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To: Scrapps who wrote (18276)	2/10/1999 5:14:00 PM
From: Moonray	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 22053

Are you an Internet addict? Log on and find out Reuters - Tuesday February 9 12:23 PM ET NEW YORK (Reuters) - Want to find out if you're addicted to the Internet? Newsweek magazine has a quiz you can take, but there's a catch: you have to go online to test yourself. ''Do you sacrifice personal hygiene -- showering or shaving -- to spend more time online?'' reads one question in the quiz, posted on the Newsweek Web site (http://www.newsweek.com). ''Do you experience a sense of euphoria when you're at the computer?'' reads another. The quiz was written in consultation with Maressa Hecht Orzack, a Harvard University Medical School psychologist who runs a clinic that specializes in treating computer addiction at McLean Hospital in Belmont, Mass. ''Whether it's true addiction, or whether it's a symptom of other compulsive behaviors, like gambling, people are losing control,'' Orzack says on the Web site. ''It's an emerging disorder, suffered by people who find the virtual reality on computer screens more attractive than everyday reality.'' The quiz will be available until Saturday. o~~~ O