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October 18, 2006

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How about shopping!?

Porn! Though you can get that for free. At least that's what I hear...

I wonder where internet addicts would rate on that list ...
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/10/17/061017180234.eiuwieod.html

Alcohol and smoking are the top two because they are easily accessible by anyone and can be bought almost at every corner.

I agree that shopping is missing from that list.

Actually, the cost of alcohol use disorders is $184.6 billion a year, mostly due to indirect costs related to missing work.

Also, illegal drug use is lower than alcohol and tobacco because there is significantly less people using those drugs...around 1%, compared to people with alcohol use disorders which is around 9%. Tobacco use is about the same, if not higher, but I don't know those numbers off the top of my head.

Until shopping and internet addictions are "official" addictions, they'll be likely to be left off such lists.

I'd say overspending in general. Shopping can be an addiction too, I've come to notice.

shopping, spending time on the internet.

I would have thought compulsive shopping belonged in the top five!

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