Posts Tagged ‘addiction’

Addicted to cell phones

Friday, September 4, 2009 21:16 By NARUTO

Your phone is like a part of your body? A global survey shows that most people cannot live without their mobile phone. They never leave home without it and, given a choice, would prefer to lose the handset portfolio.
Calling cell phones in “remote control” for life, a study bythe research firm Synovate Market says the [...]

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Rehabilitation Centre for addicts in the Internet is inaugurated in the USA

Sunday, August 23, 2009 5:15 By NARUTO

The first American center of recovery for addicts in internet has just opened its doors–and its first patient is a fanatic adolescent for the game “World of Warcraft.”
The 19 year-old boy changed the warlike incursions in the virtual world of Azeroth for more bucolic activities, as feeds kid goats with feeding bottle and to build [...]

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Recession Shopaholics: Victims of Addiction

Wednesday, May 27, 2009 6:20 By GSerrano

For most, shopping is a sport. For the rest, it is an addiction. A recent UK survey reveals that women are more prone to shop during times of financial crisis. 75 percent of those surveyed said that a shopping spree will cheer them up during a gloomy recession. ‘Of the 700 women surveyed, 40 percent [...]

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Are You Over-Wired?

Monday, January 5, 2009 19:32 By GSerrano

If you’re a techno-junkie, the first sign you’ll know you are is if you get irritated when you can’t use it. A day without it and you go bonkers. When someone notices your excessive use, you start to hide it. If these sound like alcohol and drug addiction to you, then you’re surely an addict, [...]

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