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Constant craving

13 mins | Aug 27, 2021
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How digital media turned us all into dopamine addicts. Could quitting our phones make us happier? According to addiction expert Dr Anna Lembke, our smartphones are making us dopamine junkies, with each swipe, like and tweet feeding our habit. Jamie Waters talks to the expert to find out how we can beat our digital dependency.

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