krug3r
06-10-2003, 21:13
Read this in the Sun today hillarious, shouldn't laugh really :)
FAMOUS showbiz drying out clinic The Priory is treating patients addicted to sending text messages.
The upmarket clinic in Roehampton, South West London, is best known for helping celebrities who are hooked on booze or drugs.
But now an increasing number of patients are asking for help because they can’t keep their hands off their mobile phones.
Dr Mark Collins, the Priory’s head of addictions, said the problem was part of a wider obsession with modern technology.
He added: “We’ve really noticed it in the past 18 months. There has been a big rise in the number of behavioural addictions — and many involve texting.”
Dr Collins said that some of his patients were spending up to seven hours a day texting.
One had developed repetitive strain injury because he spent so much time keying messages into his mobile phone. Dr Collins added: “We have a situation where some people look down on alcoholics and cocaine addicts, but then go and spend five hours in an internet chatroom.”
Meanwhile a new survey reveals mobile users are sending an average of eight text messages a day — 15 per cent more than last year.
And one texter admitted to sending 54 messages in a day, according to the survey for magazine Mobile Choice.
Nearly a third of those quizzed said text messaging was the main reason they had their phone. Almost four in ten said they have sent a saucy message to a loved one — and 22 per cent have dumped a partner by text.
Psychologists say people use texting to tell partners things they dare not say face-to-face.
FAMOUS showbiz drying out clinic The Priory is treating patients addicted to sending text messages.
The upmarket clinic in Roehampton, South West London, is best known for helping celebrities who are hooked on booze or drugs.
But now an increasing number of patients are asking for help because they can’t keep their hands off their mobile phones.
Dr Mark Collins, the Priory’s head of addictions, said the problem was part of a wider obsession with modern technology.
He added: “We’ve really noticed it in the past 18 months. There has been a big rise in the number of behavioural addictions — and many involve texting.”
Dr Collins said that some of his patients were spending up to seven hours a day texting.
One had developed repetitive strain injury because he spent so much time keying messages into his mobile phone. Dr Collins added: “We have a situation where some people look down on alcoholics and cocaine addicts, but then go and spend five hours in an internet chatroom.”
Meanwhile a new survey reveals mobile users are sending an average of eight text messages a day — 15 per cent more than last year.
And one texter admitted to sending 54 messages in a day, according to the survey for magazine Mobile Choice.
Nearly a third of those quizzed said text messaging was the main reason they had their phone. Almost four in ten said they have sent a saucy message to a loved one — and 22 per cent have dumped a partner by text.
Psychologists say people use texting to tell partners things they dare not say face-to-face.