Anna Lembke

It's really hard with the new online apps, but you can also ban yourself on an online app.

The other thing that he did was he avoided what I call the stepping stone effect, where certain behaviors are not necessarily...

are substance or behavior of choice, but they're a stepping stone to it.

So he realized that he couldn't really watch sports in any capacity.

He couldn't read about sports in the paper.

He couldn't listen to sports radio.

He couldn't watch sports on television or on the computer because as soon as he did that, the cravings to bet were just overwhelming.

Such a key point.

You know, to expect ourselves to be able to change without changing our environment in a dopamine overloaded world is just expecting us to not be human.

You know, I deal with a lot of families where the kids are, you know, addicted to video games or social media.

And the parents like, I don't know why he just won't stop or she just won't stop.

Meanwhile, their house is like, you know, fiber optic, high speed internet.

They've got a screen in every room, in every bedroom.

Everybody's got 12 devices.

You know, I mean, no, right?

No.

And also at school, it's a huge problem.

Like, you know, the kids are allowed to have their phones during class.

How can a teacher possibly compete with YouTube?

There's no way.