Social networks are more addictive than alcohol

One study demonstrated a lower risk of alcohol and tobacco addiction than the risk of addiction to social networks.

Telegraph reported that Booth University scientists in the United States recruited 250 volunteers to conduct a study. Each volunteer is provided with a mobile phone to send information about the needs arising during the day via text message. The team asked volunteers to send 7 messages a day.

Sometimes experts also ask volunteers to list their desires and needs within the last 30 minutes, while assessing the level of desire to fulfill those needs.

A member of Facebook social network.

The total number of messages sent by the volunteer group reached nearly 8,000, of which 75% revolved around certain needs. Specifically, sex and sleep are the two hardest to resist, because they are listed the most. Use social networks and do not work immediately after the other two needs. Alcohol, tobacco and other addictive items are listed at a much lower frequency than the top 4 needs.

The results also show that the ability to control the desire of volunteers to reach the highest level in the morning. The team found that if volunteers tried to curb a certain need during the day, they would often think about that need in the following days. So their ability to act to satisfy demand will increase.

"The more the end of the day, the less willpower of the human will decreases and the efforts to control our desire are more likely to fail , " said Wilhelm Hofmann, the lead researcher.