Internet Addiction?

You may be addicted to the Internet, if …

You decide to stay in college for an additional year or two, just for the free Internet access.

You wake up at 2 a.m. to go to the bathroom and stop and check your e-mail on the way back to bed.

You put down your internet address when filling out your driver’s license application.

You turn off your modem and get this awful empty feeling, like you just pulled the plug on a loved one.

The last girl you picked up was a JPEG.

Only communication in your household is through email.

You refuse to go to a vacation spot with no electricity and no phone lines.

You refer to going to the bathroom as downloading.

You have more friends on the Internet than in real life.

You chat several times a day with a stranger from South Africa but haven’t spoken to your next-door neighbor yet this year.

You double click your TV remote.

You try to enter your password on the microwave.

You have more than 5 email addresses.

You use more than 20 passwords.

Updated: September 16, 2002 — 1:03 am