The debate is now back in focus after the Heavensfield Retreat Center announced that it has opened what appears to be the first addiction recovery program for Internet Addiction Disorder in the U.S. Called reSTART, the 45-day program is designed to take serious sufferers of IAD and bring balance to their lives. It already has its first patient, a 19 year old who could not remove himself from World of Warcraf
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I can completely agree with this point of view. To be honest, Facebook has become more of a nuisance than it has been beneficial. As a young women, I am faced everyday with the reality that I may not be smart enough, pretty enough or -insert adjetive here- enough. Facebook only feeds this compartive issue. I have had this conversation with so many of my friends (male and female) in the aspect that we are all comparing our lives to one another via Facebook. I find that it has only gone downhill, and to be honest I dread to see how the younger generation will deal with it as well. Unfortunatly, because it is such a large networking tool, its does benefit college students seeking to network for future employment. Facebook, for me at least, is bittersweet...
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