Writer and Digital Marketing Consultant
The Twelve Steps are one of the most effective methods for treating addiction in human history. Originating with Alcoholics Anonymous in 1939, the Twelve Steps have since been used to treat a variety of other addictions, including drugs, sex, gambling, eating disorders, and many others. Now in this groundbreaking work the Twelve Steps are applied to the complex and evolving contemporary phenomenon of Smartphone, Gaming, and other Digital Addictions.
Digital Addiction is a new and troubling phenomenon that has burst upon an unprepared society with alarming speed. Many people crave the use of Digital Technology and its constant and effective system of sensory rewards in a strikingly similar way to any other addict. Smartphones and Gaming Systems operate on complex hardware and software systems that have been architected to promote continued and progressive usage. This sophisticated technology clearly feeds on natural addictive tendencies, and recent evidence indicates that these systems are intentionally designed to be addictive.
James Sugel is a Digital Marketing Consultant with many years of professional coding and consulting experience. He also struggled with addiction to drugs and alcohol and is now clean and sober in a Twelve-Step program for over 15 years. This unique combination of Twelve-Step experience and technology expertise led him to create The Twelve Steps for Smartphone Addiction.
The Twelve Steps are one of the most effective methods for treating addiction in human history. Originating with Alcoholics Anonymous in 1939, the Twelve Steps have since been used to treat a variety of other addictions, including drugs, sex, gambling, eating disorders, and many others.