for people who have been with Internet Addiction is very hard to find. First, one has to deal with finding a psychologist who will see that the disorder is real. Then, there’s the lack of the psychologists’ of how to diagnose a treatment, and conduct the follow-ups for the IAD patients. The people who work in a job where the computer is a , and not a choice, would definitely fail the miserably.
Analogous to the treatments of or semi-addictions, methods to treat Internet have been created. One such treatment resembles dieting. A twelve-step group program proposes that participants can gradually deal with the reduction of the behavior. An additional option would be to use the computer itself as a restraint in IAD. In this situation though the would be computer assisted. In between computer sessions a reminder flashes on the screen so that the user has to stop momentarily and update his/her journal on the computer. On the journal the users how their time was spent while on-line. This users with the opportunity to balance the emotions; whether the activity offered a weighty satisfactory feeling or one at the end of a session.