Half of Britons 'e-mail addicts'

Half of Britons 'e-mail addicts': "Half of Britons could not exist without e-mail - with 30 or 40-somethings more addicted than teens, a survey finds."

How can something which is a part of normal daily living be called an addiction? Emails are now part of our lives. Am I also addicted to my microwave? My hair brush? My pen? My car? New things come into our way of living. It's called change. We use computers, DVD players, email services and phones. It's how we live now. And no, I cannot live without all these things. I am in 2007. If the British are using email, then they have come up to speed.