Internet Addiction

You know you have internet addiction when…

1. You wake up at 4 o'clock in the morning to go to the bathroom and stop to check your email on the way back to bed.

2. You turn off your computer and get an awful empty feeling, as if you just pulled the plug on a loved one.

3. You decide to stay in college for an additional year or two, just for the free internet access.

4. You laugh at people with 56.6 modems.

5. You think a person's social status is directly linked to the speed of their modem. (It's not?)

6. You buy your mother-in-law a modem so you can flame her.

7. You start using smileys :-) in your snail mail.

8. You laugh hysterically every time you see your mailman.

9. You don't understand why God doesn't have an email address.

10. You find yourself typing "com" after every period when using a word processor.com

11. You put your web site URL on all your Christmas cards.

12. You can't correspond with your mother because she doesn't have a computer.

13. When your email box shows "no new messages" and you feel really depressed.

14. You are anxiously waiting for Solitaire to become an Olympic sport.

15. You don't know the gender of your three closest friends because they have nondescript screen name and you never bothered to ask.

16. You refer to your house as your homepage.

17. You move into a new house and you decide to netscape before you landscape.

18. In real life conversations, you don't laugh, you just say, "LOL, LOL."

19. Your family always knows where you are.

20. Your kids complain about the phone bill you're racking up.

21. Your sex life consists of a lot of downloading.

22. You rename your dog "Fido" and ask him to do more than fetch the paper.

23. You spend half a plane trip with your laptop in your lap and your child in the overhead compartment.

24. You refer going to the bathroom as downloading.

25. You start tilting your head sidewyas to smile. :)

26. You have called out someone's screen name while making love to your significant other.

27. Your spouse now complains of you moving your fingers in your sleep instead of talking.

28. When looking at signs, you wonder why they are always "yelling" at you.

29. You get a tattoo that reads, "This body best viewed with Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher."

30. Immediately after reading this list, you email the URL to someone! (please do)

Well if you suspect yourself or someone who might be addicted, you can do some self-tests at the Center for Internet Addiction Recovery website.