I was appreciating my family photos on my computer, admiring my two beautiful babies when I found a(n)1scene: my laptop(笔记本电脑) was in almost all the pictures. There was my daughter, 8 months old, playing at my feet while I was2on the couch. There was my son, with a big transformer, on my left arms.
I'd heard about the Internet addiction before, but I always thought it was something only3playing too much World of Warcraft (a computer game) day and night. Now, it seemed my Internet habit is slowly but surely crossing the4. Sometimes I find myself5at midnight, surfing the Web6my family are sleeping. I read news, keep up with friends and write my blog…just for something to do.
It7that I'm not the only mom who is addicted to the computer. A lot of moms are contributing to a growing global addiction. There's a movement among psychiatrists (doctors who specialize in mental diseases) to8the Internet addiction as an official mental disorder. And a recent Stanford University national survey found that 14 percent of Internet users find it9to stay away from it for several days; 9 percent try to hide their10Internet use from their loved ones; 8 percent admit they use the Web as a way to escape11.
You're likely not the kind of addict who skips baths or abuses drugs to help stay up for more online time. You may have noticed,12, that going online has become a necessary part of your life, which,13, means a box of clothes go14. It may also mean you're missing much time with your baby—something you probably do15about.
