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Title:
Facing internet technology and gaming addiction : a gentle path to beginning recovery from internet and video game addiction
Publication Date:
2021

2020
Publication Information:
Carefree, Arizona : Gentle Path Press, [2021]

©2020
Physical Description:
xii, 213 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
ISBN:
9781732067332
Abstract:
Accessing the online world provides new, exciting, and disturbing things. You probably discovered porn, gaming, social media, and endless information on any subject that interests you. Soon you learned that with a smartphone in hand, you were granted Internet access 24/7, anytime, anywhere.With all this saturation of digital media, it is not surprising that people get hooked so easily. When we are overexposed to anything that overstimulates the pleasure centers of the brain, there is great risk for addiction. Many people do not think about activities as being potentially addictive, but they can be.
Contents:
Who... Me? -- What does addictive behavior look like? -- Ensure physical integrity -- Problems with social intimacy: the friendship factor -- Problems with sexual and romantic intimacy -- What is a first step? Accepting the problem -- Responding to change and crisis: you need to change the way think -- Sobriety-it's a hero's journey -- Preventing relapses-a return to addictive behaviors -- What makes for long-term success? Deepening recover for profound life change.
Language:
English
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Oak Bay Branch
Adult non-fiction book Nonfiction 616.8584 CAS 39066041619129
Nonfiction