August 15

Alcohol, heroin, meth, cocaine, and all the other illicit drugs combined don’t even reach the scale of addiction to social media. In the rooms of recovery, we can witness it ourselves as we watch a self-proclaimed “sane” person in recovery, unable to NOT look at their social media feeds for more than an hour. How ironic that while we are talking about the hazards of addiction, we partake in the form of addiction to social media. As of 2020, more than 200 million people worldwide are estimated to suffer from addiction to social media and the internet.* Compared to 35 million people worldwide who suffer from drug use disorders.**

Reflections

Are you switching addictions?

Daily Challenge

Turn your fucking phone off in meetings! Man!

*https://truelist.co/blog/social-media-addiction-statistics/

**https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/frontpage/2019/June/world-drug-report-2019_-35-million-people-worldwide-suffer-from-drug-use-disorders-while-only-1-in-7-people-receive-treatment.html