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Technology can help us if used correctly. But it can kill us when used recklessly. Some people report that they enjoy not being accessible. However, some people need to be accessible and feel great when they are available to others all the time.
The average person spends about twelve hours a day looking at a screen of some kind, whether it’s a computer screen, cell phone, iPod, or digital reader. The computer occupies more than five hours of our day, on average.
Addiction causes us to become attached to something outside of ourselves from our fundamental well-being. This makes us feel vulnerable and powerless when we are not connected or in touch with others in some way.
Addiction also sets us back emotionally and spiritually. Addiction shrinks our life and us with it, even when the substance is something that has the ability to expand life.
Technology then becomes a powerful drug, even more so than we imagine. We need to take an active role in our use of technology and not become a society of addicts. In other words, we need to control our use of technology.
If we don’t take steps to control our use of technology, we will get tech drunk.
Here are some questions to ask yourself to determine if you are technologically drunk:
1. Are you unwilling to see the truth of your behavior? Do you get defensive when someone comments on how much you’re using technology? Can you admit that you have trouble putting down your tech devices?
2. Do you go online as soon as you wake up? Do you check your text messages in the middle of the night? Do you text at night? Do you keep your cell phone in your room at night?
3. Do you generate any downtime away from technology? Do you feel anxious when you are away from your devices?
4. Do you use technology as a way to escape from the here and now without awareness? Are you trying to run away from something?
5. Do you chronically multitask? Does technology become another multitasking agent for you?
6. Do you let technology get in the way of truly connecting with others? Do you text over dinner or lunch when sitting with family and friends?
7. Can it be turned off for a preset time, say 6 hours or 12 hours? Can you do one day a week without technology or does the idea turn your stomach?
By answering these questions, you will be able to determine if you are addicted to your technology and if you are digitally drunk as a result.
You can feel less drunk with technology. You just have to be ready to unplug, even for a few hours at a time. If you can do that, you will indeed break your technology addiction and get your life back.