Interesting finding they had in Britain that Facebook Addiction is a part of Modern Lifestyles. What an astounding results, I thought that Alcohol and Cigarettes would follow Coffee. Instead they are Chocolate and Facebook.
It is interesteing how social life of coffee lounge has been replaced with facebook-ing. Instead asking "what you've been up to ?", people could just log in to their facebook and find out what are their friends doing by just reading their status.
How about you ? Have you find yourself addicted to Facebook or you'd rather having a coffee addiction ?
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Coffee, chocolate, Facebook 'most common' Brit addictions
London: It's not sex, drugs or fags, but coffee, chocolate and the social networking site Facebook that are the most common addictions in Britain, according to a new study into modern lifestyles.
Researchers have based their findings on a survey that examined the lifestyles of 3,000 people in Britain, aged less than 30 years.
In the poll, the respondents were asked on substances and habits which they spent the most money on, those they had previously attempted to cut down on or give up and the modern impulses ruling lives in 2009.
Coffee topped the list of the ten most common modern addictions, followed by chocolate consumption with Facebook in third place. What's surprising is that the much railed against vices of alcohol and drugs didn't figure in the top ten.
Vanity came in the fourth place as a more traditional popular vice with beauty products while the practice of often checking bank accounts came fifth, thanks to the global credit crunch, 'The Daily Telegraph' reported.
Men and women showed differing rates of addiction with 17 per cent of males not being able to go a full day without sex, compared to a figure of just eight per cent for females.
The latest study coincides with the launch of Rehab, a programme examining rehabilitation and addiction on the Living channel.
Some 86 per cent of those asked said they would never check themselves into rehab, with 46 per cent polled admitting they had little understanding of what actually went on in many rehabilitation centres.
Britney Spears was acknowledged as the celebrity whose rehab treatment was believed to be most successful. But 45 per cent believed Amy Winehouse was the most likely celebrity who may relapse over the next year.
Source : http://www.indianexpress.com/news/coffee-chocolate-facebook-most-common-brit-addictions/422104/
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And here's what i've found about a mother struggle over Facebook addiction... check out this link...
http://stressisthenewblack.blogspot.com/2009/01/hello-i-am-lori-and-i-am-addicted-to.html
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Are You Addicted to Coffee?
Tips for Coffee Drinkers
By renee
That might sound like a very strange statement, since most people do not think of coffee as an addiction. But it really is possible to get addicted to coffee. More than likely you are addicted to the caffeine. Most people are usually exhausted and just do not get the proper amount of sleep each night. Because of this they tend to drink enormous amounts of coffee throughout the day. If you try to tell someone that they may be drinking to much coffee, they will usually respond the same way that any addict would. How can you tell if someone is addicted to coffee?
Well one of the first things is that they will get very irritable if they do not have their coffee at a specific time each day. Even if they already had a cup a few hours ago they will begin to display some of the following symptoms. Their hands make begin to shake, they can fell very exhausted, they may also start to get very bad migraine headaches. According to many doctors a lot of migraine headaches are caused by drinking to much caffeine.
If you find that you are drinking more than two cups of coffee per day, and that you get very cranky if you do not have your coffee, then you have a serious problem. Many people feel that it is just a little caffeine and it is not drugs so what is the problem. The problem is that you are slowly cutting your life short.
You may not currently have any type of health problems, but if you continue to drink large amounts of coffee you will find that you are getting more and more health problems. Some doctors feel that drinking too much coffee is very similar to smoking cigarettes. The only difference is that you are not killing or harming anyone else by drinking coffee. Unless you are pregnant then you are harming someone else. To try and find out if you are addicted to coffee if you are not sure, you could try a test.
First get rid of all the coffee in your house. Then try to not drink coffee for just one day, and make a note of any symptoms that you may display. You will be surprised at how miserable you feel just because you did not have your daily cup of coffee.
Weaning yourself off of coffee is a lot harder than most people think. Once you are addicted to the caffeine it can take months to be able to stop drinking it so often, or even to stop drinking it at all. There is certainly nothing wrong with having one cup a day, but this really should be your limit. I have several friends and associates who are coffee addicts, and still find it impossible to stop drinking coffee. Also if you have been drinking large amounts of coffee for more than a year, than you will will want to visit your doctors office as soon as possible. Your health may not be as good as you think it is.
By renee
That might sound like a very strange statement, since most people do not think of coffee as an addiction. But it really is possible to get addicted to coffee. More than likely you are addicted to the caffeine. Most people are usually exhausted and just do not get the proper amount of sleep each night. Because of this they tend to drink enormous amounts of coffee throughout the day. If you try to tell someone that they may be drinking to much coffee, they will usually respond the same way that any addict would. How can you tell if someone is addicted to coffee?
Well one of the first things is that they will get very irritable if they do not have their coffee at a specific time each day. Even if they already had a cup a few hours ago they will begin to display some of the following symptoms. Their hands make begin to shake, they can fell very exhausted, they may also start to get very bad migraine headaches. According to many doctors a lot of migraine headaches are caused by drinking to much caffeine.
If you find that you are drinking more than two cups of coffee per day, and that you get very cranky if you do not have your coffee, then you have a serious problem. Many people feel that it is just a little caffeine and it is not drugs so what is the problem. The problem is that you are slowly cutting your life short.
You may not currently have any type of health problems, but if you continue to drink large amounts of coffee you will find that you are getting more and more health problems. Some doctors feel that drinking too much coffee is very similar to smoking cigarettes. The only difference is that you are not killing or harming anyone else by drinking coffee. Unless you are pregnant then you are harming someone else. To try and find out if you are addicted to coffee if you are not sure, you could try a test.
First get rid of all the coffee in your house. Then try to not drink coffee for just one day, and make a note of any symptoms that you may display. You will be surprised at how miserable you feel just because you did not have your daily cup of coffee.
Weaning yourself off of coffee is a lot harder than most people think. Once you are addicted to the caffeine it can take months to be able to stop drinking it so often, or even to stop drinking it at all. There is certainly nothing wrong with having one cup a day, but this really should be your limit. I have several friends and associates who are coffee addicts, and still find it impossible to stop drinking coffee. Also if you have been drinking large amounts of coffee for more than a year, than you will will want to visit your doctors office as soon as possible. Your health may not be as good as you think it is.
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