TEMECULA, Calif., Aug. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- The multi-billion dollar video game industry is in the business of creating fun and enticing games that can be addictive. As addicted gamers feast on digital indulgences, real life is neglected and their reality crumbles around them. Hooked on Games is written by Brooke Strickland and Andrew Doan, MD, PhD, a physician with a research background in neuroscience, who battled his own addictions with video games. Dr. Doan was an addicted gamer, who at his peak, invested over 20,000 hours of playing games over a period of nine years. Dr. Doan's reckless compulsion to play games transformed him into a monster that almost destroyed his family, marriage, and career. He shares his expertise to educate others on the dangers of video game addiction and to provide hope for video game addicts and their families. Dr. Doan shares steps for gaming addicts to achieve recovery and steps for families and loved ones to intervene. Without attention to this quickest growing addiction, our society will suffer from the creation of Generation Vidiot, millions of people devoid of innovation and skills to live in the physical world.

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"As is true with many addictions, overuse of video games steals our valuable and limited time and minds." – Christie Morse, MD (Pediatric Ophthalmologist)

"Shocking insights into the minds of hardcore gamers." – Daniel Hunt (Former Competitive Gamer)

"Excellent engaging story about overcoming an addiction and what damage it had done to himself and family. Great story of how his problem turned his life around through his own strength and with help from his God." - Ron, Medrounds Publications, www.medrounds.org, Verified Reviews®

"Very sincere and open about his failings... sincere in his desire to communicate the depth and spread of this pernicious addiction. I was interested in the names of feel good enzymes and hormones released by brain: dopamine, epinephrine? Like how the response works. Now we need to think how to undo it and make real life rewarding." - Medrounds Publications, www.medrounds.org, Verified Reviews®

"Probably the most educated, intelligent and realistic about current society speaker I have heard in years! Maybe EVER - and this comes from a retired educator." - Medrounds Publications, www.medrounds.org, Verified Reviews®

"This was amazing. I never knew all of this. I suspected it! I've been a school teacher for 50 plus years so you know I am interested. Thanks so much and God bless you." - Dora Lou, Medrounds Publications, www.medrounds.org, Verified Reviews®

"Dr. Andrew Doan was a very powerful and interactive speaker. I found it extremely helpful to hear his story since I know someone who is extremely addicted to gaming and refuses to leave his room for more than the restroom. Dr. Doan's lecture helped me understand the addiction more and be more attentive to this struggle in society." - Danielle, Medrounds Publications, www.medrounds.org, Verified Reviews®

About FEP International
Hooked on Games: The Lure and Cost of Video Game and Internet Addiction is published by F.E.P. International and is available on Amazon.com, online bookstores, and through your local bookstores.

Print Version: 978-1935576020

Kindle Version: ASIN B008TBXWGQ

Paperback: 200 pages
www.hooked-on-games.com

Media Contact: Andrew Doan FEP International, 443-817-0794, adoan@medrounds.org

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