Everyone says the first step to curing an addiction is to admit it. So here I am, admitting that I am addicted to my cell phone, and I definitely am not the only one. Day in and day out, we all spend countless amounts of hours on our phones without even realizing it. It's like an extension of our bodies. We check Facebook, Snapchat and Instagram for updates, and then cancel them out, only to reopen them seconds later with the hope that something new is there within the minute that we closed the app.

Most people day begin their day by the daunting sound of their alarm, which in most cases come from their phone. We respond to those texts that we received while we were asleep; we check Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat -- all to make sure that we are caught up with what happened over those eight hours, or so, that we were asleep. I can definitely admit that our society has a problem with technology, yet I am saying that as I have my text messages open on my computer. I can definitely admit that our society wastes precious time with our family and friends just because we can't look up from our phone, yet I sit on my phone while in the car with with my parents instead of talking to them. Do you see the problem, here?

Our society feels the need to post everything on social media, whether it is Facebook, Instagram, or Snapchat, or some other app/website that I guess I'm not cool enough to know. But what we don't realize is that we are only seeing the best of those people. You would never post a picture of yourself crying because you're so stressed, instead you're going to post a picture of you earlier in the day when you were with your friends. Social media has the ability to blind us from the truth. We live in a society where we often compare ourselves to others or believe that everyone has a better, cooler life than we do, when really those people you are comparing yourself to are only posting the good things in your life. You never know what is happening in those other hours of the day that they haven't posted on social media.

I am a victim of all of this. I post countless amount of Snapchat stories of me with my friends, me eating good food, pretty scenery, etc., but what people don't see is my life outside of social media, and this is the case for everyone. Next time you are at a family dinner or a meal with your friends, try not to pick up your phone, and I bet you will learn more about the people you are with than what you would ever have learned from other's Snapchat stories, Facebook posts, or Instagram pictures.