However, it captures the essence of a terribly real phenomenon. Therapists and specialists formally present substance dependence as a disorder characterized by criteria that include spending a large portion of your time using the substance, meaning that the use of a particular substance such as Drugs much more than you anticipated will cause the brain to function. affecting chemical neurotransmission differently, changing the way you think, and this same principle applies to television use. TV addiction can lead to abandoning social and/or family activities. According to Marie Winn, “leave aside activities that lead to growth or development” (609). This causes TV addicts to leave the real world of activities and enter a pleasant, passive world, and as a result, people forget the concerns and anxieties of real life. They neglect other worldly activities to watch them.