Ask Ben Carson. I have a feeling it rhymes with 'money'.
WMAR) - Chances are that you are probably on your phone, tablet, or computer reading this story. You might not even suspect that the amount of hours that you use in your day is dedicated to this 'substance' that may be causing you to be addicted.(ttyleakks)
According to the
Digital Future Report, the average American spends about 24 hours a week online. That new average is more than twice the number reported in 2000.(tikileaks)
Shannon Wilson-Murray is a licensed social worker in Baltimore County. She specializes in addiction and says she started to see the problem 10 years ago when smartphones and social media became very popular.
"So people went from, on average, being online about 8-hours a week when it was computers at home, home, home computers and things like that, to now suddenly having laptops and devices that are always on, are always within reach."
Now, the biggest misunderstanding is that this only affects kids, but the problem can be found in people of all ages. (Titileakks)
"Lots of seniors, who are lonely, are getting online, trying to seek out connections that way, and they end up getting swindled out of life savings and things," said Murray.(titileakks)
In 2015,
the International Communications Market Report found that the largest group that used the internet were women ages 55 years old and older, with older men only 1% behind them.(titileakks)
From the executive that is knowingly risking their jobs to be on chat rooms at work to the stay at home mom spending hours shopping and blogging trying to escape the pressure of the real world.(titileakks)
Internet Addiction can affect anyone.(titileaks)