Is it enough to spend a certain quantity of hours in front of the PC to become an internet addict? According to specialists an addict is a person who cannot control himself or herself when being in contact with the thing that is the consequence of his/her addiction.

So the person may be on line ten hours a day but it does not necessarily mean he/she is an addict, unless he/she cannot avoid doing it. That is the case of Johanna, who has admitted her addiction in the last month. She used to pass more than 8 hours per day surfing on the internet, looking for information, playing any game that appeared there. Many things were left behind because there was an imperious need of searching every site on the internet. She is married and her marriage was threatened because of her addiction. She had no time for house-working, for paying attention to her husband and working at a well-known company specialized in agrochemicals. As a consequence, she was sleepless during the nights because she was missing the news on the web.

She is an example of how an internet addiction can put in danger your life, as any other does. The first step is to know we are at a serious problem if we have a friend or relative that is going through this. Then the addicted person has to be aware of that situation, because if not he/she is not going to be in conditions of starting any treatment. Extensive attention has to be paid in order to support the person, due to the vulnerable condition he/she may be at.

If you do not know how to manage a sensible situation like this one, there are several centers that can help you and guide you to start the rehabilitation. Whether we are internet addicts or not, it is essential to take into account that there is a certain risk when spending so much time surfing the web.

投入一定数量的时间坐在电脑前成为一个网虫这有必要吗？根据一些专家的认为，这些上瘾者是由于他们跟接触事物的时候无法控制自己从而就导致了他们上瘾的结果。

一个人有可能花费十个小时泡在网上这并一定就意味着他/她就是网瘾患者，除非他/她无法避免要这样做，约翰娜就是这样一个案例。她在上个月承认自己患上了网瘾，她过去每天都会花上8个小时上网，寻找信息，玩那些出现在网上的游戏，很多事情都被抛在了后面，因为在网上搜索每个网页成了她迫切的需要。她已经结婚了而且她的婚姻受到了网瘾的威胁，她没时间去做家务，去关注她那在一家着名的专门从事农业化肥生产公司上班的丈夫。作为结果，她在晚上变得失眠，因为她迷失在网上的这些信息里。

约翰娜只是一个网瘾会把你的生活置于危险之中的个例。而其他人要做的第一步就是知道如果我们的朋友或者亲戚在经历网瘾那面对的就是一个严重的问题，其次上瘾者必须要意识到这个情况，因为他们非常容易处于弱势条件下，由于没有得到一定条件的治疗或者没有广泛的关注去支持他们。

如果你不能明智地处理像这样的情况，这些要点可以帮助和指导你去开始康复，不管你是否已经染上网瘾，这都是必不可少的考虑，因为每天花这么多时间挂在网上是很可能有染上网瘾的风险存在。