A 19-year old resident of Nantong in Jiangsu, China, took the rather extreme step of severing his left hand at the wrist after becoming addicted to video gaming.

Here’s a secret.

I used to be addicted to pornography.

Notice the use of past tense in that sentence?

I have not watched pornography for over a year now, and I won’t go into great detail as to how I cured my addiction, but I will tell you one thing. I never considered chopping off my cock as a way of dealing with my problem.

A Chinese teenager known only as Little Wang (which is what I would have been called had I chopped off said cock), has reached worldwide infamy after severing his left hand, at the wrist, in a bid to cure his addiction to online gaming.

According to press reports, Little Wang’s mother – who we will refer to as Mummy Wang, as she wanted her identity kept a secret – said that Little Wang was a ‘smart boy’ (I think we will withhold judgment on that one). She told reporters that she went into his bedroom to find a note that read: