day, if not all night, loosing sleep, causing disturbances in family life, and loosing touch with other people around them due to their addiction to the Internet. The prevalence of Internet Addiction Disorder has been increasing in number, hence a support group, among many; The Internet Addiction Support Group has been developed. Symptoms of Internet Addiction Disorder are as follows: A) Psychomotor agitation, B) anxiety, C) obsessive thinking about what is happening on the Internet, D) fantasies or dreams about the internet, E) voluntary or involuntary typing movements of the fingers. (Goldberg, 12). These symptoms begin to cause conflict in social, occupational, or another important area of functioning (Goldberg, 12). People, who become addicted, use the Internet to relieve or avoid withdrawal symptoms, which are similar to those brought on by the halt of drug use. The disorder is recognized by the persistent desire or unsuccessful efforts to minimize the Internet use (Goldberg, 15). The Internet is rapidly becoming an addictive source to a lot of its users. Users of the Internet include students, domestic engineers, and business professionals. Some of these users spend a minimum of thirty-eight hours per week on the net (netaddiction.com). These individuals loose touch with reality and reeking havoc in their studies, family lives, and even their careers (netaddiction.com). There are three main levels of addiction: 1) Im not addicted-users, 2) the I only use it when I have to- user, 3) the Internet Junkies (netaddiction.com).The Im not addicted-users are those that try to convince themselves that they are not addicted to the Internet. This group includes anyone, especially students attending college or university who do not go online during the day, to prove that they are not addicted to others, but in the evening spend all their time on chat rooms. Not only is this directed at students in college and university, but al...
