Comments on: Cell Phone Addiction

By: ryan

ryan — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:58:25 +0000

i have an adtion to the phone and i am going to get over it by being more producttive with my time by walking,spending time with my family,growing vegetables and finding a full time job

By: Patrick

Patrick — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 20:13:07 +0000

That’s a really good point there Bill…the younger the person is, the more highly they probably value the cellular connection to their friends. I don’t see much way around that, and I don’t think it necessarily qualifies as a cell phone “addiction” per se. Lots of teens probably grow out of that phase (if not all of them). But it is still part of what I wanted to touch and explore in this article.

I went through a period in early recovery when I had no phone at all, and the place where I lived just had a single pay phone on the wall. This was very liberating in some ways.

Anyway, thank you so much for your comment, Bill, and good luck to you and your family. I hope the person with a “problem” can eventually hit bottom, and then slowly build their life back up in a responsible way (which will, of course, eventually involve another cell phone, I’m sure, but by then it will be used responsibly, and not as a crutch).

By: Bill Stevens

Bill Stevens — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 02:07:08 +0000

This rings (no pun intended) true for me right now as I was having a discussion with a family member who is about ready to declare bankruptcy.

During this discussion there was a lot of crying on the part of this person. But, when their cell phone went off 4 times during this discussion, the crying immediately stopped and the cell phone needed to be answered. Along with two instant messages.

I told the person that is a problem if you’re almost ready to declare bankruptcy I don’t know if that cell phone is the best thing to own. At which they started crying and said, “This is my only connection to my friends.”

I told them, “You obviously have not hit bottom.”