Elton John Discusses ZOOM AA Meetings with The Royals WATCH – Yes, he gets pinned – Dec. 30, 2020 - “I connect with friends who I’ve known for over 30 years in the programme, and that’s great.” Meghan and Harry – who resigned from the British Royal Family in Janu... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity Sobrietycell phoneCompassionCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictioninternetinterventionInterviewJan 05 2021Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
What a Year of Staring at Our Own Faces on Zoom Has Done To Us Zoom Zoom on my desk, who’s the fairest? – December 30, 2020 - This year, we’ve spent an unholy amount of time staring at our own reflections on Zoom calls, Microsoft Teams, Google Hangouts and FaceTime. We sh... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneCompassionCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictioninternetinterventionJan 05 2021life expectancylonelinessMental HealthRecoveryRehabrelapse
Warning Signs For Technology Addiction In Children WATCH – Friendly little robots – Dec 24, 2020 - Online learning and being stuck at home can create more opportunities for technology addiction to set in for children. What are the warning signs, and what can p... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneDec 29 2020internetinterventionMental HealthRecoverySmartphone Addictionteenagersvideo games
Addicted to Indignity This is your brain on resentment – December 12, 2020 - To be clear, the retaliation doesn’t need to be physically violent—an unkind word, or tweet, can also be very gratifying. Scientists have found that in su... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneDec 15 2020internetMental Health
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...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol Addictioncell phoneCoronavirusDec 15 2020depressionDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionMental HealthRecoveryRehab
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...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneCompassionDec 15 2020depressionDrug Abuse and Addictionfentanylinterventionlife expectancylonelinessMental Healthopioid crisisopioidsOverdoserelapse
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...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneDec 8 2020GaminginternetinterventionlonelinessMental HealthRecoverySmartphone Addictionvideo games
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...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneCompassionCoronavirusDec 1 2020Drug Abuse and AddictioninternetinterventionMental HealthRecoveryRecovery Advocate
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...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetinterventionMental HealthNov 24 2020RecoveryRehabSexual AddictionSmartphone Addiction
Types of Teen Addictions parents should be on the lookout for LISTEN – Check their phones daily – Nov. 9, 2020 - Screen Addiction While almost every parent stresses over the amount of time their kids spend on electronic devices every day, you wouldn’t think t... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phonedepressionfood addictionGaminginternetinterventionlife expectancylonelinessmarijuanaMental HealthNov 17 2020RecoveryRehabSexual AddictionSmartphone AddictionteenagersVapingvideo games
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...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin AddictionNov 17 2020RecoveryRehab
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...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneGaminginternetinterventionNov 10 2020Recovery
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...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneCompassioninternetinterventionlonelinessMental Healthnonprofit organizationNov 10 2020RecoverysuicideteenagersTrauma
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...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneGaminginternetinterventionMental HealthNov 10 2020Nov 3 2020RecoverySmartphone Addictionvideo games
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...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetMental HealthOctober 13 2020RecoverySmartphone Addiction
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...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics Anonymouscell phoneCompassionCoronavirusdepressionDrug Abuse and AddictioninternetlonelinessMental HealthOverdoseRecoveryRehabSept 29 2020
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...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetMental HealthSept 29 2020
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...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneDrug Abuse and AddictionRecoverySept 15 2020
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...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity Sobrietycell phoneCoronavirusinternetInterviewLeonard Buschelnonprofit organizationRecoveryRecovery AdvocateSept 1 2020Writers In Treatment
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...Addiction RecoveryAugust 25 2020Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictionMental Healthnonprofit organizationRecoveryRecovery Advocate
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...August 18 2020Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneGaminginternetlonelinessMental HealthSmartphone Addictionteenagersvideo games
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...Addiction RecoveryAugust 11 2020Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneCoronavirusinternet
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...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetJuly 28 2020Mental Health
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...Addiction Recoverycell phoneJuly 14 2020Mental HealthSmartphone Addiction
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...Addiction Recoverycell phoneCoronavirusinternetJuly 7 2020RecoveryRehab
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...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetJune 23 2020Recovery
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...Addiction Recoverycell phoneJune 16 2020Overdose
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...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetJune 16 2020Smartphone Addiction
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...April 21 2020cell phoneCoronavirusinternet
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...Addiction RecoveryApril 14 2020cell phoneCoronavirus