Game Developer Made ‘Fortnite’ as ‘addictive as possible’ MANY A NITE – Dec. 14, 2022 - The allegations are part of a lawsuit brought by three Canadian parents against Epic Games, the developer of “Fortnite.” The parents argue the game is addictive and has upen... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneDec 20 2022GaminginternetinterventionMental HealthRecoverySmartphone Addictionvideo games
Japan Confronts Video Game Addiction AUDIO – TETRIS IT’S NOT – Dec. 28, 2022 - “My only comfort is that he has been keeping his promise to stay offline overnight,” one father said, as another confided that their child had been attending a r... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneDec 20 2022GaminginterventionRecoverySmartphone Addictionteenagersvideo games
Online-Gambling Inquiry Reveals Disturbing Stories VIDEO – GETTING DOWN DOWN UNDER – Dec. 10, 2022 - Ironically, Mark was working for an online betting company for some of that period. By the time his compulsive gambling was discovered, he had accrued significa... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneDec 13 2022GaminginternetinterventionRecoverySmartphone AddictionSuper Bowlvideo games
Doctor Writes Book About Social Media Addiction VIDEO – ESSENTIAL VIEWING – Dec. 8, 2022 - “I really found my niche in terms of finding viral videos that were happening that had information that was totally bogus,” he said. Bogus, or in slang terms, “... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneDec 13 2022internetinterventionMental HealthRecoverySmartphone Addiction
TikTok’s Viral Challenges Keep Luring Kids to Their Deaths SOCIAL DILEMMA DEATH – Nov. 29, 2022 - The game had a name: the blackout challenge. Kids around the world were choking themselves with household items until they blacked out, filming the adrenaline rush they go... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneDec 6 2022internetinterventionlife expectancyMental HealthSmartphone AddictionteenagersTraumavideo games
Why Apple’s Tone-deaf Gambling Ads Make Me Worry LET’S GET MONEY FROM CHILDREN – Oct. 31, 2022 - This is one reason why I’ve been a bit more comfortable inviting Apple’s products into my home, compared to Google’s, or Amazon’s, or Facebook’s Meta’s, or (to a ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneGaminginterventionNov 8 2022Smartphone Addictionvideo games
Apple ‘pauses’ gambling ads after placing them next to kids’ games, addiction recovery apps APPLE’S EVIL GENIUS PLACEMENT – Oct. 27, 2022 - The issue got attention on Twitter early Wednesday when an ad for “Jackpot World” appeared as a suggested app below RecoverMe, an app designed to help users recov... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneGaminginterventionMental HealthNov 1 2022Smartphone Addictionvideo games
Intercepted Phone Calls by DEA Glimpse Into $24M Oxycodone Sales Ring THE WORLD IS WEARING A WIRE – Oct. 14, 2022 - On Oct. 3, DEA agents interviewed Ratanaprasatporn at her home and asked the doctor to explain why she allegedly issued nine oxycodone prescriptions for a pa... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionOct 18 2022opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecovery
How Ugly Will Life in the Metaverse Become? HUMANITY’S SWAN SONG? – Oct. 7, 2022 - I choose a world with a four-story comedy club under a starry sky. When I enter, a man in a gray hoodie comes up to me. “Hello,” I say. He stares at me in reply, so... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetlife expectancyMental HealthOct 11 2022Smartphone AddictionTraumavideo games
New Book Helps Us Heal our ‘screen-broken brains’ GET THE KINDLE – Oct. 7, 2022 - Kristian’s book is a call to resist the urge to play the amateur demagogue and to educate ourselves to defend against the industry of professional demagogues who populate politic... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetOct 11 2022RecoverySmartphone Addiction
14 Years Online of IN THE ROOMS BEFORE THERE WAS ZOOM... – Sept. 30, 2022 - 14 years ago, Ken Pomerance and Ron Tannebaum came up with a revolutionary idea that was to change the face of recovery for people around the world. What started as a... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninternetinterventionOct 4 2022RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Can Smartphones Predict Suicide? WOULDN’T THAT BE GREAT – Sept. 30, 2022 - But her life on the outside was as unsettled as ever, she said in an interview, with a stack of unpaid bills and no permanent home. It was easy to slide back int... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinterventionMental HealthOct 4 2022Recoverysuicide
Put Down Your Devices and Let Your Mind Wander I THINK THEREFORE I AM THE I AM – Sept. 23, 2022 - The researchers contrasted people’s estimates of how much they would enjoy just sitting and thinking with their actual experiences of doing so in a series of s... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneGaminginternetinterventionMental HealthRecoverySept 27 2022Smartphone Addictionteenagersvideo games
From Sober Mom Squads to Anti-Anxiety Workbooks: Do New AA Alternatives Work? IT WORKS IF YOU WORK IT – Sept. 7, 2022 - AA was founded in 1935 by two white men who were members of a Christian revivalist group, Bill Wilson and Bob Smith – a Wall Street analyst and a surgeon, respectively ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneDrug Abuse and AddictioninternetinterventionRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabSept 13 2022
Facebook Fined $400 Million for Treatment of Children’s Data HOW LOW WILL THEY GO? – Sept. 5, 2022 - Policymakers are attempting to better safeguard children’s data generated on social media, online video games and other internet services. California lawmakers last week ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetinterventionMental HealthRecoverySept 13 2022Smartphone AddictionTrauma
Program Helping Youth to Detox From Technology Addiction THE 11th COMMANDMENT – Spring 2022 - I’m in my room consistently. “I just want to be left alone on my iPad and it makes me moody and angry for some reason.” Kokoda Youth Foundation CEO Johllene Elson said, “... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAug 23 2022Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetinterventionRecoveryRehabSmartphone Addictionteenagers
‘BetterHelp is absolutely trying to destroy the mental health world’ WHO’S ZOOMING WHO? – Aug. 7, 2022 - The TikToker, Alicia Murray (@therapywithmillenials) claims that folks who find the information of therapists on a service called CareDash are then redirected to Bette... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousAug 9 2022Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneDrug Abuse and AddictioninternetinterventionMental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Suicide Hotline # 988 Gets Over 96,000 Calls During First Week VIDEO – SAVE A SOUL, SAVE THE WORLD – July 24, 2022 - The 988 system will build on an existing network of over 200 crisis centers nationwide staffed by counselors who answer millions of calls each year - about ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneCompassiondepressioninterventionJuly 26 2022life expectancyMental HealthRecoverysuicideTrauma
U.S. Announces $1.2 Billion Healthcare Crackdown Tied to Telehealth IS ZOOM AN ACCOMPLICE? – July 2022 - “The cases announced today include charges against people who brazenly used Medicare funds to purchase luxury items, medical professionals who corruptly approved testing and... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetinterventionJuly 26 2022Mental HealthRecoveryTrauma
‘Group Inc.’ Doubles Down on Telehealth with App to Treat Opioid Addiction AND MEDS TOO? – July 19, 2022 - Like many healthcare provider organizations, Groups, a value-based care provider of opioid addiction treatment, had to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic overnight. THE PROBLEM In o... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneDrug Abuse and AddictioninternetinterventionJuly 26 2022opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue PharmaRecoveryRehab
The Nonstop Scam Economy Is Costing More Than Just Money “WE’VE BEEN TRYING TO REACH YOU ABOUT YOUR CAR WARRANTY” – July 13, 2022 - Beyond the financial repercussions, there’s a steep emotional cost for people who don’t lose a dollar, mental health experts say. Cons... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetinterventionJuly 19 2022Mental Health
Tenet Healthcare Exposes Data of 1.2M Patients HIPA SHIMIPA – July 13, 2022 - “The Company immediately suspended user access to impacted information technology applications, executed extensive cybersecurity protection protocols, and quickly took steps to re... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneDrug Abuse and AddictioninternetinterventionJuly 19 2022Recovery
California Social Media Addiction Bill Drops Parent Lawsuit WHO’S MINDING THE KIDS? – July 14, 2022 - “They get afraid it will open the floodgates to frivolous claims,” Cunningham said. “They seem to be more comfortable letting this be handled by the public prosecutors... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetinterventionJuly 19 2022Mental HealthRecoverySmartphone Addiction
How Gambling Addiction Has Affected Younger Generation BETTER MATH SKILLS? – July 4, 2022 - Joe was 13 when he started gambling with friends. In college, he became a bookie. “People would text me their bets. I kept a spreadsheet,” he said. “There were many Mondays... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneGaminginternetJuly 12 2022Mental HealthRecoverySuper Bowlvideo games
Are Smartphones Making Kids Dumb? JUST CALL THEM DIGITAL DRUGS – June 29, 2022 - I am a dad of two teenage sons, the only ones in their respective grades without smartphones. Their images — and “cool factor” — take hits because I won’t let the... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetinterventionJuly 5 2022Mental HealthSmartphone Addictionteenagers
19-Year-Old TikToker Cooper Noriega Has Died SO MUCH POTENTIAL – June 13, 2022 - Model and social media influencer Cooper Noriega, who obtained 2.8 million TikTok and 599,000 Instagram followers with a series of posts exploring his day-to-day life in Los ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetJune 21 2022life expectancySmartphone AddictionteenagersTrauma
‘Dial 988’ Suicide Prevention Hotline to Launch on July 16 Already Needs Significant Improvements DIAL WHAT? – June 10, 2022 - The RAND report confirms what many mental health experts already know — there’s more work to be done to create a comprehensive mental health crisis system that can serve everyone’s ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneCompassiondepressioninterventionJune 14 2022life expectancyMental HealthRecoverysuicideTrauma
California Parents Could Sue For Social Media Addiction GOOD LUCK – May 24, 2022 - Business groups have warned that if the bill passes, social media companies would most likely cease operations for children in California rather than face the legal risk. The propo... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetinterventionMay 31 2022Mental HealthRecoverySmartphone Addictionteenagersvideo games
TikTok Addiction? Here Are The Signs! YOU ARE READING THIS ARTICLE – May 6, 2022 - Sometimes the TikTok algorithm shows us things we like, sometimes it doesn’t. Every time we see something we like, our brain produces a little hit of dopamine. This... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetMay 10 2022Mental HealthRecoverySmartphone Addiction
Worried about your kids’ screen time? Check your own first. SCROLLING NOT STROLLING – April 29, 2022 - Experts have been studying the effects of smartphones on parents for almost as long as we’ve had phones to distract us from our kids. And the evidence, according to se... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetMay 3 2022Mental HealthRecoverySmartphone Addiction