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24-Hour Hotline Launched for People Using Alone

Medically Assisted Telephone – December 10, 2020 - New Yorkers who are using drugs alone, and who would like someone to stay on the phone with them and call emergency services if they become unresponsive, can ... Read More...

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Woman’s Overdose Death Shocks Family

Not another statistic – December 11th, 2020 - After getting clean, she started working there and helped other women in recovery keep tabs on their medications and appointments. She had found her purpose hel... Read More...

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The Social Media Addiction Bubble

Thumbs Down – Nov. 30, 2020 - The September debut of “The Social Dilemma” on Netflix sounded this alarm for millions of viewers. The documentary centers on Tristan Harris, the former Google engineer who has ... Read More...

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This therapist fights online toxicity, one TikTok video at a time

Scrolling for Sanity – November 27, 2020 - The thought of joining TikTok last year made clinical psychologist Julie Smith apprehensivAs the video-sharing app’s popularity was surging in late 2019, it was bette... Read More...

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My Husband Is a Porn Addict in Recovery

Thank you for not sharing – Nov. 14, 2020 - “I gave in to my craving and watched porn,” he said. Silence. What exactly is one supposed to say? “Thanks for being so honest and transparent with me”? All I want... Read More...

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24-hour heroin ‘hotline’ — staffed by drug dealers busted on Chicago’s West Side

The Ultimate Call Center – Nov. 16, 2020 - Investigators also tapped Bryant’s phone and allegedly recorded him angered at one dealer’s lagging sales. “I don’t know what it is, if it’s just today or what?” Bryan... Read More...

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Online sports betting expands

Know where to find addiction help – Nov. 6, 2020 - Whyte said gambling addiction looks very similar to other kinds of addiction like substance abuse; the need for money, separation from loved ones, in some case... Read More...

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How to Recognize Teen Cyberbullying

With virtual interaction becoming even more prevalent during this time of social distancing, teen cyberbullying is on the rise. One out of every three teens has experienced cyberbullying. Because it causes distress a... Read More...

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Signs of Screen Addiction in Kids

Childhood CANCELLED – Oct. 29, 2020 - Social media apps, movies, games all add up to increasing your child’s time on the screen. At times, you as well might be spending equal, or even more, time on the screen, so yo... Read More...

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Documentary explores addiction to social media

We tweet, we like, and we share... – Oct 9, 2020 - Director Jeff Orlowski (“Chasing Ice,” “Chasing Coral”) devotes much interview time to Tristan Harris, formerly a Google design ethicist and now head of the Center f... Read More...

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Rural moms recovering from addiction struggle to stay connected during pandemic

Dial Up? – Sep. 25, 2020 - With the pandemic putting programs like these on hiatus, patients like Megan, who has been with Moms in Recovery, was relieved when the program started up again virtually. (She declined to ... Read More...

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Ex-Facebook and Pinterest exec explains tech addiction dangers

WATCH – Like, Wow, Sad, Love – Sep. 25, 2020 - “Most people think they spend two hours a day on their phone. When we look at the data ... it’s four and a half — it just shows there’s a disconnect between reali... Read More...

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8 Encouraging Apps for Overcoming Addiction

Tap before you pick up – Sept. 12, 2020 - Pocket Rehab is filled with familiar tools, but all of them are done very well and fit together cohesively. That includes smart sobriety searches, recovery trackers, in... Read More...

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WATCH NOW!

WATCH – A Webinar Affair to Remember Chasing the News...Stone Cold Sober! with Dr. Tian Dayton, William Cope Moyers, Ryan Hampton, Courtney Friel, Alonzo Bodden, Tio Hardiman and Leonard Buschel. Maintaining sobri... Read More...

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Agency chosen by Sober Grid for addiction-recovery support campaign

Phoning it in? – August 20, 2020 - Ascent, a subsidiary of Sober Grid Inc. in Boston, has been awarded funding from the Ohio Mental Health and Addiction Services Agency to deliver treatment services that... Read More...

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Screen addiction causes children to lose ability to draw

And to think... – August 16, 2020 - Bekaroglu said “addiction” in children emerges by the age of 4, when the parents and child cannot establish quality communication and interaction. Sometimes the child cannot... Read More...

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Psychological Exploration of Zoom Fatigue

You have entered the Zoom Zone – July 26, 2020 - Moreover, how that social interaction happens seems to matter. For instance, functional MRI data reveal that live face-to-face interactions, compared to viewing record... Read More...

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Technology And Pornography Addiction: Three Leading Factors

Hands Off! – July 23, 2020 - Since pornography has moved from physical goods like video cassettes and magazines to digital media shared online, people no longer need to visit a store and speak with a salesperson to a... Read More...

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Study links addictive smartphone use to altered brain activity

Everything but actually talking – JULY 12, 2020 - “We employed functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to investigate cue-related activity in individuals with smartphone addiction, as defined by validated psycho... Read More...

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Addiction recovery: telehealth has pros and cons

Or just cons? – June 25, 2020 - “It has made treatment available to some people who otherwise wouldn’t be able to get it because they’re in rural areas or far away, but it is lacking some of that in person inte... Read More...

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Man pursuing online idea to connect people to addiction recovery programs anytime

Innovate, don’t isolate – JUN 17, 2020 - The coronavirus pandemic gave Sanders a new perspective on how to reach people when 12-step meetings aren’t available. When Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s stay-at-home or... Read More...

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Experts say ‘overdose app’ not enough to save lives in opioid crisis

Canadian Optimism – June 12, 2020 - On its site, Lifegaurd Digital Health states that it, “has documented at least a dozen lives saved thus far.” And while the app may save some lives, experts caution that it won’... Read More...

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Digital First: Effects of social media addiction, “doomscrolling”

We rely on "doomscrolling" – June 10, 2020 - Licensed Clinical Social Worker for the State of Connecticut Sharry L. Woods told 22News, reading anything that doesn’t have to do with you can just be a way of distracti... Read More...

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Quarantine may lead to wider social media addiction

LIKE ME LIKE ME LIKE ME – April 2020 - One Rutgers student said that since going into quarantine, she spends an average of 5 hours a day on TikTok, calling it a never-ending hole of content. Although social isola... Read More...

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Psychiatrists Count on Teletherapy to Reach Isolated Patients

Face to FaceTime Therapy – April 9, 2020 - There are now also even fewer in-person treatment options for some of the most acutely mentally ill in New York, Muskin says; the psychiatric wards at Columbia, where ... Read More...

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America’s having a nervous breakdown. Can telemedicine fix it?

It Will Take More Than That – April 9, 2020 - For therapists, there’s an added challenge of building trust with their patients when there’s a digital barrier between them. “So much of counseling has to do... Read More...

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The Digital Burnout Was Coming. The Pandemic Is Expediting It

Fresh Air? – April 10, 2020 - A Love Story, out now, chronicles author Casey Schwartz’s lifelong obsession with humanity’s ability—or lack thereof—to focus, with an emphasis on how the shift to an “attent... Read More...

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Online Help to Stay Sober

Let Your Fingers Do the Walking – March 26, 2020 - The coronavirus pandemic has put severe stress on millions of people in recovery for substance use issues, as well as on friends and family who are trying to ... Read More...

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How Video Conferencing Saved My Sanity—And My Wardrobe

Some priorities don’t wear off – March 17, 2020 - And then the Zoom meeting request came from my boss. For those who don’t know, Zoom is essentially a group FaceTime, albeit a little more corporate and complic... Read More...

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