Are you addicted to your cellphone? The question was recently posed to me and I have been considering it for the past few days. Many thoughts.... Addiction is a loaded word. Is it appropriate to our relationship with these now generally accepted standard devices? Obviously useful. Utility or addiction? A little of both? Connection to others at the cost of communication with those around you. I am still amazed when I see two people having dinner at a restaurant. A quiet table, perhaps a candle, both on their cellphones. Understandable when one is left alone...but how quickly do we reach for our phones? Can a even a moment “out of touch” be tolerated? “I need to check my phone.” Are they the modern words of addiction?