Biden Blames Social Media For ‘Mental Health Crisis’ ALGORITHMS ARE THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL – Mar. 1, 2022 - Biden wants to “stop discriminatory algorithmic decision-making that limits opportunities for young Americans,” the White House said. “When a girl sea... Read More...Alcohol AddictionBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneCoronavirusinternetinterventionMarch 8 2022Mental HealthRecoverySmartphone AddictionteenagersTrauma
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
Snapchat Promises New Rules to Fight Drug Sales IT’S ABOUT TIME – Feb. 24, 2022 - Snapchat says it’s making changes to make it harder for kids to buy drugs on its platform, and it has to do with how “friends” are recommended on the app. An NBC News inves... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylinternetinterventionMarch 1 2022opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoverySmartphone AddictionteenagersTrauma
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
Signs of Porn Addiction and When to Get Help AUDIO – POWERFUL – Feb. 12, 2022 - “At this point in time, there is no recognized diagnosis of ‘pornography addiction,’ and there is no evidence that pornography is inherently ‘addictive’,” Joshua Grubbs, asso... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaFeb 22 2022internetinterventionMental HealthRecoveryRehabSexual AddictionSmartphone Addiction
Addiction to Approval is Toxic for Your Mental Health PLEASE, PLEASE SUBSCRIBE – Feb. 5, 2022 - While you may crave approval, it’s important to remember that another person’s opinions are just that — someone’s highly subjective, personal opinions. Their input may... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneFeb 15 2022internetinterventionMental HealthSmartphone Addiction
Mother Sues Facebook, Snapchat Over Daughter’s ‘extreme addiction’ Before Suicide GREED KILLS – Feb. 5, 2022 - Court papers state that before her death from suicide, Selena had struggled for two years with addiction to Instagram and Snapchat, and was hospitalised for emergency psychiatric ca... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phonedepressionFeb 15 2022internetMental HealthSmartphone Addictionsuicide
Drug Dealers Using Social Media, Emojis to Advertise, Sell Counterfeit Pills VIDEO – CAPITALISM REIGNS SUPREME – Jan. 26, 2022 - Certainly, people have their ways of getting their drug fixes or what people think they’re getting. The DEA said that in some cases, it’s literally as easy as... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 8 2022internet
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
TikTok Craze of Cooking Chicken in Cough Medicine CHICKEN NODGETS – Jan. 21, 2022 - But Dr Aaron Hartman, physician and assistant clinical professor of family medicine at Virginia Commonwealth University, has spoken out about the danger of the trend. “When... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 1 2022internetMental HealthRecovery
This Sobriety App Is One of My Favorite THERE’S AN APP FOR THAT – Jan. 19, 2022 - I don’t remember how or why I settled on I Am Sober in particular when I decided to stop drinking. I think it was because I liked the design sensibility. And I was pan... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetinterventionJan 25 2022Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Online Directory Connects Treatment Centers with Experts and Authors PUTTING THE RIGHT PEOPLE TOGETHER – Jan. 12, 2022 - Until now, there has been no directory for experts and authors to locate Addiction/Recovery Treatment Centers that are open to having guest presenters, but S... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyinternetJan 18 2022RecoveryRecovery Advocate
I Meditate Before Touching Any Electronics THE LIGHT SWITCH TOO? – Jan. 12, 2022 - My life was starting to shift completely online, like one of those dystopian tech movies where the protagonist starts identifying more with their on-screen avatar than t... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetinterventionJan 18 2022life expectancyMental HealthRecoverySmartphone Addiction
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
Social Media Sobriety I DARE YOU TO READ THIS – Jan. 2, 2022 - The following week, on a day trip to Sandbridge Beach, further insight was revealed to me. Sitting in a colorful chair, root beer in hand, an urge came to post a pictur... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetJan 11 2022Mental HealthRecoverySmartphone Addiction
Limits on Virtual Addiction Treatment May Soon Return THIS IS A SIN – Dec. 30, 2021 - Absent evidence of abuse, says Senator Mark Warner, D-Va., telehealth should continue for medically-assisted opioid treatment. “We’ve now had 18 months to have telehealth exp... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninternetinterventionJan 4 2022Mental HealthRecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Q&A with author and founder of Speakertunity, Jackie Lapin STICK WITH THE WINNERS! – Dec. 31, 2021 - Jackie Lapin is a leader in helping leaders, authors, coaches, speakers and entrepreneurs connect with their next followers around the globe. An expert at aiding them ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediainternetInterviewJan 4 2022
Dopamine Dressing Will be 2022’s Biggest Trend GOOD ON SALADS TOO – Dec. 24, 2021 - “She believed the colour yellow made her look ‘washed out’ due to being caucasian,” Dr Karen says. “She then reported back that the colour not only lifted her spirits, bu... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninternetJan 4 2022Mental HealthRecovery
Modern Economy Is Built On Addiction AND WE LOVE IT – Dec. 27, 2021 - It’s a behaviour that seeks to medicate fear, sorrow, boredom, regret, anomie, heartbreak, or the existential heebie-jeebies: take your pick. That desire — the desire to take y... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDrug Abuse and AddictioninternetinterventionJan 4 2022Mental HealthRecoverySmartphone Addiction
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
Billie Eilish: Addiction to Porn ‘Really Destroyed My Brain’ NOT NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC – Dec. 17, 2021 - She added that watching it initially helped her feel cool and like she was “one of the guys.” Ultimately, however, she admits it led to her suffering nightmares becaus... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity Sobrietycell phoneDec 21 2021internetinterventionMental HealthRecoveryRehabSexual AddictionSmartphone AddictionteenagersTrauma
Are We Losing the War for Our Children? WHO’S EVEN TRYING? – Dec. 3, 2021 - Even more so, sadness and anxiety have ensnared many young people in a vise-like grasp. “Likes” and “views” on social media have caused some of them to continuously compare ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionDec 14 2021depressionDrug Abuse and Addictioninternetinterventionlife expectancyMental HealthRecoveryteenagersTrauma
WARNING! Young People Face ‘Devastating’ Mental Health Crisis According to Surgeon General WHAT WILL IT TAKE TO SAVE OUR CHILDREN? – Dec. 7, 2021 - Although blame for adolescent distress is often pinned on social media, the research suggests that screen time alone does not account for crisis. Rather... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneCompassionCoronavirusDec 14 2021depressioninternetinterventionlife expectancyMental HealthSmartphone AddictionteenagersTrauma
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
Lights, Camera, Recovery w/ Ahbra Schiff LISTEN – READY FOR HER CLOSE-UP – Dec. 1, 2021 - Almost 6 years after first meeting him, Ahbra has been working alongside Leonard to put on the REEL Recovery Film Festival (Now in its 13th year) and the Experi... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassionDec 7 2021internetInterviewRecoveryRecovery AdvocateREEL Recovery Film FestivalRehabWriters In Treatment
Kids Facing Depressing Social Media Addiction WATCH – AND IT’S FREE – Dec. 1, 2021 - Dr. Martin Paulus, who is a psychiatrist with the Laureate Institute for Brain Research said a team is studying the teenage brain and the side effects of social media. He... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneDec 7 2021internetinterventionMental HealthSmartphone Addiction
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
Social Media Addiction – How It Changes OUR Brains WATCH – SHRINKAGE? – Nov. 28, 2021 - • All desire comes from us feeling like we lack something, which can bring us into a dangerous, vicious habit because there will always be another model to find. W... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetinterventionMental HealthNov 30 2021RecoverySmartphone Addiction