The average American spends about 3 hours a day in front of a television. ... This works out to be 9 whole years for the average person who lives to be 75. ... This could ultimately break up families, friendships, and end all other social interactions. A person with any problem they should seek help from friends and family, or a trained professional. ...
However, most of the poor families in America are headed by a single mother. ... They drop out of school, abandon their families, have scrapes with the law and don't hold down jobs; all to feed their growing addiction to the drugs. ... Today, if a person graduates from high school with even a C average, there is a college or some kind of skills training program somewhere for him, and often financial assistance to spice up the deal. ...
In the Nielson survey of American viewers the average American family watched seven hours of television a day. This sounds shocking, until you realize that there are approximately 4.5 people per family. ... Most of my friends and family are the same way. ...
Having an addiction can scar a family and leave charred relationships in its wake. ... Alcohol destroyed my family, and I know that I am not alone. ... Besides crushing families and relationships, addiction can also ruin a life financially. ... Cigarettes go for about $3 a pack now, and imagine the tab that a daily dose of $12 cases of beer can do to the average income. ... Not only the addicts, but the families and friends that watch them slowly disappear. ...
" I feel that Atwood's technique of factually comparing porn to alcohol helps the average American reader relate to something they are more familiar with, and thus better understand how the addictions come to pass. ... Atwood is accurate in noting the bloody mess of violent pornography that is killing families and relationships today, but unfortunately there is no end in sight of naked people with garden shears in....
The ten criteria listed in the DSM-IV are a preoccupation with gambling, a need to gamble with increasing amounts of money in order to achieve the desired level of excitement, repeated, unsuccessful efforts to control, cut back, or stop gambling, feeling restless or irritable when attempting to cut down or stop gambling, using gambling as a way of escaping from problems or of relieving a dysphoric mood, after losing money gambling often returns another day to get even, lies to family members, therapists or others to conceal the extent of one's involvement with gambling, has committed ille...
A recent study published in the Journal of Behavioral Addictions found that female college students spend an average of 10 hours a day on their cell phones, while male students report spending nearly eight. ... Another study of college students in Turkey found that people who scored high on a scale for problematic cell phone use were also more likely to come from a poor family, have a type A personality and receive their first cell phone at 13 or younger. ...
