New Medication For Facebook Addiction?
Monday, December 21st, 2009
Nicorrette has helped many smokers kick the habit. Revia (Naltrexone) has helped many alcoholics relieve their dependency. Sabril (vigabatrin) reduces cocaine cravings and has helped many kick the addiction.
What’s next, a drug to help users kick their Facebook addiction? Not likely…but, you never know.
The New York Times recently reported that many teens, the majority girls, are forming Facebook support groups to deal with their addiction.
“It’s like any other addiction,” psychologist Kimberly Young, the director of the Center for Internet Addiction Recovery in Bradford, Penn., told The Times. “Its hard to wean yourself.”
According to the article, one boy even said that “Facebook wasn’t merely a distraction, but it was really confusing him about who he was,” and he decided to spend his senior year away from the service. He was apparently burned out trying to live up to his own descriptions of himself.
Facebook also doesn’t let you quit so easily, teens that wish to give the axe to Facebook must check off six reasons why they want to quit. And if they have a weak moment and decide to reactivate their account, all they have to due is simply sign in with their original login and password information and pick up right where they left off.
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