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Researchers have found

that constantly

checking for messages is

an addiction, which like

other drugs can ruin your

personal relationships.

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Rather than turn off the phones when occupied, people keep them on at all times. They are never

free. In effect, cell phones now burden, not free people.

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For some it can become a compulsion and others feel

feelings of withdrawal when they are not with their phone.

It is also extremely annoying to those around them.

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"Relationships are becoming increasingly technology-driven, which decreases the chances that individuals have to connect with one another on a personal level.

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