"US academics have found that more than one in eight Americans showed at least one possible sign of problematic internet use, with some web surfers already starting to seek medical help."
"The Chinese manual would be the first of its kind in the world, adding to the controversy over whether compulsive internet use should be officially viewed as a mental disorder."

I think that eventually we will have to recognize it as an added capability of the human, the netting/wired sense or a sort. certainly not a disorder.

Will talk about it with my E-doctor

What about endlessly scanning ClipMarks?

That's a life style,
not addiction

too much of a good thing?
So many bad habits have become 'addictions', but there are addictions and addictions, if you ask me, some awful lot more painful and destructive than others, but all express something about the person and their needs and past hurts somewhere not met.

The issue should be taken seriously. It is so important that the Internet not become another babysitter for our children. In order to prevent my child from spending all the time while I am at work I use parental control software Ez Internet Timer http://www.internettimer.net.
It can stop all children’s on-line activity and block Internet browsers, e-mails, ftps or messengers according to my daily schedule.