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<blockquote data-quote="pigless in VA" data-source="post: 719198" data-attributes="member: 11832"><p>Ferb has been drinking alcohol and smoking weed for about the past year. His "substance" of choice is the Xbox. He started playing at age 8. His therapist actually advised me to allow him to continue to play to help him "cope." </p><p></p><p>I now feel that was the complete wrong thing to do. He is addicted to gaming. It rules his life and any threat of removal of his precious Xbox has resulted in violence or suicidal threats or actions. I mistakenly thought that since he was not ingesting a substance that the gaming wouldn't harm him. I now think that excessive gaming is just as harmful as the substances. The kids who play get completely absorbed in their fictitious worlds. They fail to connect with their families and friends or even see a need for it. He's been addicted to gaming for 11 years.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pigless in VA, post: 719198, member: 11832"] Ferb has been drinking alcohol and smoking weed for about the past year. His "substance" of choice is the Xbox. He started playing at age 8. His therapist actually advised me to allow him to continue to play to help him "cope." I now feel that was the complete wrong thing to do. He is addicted to gaming. It rules his life and any threat of removal of his precious Xbox has resulted in violence or suicidal threats or actions. I mistakenly thought that since he was not ingesting a substance that the gaming wouldn't harm him. I now think that excessive gaming is just as harmful as the substances. The kids who play get completely absorbed in their fictitious worlds. They fail to connect with their families and friends or even see a need for it. He's been addicted to gaming for 11 years. [/QUOTE]
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