I think that internet addiction is a potentially dangerous condition that affects individuals who spend large amounts of time online socializing with friends or just surfing the web despite the negative consequences that result from spending so much time online . In addition , Internet addicts struggle to control their behaviors and often experience great despair over their consistent failure to escape their addictive behaviors. A loss of self-esteem and a burning desire to escape can lead the addict further into their addiction sending them into a whirlwind of social anguish, relationship failure and emotional pain. In the end, the internet addiction will cause a sense of powerlessness for the addict. The cause of the people addicted to the Internet . For instance , Loneliness , Many people especially those who do not have a companion, interact online to fulfill a void that causes them to feel lonely . Shifting from a real world addiction , Many people who suffer from a real world addiction to shopping or gambling will shift their addictions to an online version such as internet gambling or excessive shopping online and then it will make them as Internet addiction disorder.