no money or insurance to get professional help; I cant even pay my mortgage and face losing everything.

　　Since then, Toebe said, she ahs kept her promise to cut back on her internet use. I have a boyfriend now, and Im not interested in online dating. She said by phone last week. Its a lot better now.

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