Are these the signs of addiction?

Question by Corey: Are these the signs of addiction?
I have a 16 yr old friend who spends almost all of his waking hours online in a chat room. He makes all of his “friends” and “gf’s” there. He makes no attempt to socialize or connect with ppl off the internet in real life. He doesn’t want to go to reg. school so his parents put him in online school but he is very lazy so I think he won;t do well since his chat room will be a distraction. It’s like he believes this is his life….the way he acts in the chat. He wants to be a professional musician but he is headed nowhere behaving like this…no motivation except sitting there chatting and having “cyber sex” with his “gf”. If this doesn’t change what will become of him and do you think this is something he will grow out of? His parents nag him but they still allow him to sit in his room for more than 10 hours a day doing this. Thanks

Best answer:

Answer by Stephen
Yes these are signs of addiction

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