Tag: ADHD

The Seduction of the Screen

Posted on by Kevin.

This blog is an interview with Kendra Wagner, who has devoted herself to helping ADD people succeed, especially in becoming better readers. This blog offers great insights into why ADDers have a penchant for the “screen,” and offers some great solutions on how to confront that. How can we help ADD-ers become engaged with non-screen… Read more

Social Skills in Cyber Land

Posted on by Kevin.

This blog is written by Alex, updating us on his growing awareness regarding his addictive cyber tendencies.  If you compare this with his earlier post, I think you will see an unquestionable evolution in him. For me, the cyber world is a double-edged sword.  The sword metaphor is more than appropriate for me, due to… Read more

Inadequacy and Avoidance: Driving Forces of My Addiction

Posted on by Kevin.

This is a guest blog written by Alex, a participant in my cyber recovery groups, and the subject of several pages of my book (159-163). In the piece that follows, Alex gets to the heart of his problem. Alex will be posting again later this week. I am not sure exactly when or how, but… Read more

Lying and Deceit in the Cyber World

Posted on by Kevin.

This is a guest blog written by Alex, a participant in my cyber recovery groups, and the subject of several pages of my book (159-163). In the piece that follows, Alex gets to the heart of his problem. Alex will also be posting tomorrow. At about ten years of age, I reached a tipping point… Read more

Stagnant Spirit of Adventure: An Interview with Alex

Posted on by Kevin.

Alex is a member of one of my cyber recovery groups. He is a 23-year old with a very high IQ, but whose life has gone nowhere. He has been booted out of numerous living situations, lost jobs and alienated friends and family, mostly due to his obsession with multiple aspects of video games. Peeling… Read more