The 19-year-old man will undergo a 12-step treatment at the reStart Internet
Addiction Recovery Programme in Washington state, which has opened for business
to cater for the growing number of "cyber junkies".A typical 45-day residential
stay, which will include camping and wilderness adventures, will cost patients
$14,500 (£8,800), but the retreat is also open to outpatients seeking respite
from an overreliance on joysticks, internet pornography and spending days on end
staring at a computer screen.The business has said it expects most clients to be
men aged between 18 and 28."We are a cold turkey place - no technology,"
said Hilarie Cash, a psychotherapist at reStart."A gamer is not going to be
allowed to game any time they are here because it is the gaming that is their
drug of choice."We are not anti-technology. It is about helping people addicted
to technology get through the withdrawal and help their brains get wired back to
normal and connected to the world in a positive way."
I've heard about this before being made but now it's here, it's great because they can relax and chill in the great outdoors away from Runescape, Ninja Manager and World Of Warcraft to name 3. All I can say is good luck and enjoy outside.
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