Internet addiction problem is a serious social problem

Internet addiction disorder (IAD), is used to describe the behavior of internet overuse that is commonly seen today.  The everyday internet user becomes addicted and dependent to internet "space".  The people who have this addiction problem spend more than the time necessary on internet which heavily affects the users' social, psychological, and occupational  life.  
As internet grow rapidly around the world in both quantity and quality,  it is certain that internet will play an unreplaceable role in foreseeable future if not forever.  However, the life outside internet is even more important.  Interaction face to face with other human beings is one of the most essential component of life.  I believe everyone who is reading this post must somewhat familiar with this issue from either personal experience, real friend, or media. The most difficult part of this disorder is that it is very hard to quit as it is a addiction problem.   Many people have trouble in relationship, school, and so on because they spend too much time on the internet world which do not always apply to the real world.
The internet addiction problem is especially common in the teenagers because they are more acceptable to new things.  Many online services are targeting young people such as online games.  There is a online computer game called, World of Warcraft, which is by far the biggest online role-playing game in the world.  World of Warcraft has over 12 million players.  1 in 3 players have found themselves to be attracted to another player.  Most players are within the age rage from 15 to 35 which happens to be the most valuable time in a person's life to achieve career goals.  The average players spend nearly 23 hours per week.  Even though time spent in games are not really wasted, it is a social problem because it is 23 hours lost in exercise and other traditional spare time activities. The internet addiction problem is clearly contributing to a lot of social problems including low school performance, obesity, and relationship issues.  There are plenty of examples that shows that people with internet addiction ignores their families. 
While internet is benefiting our in every way, we should also be aware of the risk.  The society should act together as a whole to find a solution to better utilize the gift from information technology, internet.


Following is a story about the girlfriend of a World of Warcraft addicted boyfriend trying to pull the boyfriend out of the game.  Enjor!