It has been established that using the Net is not a problem for Internet users who are on-line fewer than two hours a week. Intense users are at high risk when they are plugged more than 18 hours a week. In actual fact, there is no official diagnosis for an addiction to the Internet. The suggested disorder is called Internet Addiction Disorder (IAD). There are rather exact criteria proposed but it basically easy to identify a problem. A compulsive and potentially addicted user is on-line more than 10 hours a day in non-work related activity. The answer to the question "Am I addicted?" is based on four following questions.

Do you feel great when you are on-line, chatting, or surfing the Net?
Are you on-line when you should being doing something else?
Are you or have you been spending increasingly time on-line?
Have you tried to shorten and don’t?

You probably have a compulsion if you feel a strong necessity to go on-line when you should be doing other things in your life. For example, "Are you forgetting to eat?" or, "Are you getting up at 3 a.m. in the morning to go to the bathroom and checking your e-mail before you go back to bed?" Checking e-mail at night when no one else is up and for no reason is a compulsion. You may even have early symptoms of addiction if you feel a need to be on the Internet more and more and feel worse when you stop.