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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Midknightsun" data-source="post: 3645136" data-attributes="member: 46459">As a fairly long time (10 years) worker in the mental health and substance abuse field, and Supervisor/Operator of an Employee Assistance Program, a possessor of a psychologically related degree, a person with a boatload of specialty training in addictions, and one who regularly consults/contracts with numerous psychiatrists, psychologists, licensed clinical social workers, social workers and licensed counselors in three different states, I can tell you that the whole addictive field is still pretty theoretical. (Though some strong AA/NA fanatics would beat me over the head for saying that)  They have "working" theories, pet theories, popular theories, and counter theories . . .all of which seem to have a bit of research to back them all (not all good, mind you).  In short, your answer from ANY Mental Health or Substance Abuse Professional is going to vary a bit . . . not to mention that some aren't as expert as they tout themselves to be, and some disclose more to me, off the record, and just follow the popular theories in practice.  But, from my experience, and from my training, it is taught early on that addictive people can very easily trade addictions.  I've seen it happen enough in my job to say there is definitely a pattern there.    That's why organizations like AA and NA espouse complete abstinance . . . which, of course, is not a realistic answer in all cases, but I digress.  Now, whether or not such a thing would have happened in this case . . . a psychologist or substance abuse professional could give you an answer---  but, they'd want to know more about the parents first (do a little research).I suppose I could get one of our contracted Psychologists/Therapists/Whatnot to Email me a response to your question if you want, but they'll say largely the same thing . . . of course, you'll have to trust that its legit, or I don't know what to tell ya.  Don't know if that answers your question, but I'd be glad to hear from any therapist gamers who have a different answer.To sum it up, trading addictions is pretty common. There's no gaurantee that it would have happened in this case, but the degree to which their particular addictions effected their functioning and judgement would likely put them as high risk for trading addictions even if you took the computer away from them.</blockquote>

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