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Our drive to “stay connected” often verges on a dangerous obsession. Many of us are unable to regulate our usage of the cyber world, a fact that can bring unforeseen, and sometimes serious, consequences. A participant at one of my cyber recovery groups went into debt because he could not stop buying “currency” for Farmville,… Read more
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A recent study links excessive texting with a variety of health risks including anxiety and depression. I have done a great many cyber activities to excess: texting, Internet chatting, surfing the web, as well as my grave addiction to video games. I repeatedly say in my book, Cyber Junkie, that excessive and compulsive cyber behaviors… Read more
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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
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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
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This is a guest blog written by Alex, a participant in my cyber addiction 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. Some people have a passion for learning, while others find… Read more