Is Your Pursuit of Wealth Unhealthy? MONEY MONEY MONEY – May 31, 2022 - Psychologists often classify the preoccupation with wealth as a “process addiction,” a category that also includes a fixation on gambling, sex, or even exercise (though the ps... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaGaminginternetJune 7 2022Mental HealthRecovery
Theft, Gambling & Infidelity are Unusual Signs of Depression LIKE WHACK-A-MOLE – May 25, 2022 - In 2002, Lejoyeux noted that patients with kleptomania and pyromania had significant numbers of depressive episodes. In fact, there’s a body of research concerning gambling. R... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressionGaminginterventionMay 31 2022Mental HealthRecoveryRehabvideo games
The Dark Side of Life Trading Crypto INSOMNIA, ADDICTION, DEPRESSION, OH MY – April 28, 2022 - Therapists, such as Aaron Sternlicht of New York, say they are seeing an influx of people seeking help for crypto addiction, though treatment is availa... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressionDrug Abuse and AddictionGaminginternetinterventionMay 3 2022Mental HealthRecoverySmartphone Addiction
Addiction: It’s Not Just About Drugs Anymore ADDICTED TO EVERYTHING – Mar. 23, 2022 - The parents of a 13-year-old middle school student brought their son to a counselor of my acquaintance. “He spends all of his time after school—night after night—p... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionfood addictionGaminginternetinterventionMarch 29 2022Mental HealthRecoveryRehabSmartphone AddictionSuper Bowlvideo games
Does My Kid Have a Tech Addiction? DO YOU? – Feb. 28, 2022 - In her book “Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence,” Dr. Anna Lembke makes the case for how technology, with its promise of nonstop engagement and flashing lights, ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneGaminginternetinterventionMarch 8 2022Mental HealthRecoverySmartphone Addiction
Gambling Addictions Rise After Legalization of Mobile Sports Betting THE ADDICTION THAT LOVES SUICIDE – Feb. 27, 2022 - Delaney is one of 4.3% of adult residents in New York who are having problems related to their gambling, according to the New York Council on Problem Gambling.... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneGaminginternetMarch 8 2022Mental HealthSmartphone AddictionSuper Bowlvideo games
Gaming Addiction Is Now a Globally Recognized Illness VIDEO – NO TIME FOR MANICURES – Feb. 24, 2022 - Among gamers and parents and even within the medical community, there’s disagreement about whether gaming addiction is real. Either way, the WHO’s designation cou... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaGaminginternetinterventionMarch 1 2022Mental HealthRecoveryRehabvideo games
Dr. K Got Honest About His Addiction SCHROOM SCROLLING – Jan. 27, 2022 - While Dr. K was able to make a change in his own life, he also knows it isn’t something easy to do. He’s spoken about video game addiction and his own ideas about the main ca... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaFeb 1 2022GaminginternetinterventionInterviewMental HealthRecoveryRehabvideo games
Woman Shares Her Story of Gambling Addiction VIDEO – DON’T LET IT RIDE – Jan. 26, 2022 - She was stealing from everybody she knew, was fired from her job, and lost so much money it could make your head spin. She reflected on the most she’s ever lost in... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneFeb 1 2022GaminginternetinterventionMental HealthRecoveryRehabvideo games
The Rise In Gambling Addiction LAS VEGAS BLUES – Jan. 8, 2022 - “That’s the date I protect,” Remillard said on a recent afternoon from the crepe restaurant he owns that is a short drive from the Las Vegas Strip. He agreed on that Monday to ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusGamingJan 18 2022Mental HealthRecoveryRehabvideo games
Gambling Addiction Concerns Unaddressed WIN SOME, LOSE PLENTY – Jan. 13, 2022 - It wasn’t long ago when sports gambling discussions were limited to Saturday morning sports talk radio shows. My, how times have changed. Turn on your local sports radio... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaGaminginternetinterventionJan 18 2022Mental HealthRecoveryRehabSmartphone AddictionSuper Bowlvideo games
Ohio Legalizes Sports Betting WATCH – NO ONE SCORES – Dec. 28, 2021 - When sports betting was legalized last week in Ohio, 2 percent of all sports betting tax money was also allocated toward problem sports gamblers. That will be abou... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaGaminginternetJan 4 2022Mental HealthSuper Bowlvideo games
Are Video Games Really Addictive? YOU KNOW THEY ARE – Jan. 1, 2022 - When china’s government censors books, bars “effeminate men” from television or spoon-feeds Communist Party dogma to schoolchildren, liberals agree that its behaviour is shoc... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneGaminginternetinterventionJan 4 2022Mental HealthSmartphone AddictionSuper Bowl
Gambling: The “Invisible” Addiction THEN YOUR BANK ACCOUNT DISAPPEARS – Dec. 23, 2021 - Unlike more visible addictions, problem gambling is fairly easy to hide, yet leaves about 2 million Americans annually feeling alone, ashamed and, in many cases, ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 28 2021GaminginterventionMental HealthRecoveryRehabSuper Bowl
Positive Portrayals of Mental Illness in Video Games IT’S NOT A GAME – DEC. 8, 2021 - Some games already appear to be attempting this feat, but it can be hard to distinguish between those which “other” the mentally ill and those that have done genuine research e... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 14 2021GaminginternetMental HealthRecoverySmartphone Addictionvideo games
America’s Gambling Addiction is Metastasizing THAT’S A BIG SPREAD – Nov. 2021 - As a direct result, sports-betting revenues grew 69 percent from 2019 to 2020 and another 270 percent during the first quarter of 2021. Total gambling revenues in the U.S. are... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaGaminginternetinterventionMental HealthNov 30 2021Recovery
Curb Teen’s Digital Addiction BETTER WATCH – ALL THUMBS. ONLY THUMBS? – Oct. 29, 2021 - If you’re concerned about teens who seem glued to their phones, well, join the club. But Jimmy Rhoades found ways to help them kick the digital habit. m... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneGaminginternetMental HealthNov 2 2021RecoverySmartphone Addiction
“Gambling Felt More Natural To Me Than Brushing My Teeth” – Paul Merson IT’S ONLY MONEY & YOUR LIFE – August 11, 2021 - “I get up in the morning, and I say: ‘Today I will not have a bet, I will not drink, I will not take drugs’,” he says, “that’s doable, but living with ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionGaminginterventionInterviewMental HealthOct 19 2021RecoveryRehabvideo games
Achieving Happiness is a Balance ON THE BEAM – OCT. 2021 - Dopamine balance can be complicated. Along with the feelings listed above, dopamine is also the “just one more” hormone. It can become too much. This is part of the reason why people stru... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneCoronavirusDrug Abuse and AddictionEating DisorderGaminginterventionMental HealthOct 19 2021RecoveryTrauma
Gambling Addiction Leads to Risk of Suicide WATCH – IT’S HARD TO CONTROL YOUR BRAIN – SEPT. 23, 2021 - She’s a widow, who’s recently retired, and said the lack of things to do, led her to visiting the casinos. Eventually, it turned into an addi... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaGaminglife expectancyMental HealthSept 28 2021suicide
Quote of the Week – Anya Taylor-Joy “I don't really feel like I belong anywhere, which makes me belong everywhere.” —Anya Taylor-Joy ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaGamingMental Healthquote of the weekRecoverySept 21 2021
New York’s gambling traps luring people with dicey promises STATE’S RIGHTS – May 6, 2021 - Not only do such ads permeate the YES Network, TV home to the New York Yankees and Brooklyn Nets, but DraftKings actually sponsors the Yankees’ pregame show. The in-program advert... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaGaminginternetMay 11 2021Mental HealthSmartphone AddictionSuper Bowlvideo games
Gambling Company Had the Best Pandemic Ever WAGER THIS! – March 26, 2021 - People like Lewis, a 25-year-old from Hampshire who requested anonymity because few people know about a compulsion he is still struggling to control. He won about $77,000 at age 1... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneGaminginternetinterventionMar 30 2021Mental HealthRecoverySmartphone AddictionSuper Bowlvideo games
What We Can Learn From Gaming Companies About Gambling Addiction WATCH – TRADING ELECTRONS – Feb. 19, 2021 - His parents lay the blame squarely on the investing company, pointing out Kearns tried multiple times to get help on a customer service line, to no avail. Kearns’ fam... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneFeb 23 2021GaminginternetMental HealthRecoverySmartphone Addictionvideo games
Day Trading, It Can Be Addictive IT’S NOT GAMBLING ... OR IS IT? – February 13, 2021 - Day trading can be very, very addicting! However, that doesn’t exactly mean that day traders are addicts. I myself am an addict. This March I will be sober ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 16 2021GaminginternetMental HealthRecoverySmartphone Addictionvideo games
How to Tell If You’re Addicted to Day Trading YOU'RE CHECKING YOUR PHONE RIGHT NOW APRIL, 2020 - “He knew it the way an alcoholic just knows this will be his last drink of the night. So he went in with everything he had and then some (compliments of his&nbs... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneFeb 2 2021GaminginternetinterventionMental HealthRecoverySmartphone AddictionSuper Bowl
Gambling Addiction Experts Focusing on Robinhood App BETTING REAL MONEY – Jan. 30, 2021 - But industry experts say Robinhood’s addictive elements have been such a well-known problem that rival startups, like Public and Titan, have been casting themselves as abbre... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCoronavirusFeb 2 2021GaminginternetinterventionRecoverySmartphone Addiction
Entrepreneur Helping Gamblers Beat Their Addiction No more suicides, please – Jan. 7 , 2021 - Having tried everything, from parental controls software to gambling-blocking software to curb his activity, he came up with his own solution Gamban. Launched... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionGaminginternetinterventionJan 12 2021Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabvideo games
The Queen’s Gambit Shows Knowledge Can’t Defeat Addiction – OPINION Check(mate)-ing out – November 3, 2020 - Even when she wakes up severely hungover in Paris, she whips her head forward and instantly collects herself, looking like a veritable siren doll with sinuously reflecti... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 8 2020Drug Abuse and AddictionGaminginterventionMental HealthRecoveryRehabTrauma
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