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Posted: Nov 25th 2008 7:11PM (Unverified) said

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The proof of this is that people actually come out of the clinic, especially during its switch to social help instead of psychological help. Drug addiction is totally different because the drugs affect the brain biochemically. You need to go through withdrawal. Games have no near-permanent, nor permanent, biochemical affects on the brain in that regard.

What is this addiction factor? As I said, in drugs there is a biochemical addiction factor. Gamers, with intervention, have a choice to not be addicted to the next level if that's what you're referring to. They then just need to talk with someone and get involved in something else. There is no Addiction. There is a sort of addiction, if there's no intervention, nor any offer of getting involved in something. But it's not biochemical.

That's what games are, something you get involved in. Thus, why I don't see it as a problem unless they fail to turn on the alarm clock (which I do see that people normally don't). People just like to get involved in something.
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