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Modern Day Addictions Hooked on Habits The word addiction usually makes you think of alcohol or drugs, but in modern day society we are seeing some new kinds of addictions. Some people are compulsive shoppers. Others find it impossible to pull themselves away from their work. Still others spend countless hours gambling or even surfing the Internet. What causes them to become addicted to these kinds of behavior? Webaholism: A New Addiction A. Hakan Tuncer from Turkey Hooked on Shopping! Lourdes Joza from Ecuador A Short Story He Belonged to the Net Marcelo Cadena from Ecuador   Pachinkoholism, A Kind of Gambling Keiko Imai from Japan Who is a Real Workaholic? Raoul Rivera from Ecuador Word Power Communicate about Addictions Vocabulary and Expressions Return to: Issue 9 | Home Page TOPICS Online Magazine - ©1997-2007 - Sandy and Thomas Peters - topics mag@gmail.com

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Modern Day Addictions Hooked on Habits The word addiction usually makes you think of alcohol or drugs, but in modern day society we are seeing some new kinds of addictions. Some people are compulsive shoppers. Others find it impossible to pull themselves away from their work. Still others spend countless hours gambling or even surfing the Internet. What causes them to become addicted to these kinds of behavior? Webaholism: A New Addiction A. Hakan Tuncer from Turkey Hooked on Shopping! Lourdes Joza from Ecuador A Short Story He Belonged to the Net Marcelo Cadena from Ecuador   Pachinkoholism, A Kind of Gambling Keiko Imai from Japan Who is a Real Workaholic? Raoul Rivera from Ecuador Word Power Communicate about Addictions   Return to: Issue 9 | Home Page TOPICS Online Magazine - ©1997-2002 - Contact us: topics_mag@yahoo.com