Gambling Addictions For Teens on the Rise VIDEO – AND IT’S EVERYWHERE – Jan. 29, 2023 - According to the state’s Office of Addiction Services and Supports, gambling is more accessible today than ever before to anyone, and that includes teenagers. Al... Read More...Addiction RecoveryArticles of InterestBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneGaminginternetinterventionRecoverySliderSmartphone AddictionSuper Bowlteenagersvideo games
Book Review: How Is Your Phone Powered? THROUGH CAPITALISM – Jan. 23, 2023 - A lecturer at Harvard’s Kennedy School, Kara has written on sex trafficking and other forms of so-called modern slavery, part of a new group of abolitionists who claim expli... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneJan 31 2023life expectancySmartphone Addiction
Social Media Use Could Be Changing Kids’ Brains HOW COULD IT NOT? – Jan. 3, 2023 - At the beginning of the study each 12-year-old participant was asked how many times they checked their social media feeds each day. Those who checked their socials 15 or more ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneFeatured ArticlesinternetJan 10 2023Mental HealthRecoverySmartphone Addictionteenagers
Highly Addictive TikTok is Likened to FENTANYL by US Congressman SO TRUE – Jan. 3, 2023 - TikTok has been likened to the addictive drug fentanyl by a US politician, due to its ‘corrosive impact’ on young Americans. Mike Gallagher, incoming US chairman of a new House selec... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetinterventionJan 10 2023Mental HealthRecoverySmartphone Addiction
Social Media, Gaming Addiction Linked to Emotions I SECOND AND THIRD THE EMOTION – Dec. 20, 2022 - Although many adolescents can use social media or game without issues, it can become problematic and compulsive for some. For those affected, the addictive behav... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneDec 27 2022GaminginternetMental HealthRecoverySmartphone Addictionvideo games
How to Recognize and Overcome Social Media Addiction VIDEO – GO BACK IN TIME – Dec. 13, 2022 - Doctor Brian Boxer joined us with tips on how to recognize and overcome social media addiction. Click@Fox5DC ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneDec 20 2022internetinterventionMental HealthRecoverySmartphone Addictionteenagers
This App Could Fix Your Social Media Addiction IRONIC? – Dec. 14, 2022 -“We’ve all been there,” Riedel, 27, says. “I started to question myself, like, ‘Why is this happening?’ And then of course, as an app developer, I tried to find solutions.” The solut... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneDec 20 2022internetinterventionMental HealthRecoverySmartphone Addiction
No Smart Phones For Luddite Teens GOING BACKWARDS TO STAY AHEAD – Dec. 15, 2022 - “Lots of us have read this book called ‘Into the Wild,’” said Lola Shub, a senior at Essex Street Academy, referring to Jon Krakauer’s 1996 nonfiction book about ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneDec 20 2022internetinterventionSmartphone Addiction
Game Developer Made ‘Fortnite’ as ‘addictive as possible’ MANY A NITE – Dec. 14, 2022 - The allegations are part of a lawsuit brought by three Canadian parents against Epic Games, the developer of “Fortnite.” The parents argue the game is addictive and has upen... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneDec 20 2022GaminginternetinterventionMental HealthRecoverySmartphone Addictionvideo games
Japan Confronts Video Game Addiction AUDIO – TETRIS IT’S NOT – Dec. 28, 2022 - “My only comfort is that he has been keeping his promise to stay offline overnight,” one father said, as another confided that their child had been attending a r... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneDec 20 2022GaminginterventionRecoverySmartphone Addictionteenagersvideo games
Online-Gambling Inquiry Reveals Disturbing Stories VIDEO – GETTING DOWN DOWN UNDER – Dec. 10, 2022 - Ironically, Mark was working for an online betting company for some of that period. By the time his compulsive gambling was discovered, he had accrued significa... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneDec 13 2022GaminginternetinterventionRecoverySmartphone AddictionSuper Bowlvideo games
Doctor Writes Book About Social Media Addiction VIDEO – ESSENTIAL VIEWING – Dec. 8, 2022 - “I really found my niche in terms of finding viral videos that were happening that had information that was totally bogus,” he said. Bogus, or in slang terms, “... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneDec 13 2022internetinterventionMental HealthRecoverySmartphone Addiction
Lust For Life: The Dopamine Addiction PAINT FASTER – Nov. 29, 2022 - In the age of social media, online shopping and unlimited streaming, we have a constant stream of content readily available to us in various formats. Pornhub. Twitter, Shei... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 6 2022Drug Abuse and AddictioninternetinterventionMental HealthRecoveryRehabSmartphone Addiction
TikTok’s Viral Challenges Keep Luring Kids to Their Deaths SOCIAL DILEMMA DEATH – Nov. 29, 2022 - The game had a name: the blackout challenge. Kids around the world were choking themselves with household items until they blacked out, filming the adrenaline rush they go... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneDec 6 2022internetinterventionlife expectancyMental HealthSmartphone AddictionteenagersTraumavideo games
Why Apple’s Tone-deaf Gambling Ads Make Me Worry LET’S GET MONEY FROM CHILDREN – Oct. 31, 2022 - This is one reason why I’ve been a bit more comfortable inviting Apple’s products into my home, compared to Google’s, or Amazon’s, or Facebook’s Meta’s, or (to a ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneGaminginterventionNov 8 2022Smartphone Addictionvideo games
Apple ‘pauses’ gambling ads after placing them next to kids’ games, addiction recovery apps APPLE’S EVIL GENIUS PLACEMENT – Oct. 27, 2022 - The issue got attention on Twitter early Wednesday when an ad for “Jackpot World” appeared as a suggested app below RecoverMe, an app designed to help users recov... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneGaminginterventionMental HealthNov 1 2022Smartphone Addictionvideo games
How Ugly Will Life in the Metaverse Become? HUMANITY’S SWAN SONG? – Oct. 7, 2022 - I choose a world with a four-story comedy club under a starry sky. When I enter, a man in a gray hoodie comes up to me. “Hello,” I say. He stares at me in reply, so... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetlife expectancyMental HealthOct 11 2022Smartphone AddictionTraumavideo games
New Book Helps Us Heal our ‘screen-broken brains’ GET THE KINDLE – Oct. 7, 2022 - Kristian’s book is a call to resist the urge to play the amateur demagogue and to educate ourselves to defend against the industry of professional demagogues who populate politic... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetOct 11 2022RecoverySmartphone Addiction
Put Down Your Devices and Let Your Mind Wander I THINK THEREFORE I AM THE I AM – Sept. 23, 2022 - The researchers contrasted people’s estimates of how much they would enjoy just sitting and thinking with their actual experiences of doing so in a series of s... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneGaminginternetinterventionMental HealthRecoverySept 27 2022Smartphone Addictionteenagersvideo games
Five Ways to Avoid a News Addiction PLEASE DO NOT UNSUBSCRIBE – Sept. 9, 2020 - It’s normal to want to know what’s going on in the world around us. That said, there is 24/7 access to news on the TV and our phones. Much of the news that is ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainternetinterventionMental HealthRecoverySept 13 2022Smartphone Addiction
Facebook Fined $400 Million for Treatment of Children’s Data HOW LOW WILL THEY GO? – Sept. 5, 2022 - Policymakers are attempting to better safeguard children’s data generated on social media, online video games and other internet services. California lawmakers last week ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetinterventionMental HealthRecoverySept 13 2022Smartphone AddictionTrauma
Program Helping Youth to Detox From Technology Addiction THE 11th COMMANDMENT – Spring 2022 - I’m in my room consistently. “I just want to be left alone on my iPad and it makes me moody and angry for some reason.” Kokoda Youth Foundation CEO Johllene Elson said, “... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAug 23 2022Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetinterventionRecoveryRehabSmartphone Addictionteenagers
California Social Media Addiction Bill Drops Parent Lawsuit WHO’S MINDING THE KIDS? – July 14, 2022 - “They get afraid it will open the floodgates to frivolous claims,” Cunningham said. “They seem to be more comfortable letting this be handled by the public prosecutors... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetinterventionJuly 19 2022Mental HealthRecoverySmartphone Addiction
Inside the Mind of an Addict VERY BUSY – July 4, 2022 - The concept of self-reinforcement shows how the first experience with drugs, sex, cigarettes or alcohol can lead to the second. It takes a memory of the experience as being at least p... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionEating Disorderfood addictionGamingHeroin AddictioninterventionJuly 12 2022Mental HealthRecoveryRehabrelapseSexual AddictionSmartphone Addiction
Are Smartphones Making Kids Dumb? JUST CALL THEM DIGITAL DRUGS – June 29, 2022 - I am a dad of two teenage sons, the only ones in their respective grades without smartphones. Their images — and “cool factor” — take hits because I won’t let the... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetinterventionJuly 5 2022Mental HealthSmartphone Addictionteenagers
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 and 599,000 Instagram followers with a series of posts exploring his day-to-day life in Los ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetJune 21 2022life expectancySmartphone AddictionteenagersTrauma
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 most likely cease operations for children in California rather than face the legal risk. The propo... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetinterventionMay 31 2022Mental HealthRecoverySmartphone Addictionteenagersvideo games
TikTok Addiction? Here Are The Signs! YOU ARE READING THIS ARTICLE – May 6, 2022 - Sometimes the TikTok algorithm shows us things we like, sometimes it doesn’t. Every time we see something we like, our brain produces a little hit of dopamine. This... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetMay 10 2022Mental HealthRecoverySmartphone Addiction
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 as long as we’ve had phones to distract us from our kids. And the evidence, according to se... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetMay 3 2022Mental HealthRecoverySmartphone Addiction
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