Follow-up:

My biggest hurdle in this situation is to get my SO some help for the Internet addiction. She has refused any suggestions to seek counseling and her family is just not providing the support needed to help me with this. She is angry with me and starting to feel resentment as she feels I am trying to control her and interfere with her plans to move. She cannot understand the concept that moving away to another state to live with a man she has only known for less than 60 days of online chatting is a serious safety risk. She is asking her online friends who are supporting her to make the move, although some of them are suggesting she take steps to protect herself and her daughter. I could understand a visit for a few days to check things out, but to pull up and move away from a stable job, nursing school and her friends and family is not a safe thing to do. Her family called yesterday morning and told her I had spoken to them. She now feels even more resentment and has finally displayed some anger to me, which she has not done in a long time. She says she feels anger for me for a number of issues, but she never displayed it nor resolved it with me. I cut the Internet yesterday afternoon after she blew up on the premise that I was moving to a new apartment (which I am as I cannot stay in the current apartment and keep it together once they are gone). Hopefully, going without it for the next three weeks will give her some time to bgin seeing clearly. I know she will seek out other Internet access, but at least there will be no access to The Sims Online for her and her daughter. I accept a share of the cause in this situation as I know she is depressed and feels the need to get away to a fresh start. I have felt the need to do the same, but I am also very willing to seek counseling for us to resolve the cause of our feelings and to try to salvage a 16 year relationship. I understand Internet addiction is as serious as a drug or alcohol addiction and withdrawl will soon occur which I expect to live through hell the next few weeks. I wanted to post this follow-up to provide some additional information on the situation and to again ask if anyone else is battling this or has battled this to please contact me. Thanks, Anthony