{"id":55451,"date":"2023-05-25T12:42:34","date_gmt":"2023-05-25T03:42:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/may\/25\/this-is-an-epidemic-inside-the-thai-clinic-taking-on-westerners-gaming-addictions"},"modified":"2023-05-25T12:42:34","modified_gmt":"2023-05-25T03:42:34","slug":"this-is-an-epidemic-inside-the-thai-clinic-taking-on-westerners-gaming-addictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=55451","title":{"rendered":"\u2018This is an epidemic\u2019: inside the Thai clinic taking on westerners\u2019 gaming addictions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Previously catering to people with drug and alcohol addictions, The Cabin\u2019s eight-week programme includes physical activities and group therapy<\/p>\n<p>Muay Thai and meditation, mindfulness and massage: the schedule at The Cabin addiction treatment centre could easily be mistaken for that of a wellness retreat or luxury hotel.<\/p>\n<p>Tucked into a bend of the Ping river in northern Thailand, the facility hosts hundreds of people, including Britons and Australians, who come to battle their addictions \u2013 including gaming.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/may\/25\/this-is-an-epidemic-inside-the-thai-clinic-taking-on-westerners-gaming-addictions\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Previously catering to people with drug and alcohol addictions, The Cabin\u2019s eight-week programme includes physical activities and group therapyMuay Thai and meditation, mindfulness and massage: the schedule at The Cabin addiction treatment centre could&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3763,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1684,93],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-games","category-thailand"],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3763"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=55451"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55451\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55452,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55451\/revisions\/55452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=55451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=55451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}