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‘It’s not about cutting out technology – technology is really wonderful in a lot of ways. It’s about learning what is healthy and unhealthy for us personally.’The Guardian’s US technology reporter has explored the world of Internet and Technology Addicts Anonymous, a 12-step program based on AA.
. Still, “it’s just like typical addictions, except the drug is dopamine”, one of the group’s founders tells her. Indeed.“While organisations like Narcotics Anonymous and Alcoholics Anonymous are based on an abstinence framework – one either drinks or does not drink – programs like ITAA are more nuanced,” Paul writes, “with each member determining their own definition of sobriety.”Palestinian children throwing stones at an Israeli tank in the West Bank in 2003.
The damage wasn’t only to the affected families, each of them grieving lost years and lost childhoods. It was to the entire society, to every mother, father and grandparent, all of whom knew or would come to learn that they were powerless to protect their children.
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