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Constant craving: how digital media turned us all into dopamine addicts | Life and style | The Guardian

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According to addiction expert Dr Anna Lembke, our smartphones are making us dopamine junkies, with each swipe, like and tweet feeding our habit. So how do we beat our digital dependency, asks Jamie Waters

Click bait: ‘Behavioural addictions have soared. Every spare second is an opportunity to be stimulated, whether by scrolling Instagram, swiping through Tinder or bingeing on porn, online gambling and e-shopping.’ Illustration: Harriet Noble/The Observer View image in fullscreen Click bait: ‘Behavioural addictions have soared. Every spare second is an opportunity to be stimulated, whether by scrolling Instagram, swiping through Tinder or bingeing on porn, online gambling and e-shopping.’ Illustration: Harriet Noble/The Observer Life and style This article is more than 4 years old Constant cravi

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