Can technology become an adicction?

We have all heard our mom's cliche "you seem addicted to that thing?" But is this really possible? Can cellphones be like drugs or alcohol?

Dear Gaby you should not look far to answer this question. Is clear that some of us are now-days in an addiction towards technology. For example: When we go out with someone we prefer being on our cellphones than speaking with that person. This ir really sad. And as I have shown, it’s clear that we are now days addicted to this apparatus. As alcohol or drugs, they could be seen as an addiction and should be seen this way.

Technology can become an adition because you can live without it, only trading to live it 1 day and you would see that you can't because techonoly permits us comunicate with each other's without been in the same place, but the cellphones and other divices like tv or computers are also part of our daily life and if you can't not can pass 1 hour with it you can begin having trouble far away because it becomes a dependent thing of your life

$$$WilliamNieto$$$ wrote:Dear Gaby you should not look far to answer this question. Is clear that some of us are now-days in an addiction towards technology. For example: When we go out with someone we prefer being on our cellphones than speaking with that person. This ir really sad. And as I have shown, it’s clear that we are now days addicted to this apparatus. As alcohol or drugs, they could be seen as an addiction and should be seen this way.

William, doing this does not means that someone is addict to the technology, in this case, the smartphone. This isn't a real symptom of addiction;however, the addiction towards technology could exist. In some children, teens and also adults, they present some anxiety we they don't have access to their favorite equipment: cellphone, console, pc etc. And this is very bad. On the other hand, I don't think it could be related tu addiction with drugs.