Ctrl Alt Recovery Blogs
Meet Marissa Watts, MS: Turning Her Own Struggle Into Her Life's Work
by: Marissa Watts, MSPublished on: 10/09/2026Meet Marissa Watts, MS, our first Ctrl+Alt+Recovery guest author. A Cumming, GA therapist who turned her own recovery journey into a career helping others understand their patterns, including our relationship with technology
The Comorbidity Data Your Screening Might Be Missing
by: John WinstanleyPublished on: 15/08/2026New APA-presented data links BPD to higher rates of problematic internet use, porn use, and dating app use. What it means for intake screening, and where accountability-based coaching fits alongside clinical treatment.
It's Not Stress Making You Scroll. It's Temptation.
by: John WinstanleyPublished on: 14/08/2026New 14-day study of 900 adults found temptation, not stress or mood, drives problematic internet use. Here's why naming the urge beats managing the mood, and how R.A.D.D. teaches clients to do it. Audience: General Public
When Your AI Chatbot Becomes Something You Can't Put Down
by: John WinstanleyPublished on: 14/08/2026New peer-reviewed research names "problematic use of generative AI chatbots" as a clinical pattern, loss of control, emotional reliance, continued use despite harm. Here's what it means if you're leaning on a chatbot instead of a person.