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How to break cell phone addiction

89% of people who reached for their phones did so unprompted (Photo: Shutterstock)

Smartphones have made life easier and more interesting. With the millions of apps available at our fingertips, it’s become easier to stay in touch with friends, study, work and find different forms of entertainment. 

On the flip side, more and more people are becoming victims of phone addiction. We’re becoming so dependent on our phones that when we can’t find our phones we feel disoriented, even lost.

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