Blackberry: the new Crack

Blackberry users are as addicted to their phones as drug addicts. Research defines that someone is an addict when they rather focus on their phone instead of the people around them and that those deprived from their cellphone show symptoms a drug addict or smoker would feel when going cold turkey. Sound familiar?

With a Blackberry you are constantly informed as to what’s happening in your email or the social networks you’re on. There is no break; you are constantly connected to work and everything else. You don’t put it on silent when you sleep; you even put it under your pillow so you won’t miss anything. There is a website dedicated to people that act like this with their phones, and it’s called Crackberry.

A phobia has even been developed called Nomophobia, which is short for No Mobile Phobia. There are even solutions to decrease the time you rely on your phone.

If you’ve had enough of being out with your friends and suddenly talking to the tops of their heads while they check their Blackberrys, put your foot down and ban them from bars. Cellphones are a part of anti-social behaviour and need to be handled as such. And if you’re an addict, put it on silent and go out and enjoy spending time with real people.