Behavioral Addiction

Facebook Addiction: Social Dysfunction
trista2593
January 26, 2012
Are you addicted to Facebook? Don't say no too quickly... More and more people are beginning to admit it: they're addicted! As absurd as it may sound, Facebook addiction is considered a social disorder by many experts, and as addicts increasingly "come clean," or attempt to go on "Facebook fasts," the idea of addiction is becoming progressively viable. Facebook Lifestyle…

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Don’t Gamble Your Life Away
trista2593
January 28, 2012
You've walked around the casino for the last three hours feeding slot machines, playing roulette, feeling the thrill of winning and the agony of losing. But right now you feel lucky, a sort of feeling you couldn't explain to someone, but makes perfect sense to you. A feeling where when going up against 1 and 3 odds doesn't seem like…

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Signs of Hidden Drug or Alcohol Use
trista2593
July 6, 2012
Think about a time when you did something that you didn't want anyone else to know about. We've all been there. And we all have tactics to avoid revealing what we've done. Especially in the early stages of an addiction, drug and alcohol addicts discover themselves consistently hiding the truth. Many addicts develop strategies and ways to get around telling…

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Three Things Everybody Needs to Know About Cell Phone Addiction
admin
July 16, 2013
1. More people own phones than toilets Five years ago a new word wiggled its way into the English dictionary. Thanks to a few British researchers determined to show the world its dependence on technology, "nomophobia" became the term to describe our mobile technology addiction. The term specifically applies to people who experience anxiety when they can't access their mobile…

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