Facebook, Google as Addictive as Drugs Finds Study

Anthony Gucciardi
NaturalSociety
July 27, 2011

Facebook, Twitter, and Google may be in the same category as mind-altering drugs when it comes to their addictive properties, according to new research.  According to the study, 53% of 1,000 people surveyed reported feeling ’upset’ when “deprived of Internet connection.”

The Economic Times reports:

People react like twitchy addicts denied their drugs when forced to give up access to theInternet and other electronic media.

And just like a boozer who leans on bourbon as a social lubricant, online addicts believe that people who aren’t hooked on the information superhighway, text messaging and instant messaging are huge bores, reports the New York Post.

“Giving uptechnology was considered by some to be as hard as quitting smoking or drinking,” said the research firm Intersperience about a new study of people deprived of their online habits.

The study also found that, 40 per cent of those people “feel lonely when not able to go online.”

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