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How Gambling Addiction Has Affected Younger Generation

BETTER MATH SKILLS? –   July 4, 2022 - Joe was 13 when he started gambling with friends. In college,…

2 years ago

Are Smartphones Making Kids Dumb?

JUST CALL THEM DIGITAL DRUGS –   June 29, 2022 - I am a dad of two teenage sons, the…

2 years ago

Beyond Belief Sobriety w/Author of HIGH! – Confessions of Cannabis Addict

VIDEO – IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD(S) –   June 2022 - Things could have played out very differently…

2 years ago

Guilty Displeasure: Time to Take Porn Addiction In Hand

ADVICE COLUMN –   June 11, 2022 - I also realise my past relationships were also disastrous. As I engaged…

2 years ago

The Pandemic Surge In Pornography Addiction

VISUALS OVERLOAD –  June 15, 2022 - Though Martinez-Herbert didn’t quite understand what was going on, the acts she saw…

2 years ago

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…

2 years ago

Is Your Pursuit of Wealth Unhealthy?

MONEY MONEY MONEY –  May 31, 2022 - Psychologists often classify the preoccupation with wealth as a “process addiction,” a…

2 years ago

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…

2 years ago

Hello, Sobriety Influencers. Goodbye, Alcoholics Anonymous?

NOT IN THIS CENTURY –  June 2, 2022 - Americans are drinking less, and the ones that are looking to…

2 years ago

Facebook Posts May Reveal Individuals at Risk for Alcoholism

AI Knows Everything –  May 19, 2022 - “What people write on social media and online offers a window into…

3 years ago

Paulo O’Brien talks with Leonard Buschel about his book, HIGH: Confessions of Cannabis Addict

VIDEO – ADDICTS’ LIVES MATTER –   2022 - Leonard Buschel is the author of the new book, HIGH: Confessions of…

3 years ago

TikTok Addiction? Here Are The Signs!

YOU ARE READING THIS ARTICLE –   May 6, 2022 - Sometimes the TikTok algorithm shows us things we like,…

3 years ago

The Shame Industrial Complex: Who Profits in the New Age of Humiliation

MEDIA: BOOK REVIEW –  April 26, 2022 - Weinstein’s incarceration followed a decades-long career of abuse, and is inextricably linked…

3 years ago

Breaking the Misconceptions of Sobriety

AUDIO – ROSECRANCE PRODUCED –   April 27, 2022 - Tune in while Rosecrance’s Director of Alumni Relations Colleen Fry…

3 years ago

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…

3 years ago

The Dark Side of Life Trading Crypto

INSOMNIA, ADDICTION, DEPRESSION, OH MY –   April 28, 2022 - Therapists, such as Aaron Sternlicht of New York, say…

3 years ago

Family Suing Social Media over Son’s Suicide

VIDEO ONLY – EVIL ON THE SMALL SCREEN –   April 27, 2022 -  “When we found him, his phone…

3 years ago

How to Find the Right Mental Health App

COME ON GET APPY –   April 13, 2022 - These apps claim to help with issues as varied as…

3 years ago

Instagram and Snapchat Addiction Allegedly Led to 17-Year-Old Boy’s Suicide

MEDIA OVERDOSE DEATH –   April 12, 2022 - The suit, shared with Gizmodo and filed on behalf of Wisconsin…

3 years ago

How Everyone Got So Lonely

THE PALE BLUE DOT –  April 11, 2022 - She cites many factors that have contributed to this dystopian moment—among…

3 years ago

Teens Talk Social Media and Body Image

A REFLECTION OF THE TIMES –   Mar. 31, 2022 - As we regularly do when The Times writes about…

3 years ago

Can Technology Reduce Substance Abuse?

PHONING IT IN –  March 31, 2022 - UCF clinical psychologist and Professor Lidia Meshesha works tirelessly to help improve…

3 years ago

‘Water by the Spoonful’ Weaves Web of Addiction & Internet

VIDEO – GO SEE A PLAY, ANY PLAY –  March 30, 2022 - What the playwright lacks in tech savvy,…

3 years ago

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…

3 years ago

Making Peace With Your Body

IT STARTS RIGHT NOW –   Mar. 18, 2022 - How long would it be, I wondered, until they would…

3 years ago

Startups push ADHD meds through APP ads

PAGING DR. TIKTOK –   Mar. 13, 2022 - Combined with other social media posts and sketchy Google search results,…

3 years ago

TikTok Leaves Teens Thinking They Have Mental Illness

CRAZY –  Dec. 26, 2021 - “We have to convince these kids to release their self-diagnoses but when they leave…

3 years ago

TikTokers are Redefining What It Means to Get Sober

SOBER IN SECONDS –   Mar. 7, 2022 - I love the phrase “sober curious,” because it centers curiosity —…

3 years ago

Artist Predicted Social Media Addiction 50 Years Ago

NOW HE TELLS US! –  Mar. 8, 2022 -  Audiences are consumers & subjects of mass media As an internationally…

3 years ago

Does My Kid Have Tech Addiction?

DO YOU? –  Feb. 28, 2022 - In her book “Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence,” Dr.…

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