Repeat after me, “The penis was the original joystick.”

China’s People’s Liberation Army has made Sex education part of the detox methods for getting people over Internet addiction. They claim it works, but one woman under their care has acquired 68 virtual husbands.”

 Here, in addition to military-style discipline, some 60-odd patients at his center undergo a three-month regimen of counseling, confidence-building activities, sex education, and in about 60 percent of the cases, medication. The treatment is designed to address underlying family and psychological problems, and boost their self-confidence.There are a handful of young women here, going “cold turkey” from “Audition” and similar games, where players engage in dance battles, decorate virtual homes, and have virtual husbands and babies. (One female patient had amassed 68 “husbands,” says Tao, with a sigh).

In an increasingly wired China, rehab for Internet addicts

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