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od he is at online gaming D) exchange online gaming experience 8. In one of the messages she posted on a website, Toebe admitted that she__________. 9. Excessive Inter use had rendered Toebe so poor that she couldn39。s a lot better now.” 1. What eventually made Carla Toebe realize she was spending too much time on the Inter? A) Her daughters39。t even pay my mortgage (抵押貸款 ) and face losing everything.” Since then, Toebe said, she has kept her promise to herself to cut back on her Inter use. “ I have a boyfriend now, and I39。m failing to acplish my work, to take care of my home, to give attention to my children,” she wrote in a message sent to the group. “ I have no money or insurance to get professional help。s this whole culture of petition that sucks people in” with online gaming, said Heidrich, now a father of two. “ People do it at the expense of everything that was a constant in their lives.” Heidrich now visits websites that discuss gaming addiction regularly “ to remind myself to keep my love for online games in check.” Toebe also regularly visits a site where posters discuss Inter overuse. In August, when she first realized she had a problem, she posted a message on a Yahoo Inter addiction group with the subject line: “ I have an Inter Addiction” . “ I39。s nothing pared with the 40 to 60 hours a week he spent playing online games when he was in college. He cut back only after a fullscale family intervention (干預(yù) ), in which relatives told him he39。Inability to stop the activity. Feeling empty, depressed or irritable when not at the puter. Longing for more and more time at the puter. s center lists the following among the psychological symptoms of puter addiction: re not getting to work, and family relationships are breaking down as a result, then it39。re online in chat rooms, checking , or writing blogs. [ The problem is] not limited to porn (色情 ) or gambling” websites. Excessive Inter use should be defined not by the num