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To: SecularBull who wrote (5964)	10/5/2000 3:29:28 PM
From: T L Comiskey	Read Replies (2) of 65232

............................................ ............................... Sign on the dotted line Gambling Clinic Treats E-Chat Addicts COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - A Danish clinic specializing in the treatment of people suffering from pathological gambling and Internet addiction has begun helping mobile phone SMS (Short Message Services) chat addicts. One of the clinic's first such patients was a 25-year-old chauffeur who drove at night and spent several hours per day e-chatting, the daily newspaper Jyllands-Posten reported on Thursday. The man sent on average 217 SMS text snippets per day and his quarterly mobile phone bill quintupled to 12,000 crowns ($1,412), way beyond what he could afford. Michael Joersel, head of the clinic's Internet therapy center, told Jyllands-Posten he expected a growing number of mobile phone SMS chat addicts to seek help. Some 60 people have received treatment at the Internet therapy center since 1998. Denmark has 2.6 million registered mobile phone subscribers and 1.1 million Internet subscribers, according to national telecoms agency figures.

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