Jonathan Adams writes in today’s Christian Science Monitor about the hard core methods employed by China’s People’s Liberation Army to cure the growing number of Internet addicts.

While sex education is a cornerstone of the program and the PLA says it appears to be working, one recovering addict 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).