Recorded in the early days of the pandemic, we are resurrecting this little gem to put a cap on our series of addiction-themed episodes. Amazing how much and how little has changed since then. The 2nd part will come out later this week and will have additional content to update the conversation on Social Media addiction. 

Recommendations

• Scott: Mystic Vale (https://www.alderac.com/mystic-vale/)
• Shane: Jake Johnson (Actor)

Holidays for June 5th 2024:

• Festival of Popular Delusions Day
• Global Running Day
• Hot Air Balloon Day
• National Gingerbread Day
• National Moonshine Day
• National Veggie Burger Day
• World Day Against Speciesism 
• World Environment Day
• America the Beautiful Week
• Bedbug Awareness Week
• Black Single Parents Week
• End Mountain Top Removal Week
• National Garden Week
• National Headache Awareness Week
• Stepparents Week
• Teacher Thank You Week

Links and References:

• https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/mar/19/social-media-facebook-addiction-not-natural-normal-disease

• https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/321240#Can-being-agreeable-save-you?

• https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/social-media-addiction-binge-eating-here-s-how-find-right-ncna1144586

• https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2019/11/duke-university-social-media-addiction-are-we-all-social-media-addicts

• https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2018/11/21/is-social-media-addiction-worse-than-cigarettes/#292777e25d64

• https://www.addictioncenter.com/drugs/social-media-addiction/

• https://paradigmmalibu.com/teen-social-media-addiction-treatment/

• https://www.computerworld.com/article/3014439/social-media-addiction-is-a-bigger-problem-than-you-think.html?page=5

• https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/in-excess/201805/addicted-social-media

• https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3194102/pdf/ijerph-08-03528.pdf

• https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0306460319306525

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