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Section/Pages: Ch 9-12
Members Present: Jake, Alex S, Alex A, Peter, and Anthony

Discussion Highlights:
- How interesting is it that the same forces that cause addiction, can be used for good.
- Gamification has proved to be very influential, however is that for good or for bad
- How many people seem to only change if what they are doing is fun.
- It is very interesting that we can harness addiction, and use it for good, through health apps, in which gain points for the user
- The different health apps, can cause many problems, as when the people lose their interest in them, they may stop doing that healthy habit the game was trying to influence.

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Section/Pages: Prologue and Chapter 1
Members Present: Jake, Alex S, Alex A, Peter, and Anthony

Discussion Highlights:
-It’s impossible to pinpoint the first human addict, but records suggest he or she lived more than thirteen thousand years ago.
- Many different items can cause immense addiction
- the internet is one of the main stimulants of the brain in today’s age
- How we all are impacted by the book, so much we wish to limit our screen time.
- What would the world look like without addiction?

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Section/Pages: Chapters 2 and 3
Members Present: Jake, Alex S, Alex A, Peter, and Anthony

Discussion Highlights:
- The horrible power of heroin
- How influential one’s surrounding is where trying to detox from addiction
- How important environment is to addiction
- How video games and heroin activate the same part of the brain
- how the stimulation of drugs will occupy an individual from eating or drinking.

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Name: Alex Stoyer
Email: 25380as@chaminade-hs.org

Name: Alex Apostolopoulos
Email: 25012aa@chaminade-hs.org

Name: Panagiotis Kaloudis
Email: 25203pk@chaminade-hs.org

Name: Jake Settanni
Email: 25440js@chaminade-hs.org

Name: Anthony Feniello
Email: 25129af@chaminade-hs.org

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Section/Pages: Ch 4-8
Members Present: Jake, Peter, Alex A, Alex S, and Anthony

Discussion Highlights:
- How weird it is to win the Olympics and still feel empty
- We thought it was so dumb to do that for only thirty grand
- The general theme is happiness and addiction
- He should have invested the 100 grand

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Meeting 1 Date:
Pages / Section: Prologue & Ch. 1

Meeting 2 Date:
Pages / Section: Ch. 2-3

Meeting 3 Date:
Pages / Section: Ch. 4-8

Meeting 4 Date:
Pages / Section:  Ch. 9-12

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What each of us got on the addiction quiz.
Peter: 14
Stoyer: 13
Alex: 9
Jake: 14
Anthony: 16

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I did enjoy this book because of how relatable it is to our lives and all the addictions we have with technology and other things. It is also important to set goals and push yourself to move away from the addictions with exercise or other things because most addictions can be very dangerous and harmful.

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- “Like the Vietnam G.I.’s, he (Rat No. 34) was a victim of circumstances.” (Page 57)
- “Addicts aren’t simply weaker specimens that non-addicts; they aren’t morally corrupt where non-addicts are virtuous. Instead, many, if not most, of hem are unlucky.” (Page 66)

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We all talked about how much we use our phones and on how we wanted to stop

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I enjoyed this book because of how relatable it was to our lives. I also liked how it used many real life examples to further the understanding of its message. I would recommend this book because it holds many valuable lessens in our lives like to have awareness about how long we are spending on our phones and what that can do to us.

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“Public enemy number one in the United States is drug abuse” Pg. 48
“He wasn’t an addict by nature. he was just an unfortunate rat that happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.” Pg. 57

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We talked about how hard it was to stop using our phones especially because we have to use them everyday or else it’s impossible to function in todays society

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Anthony Feniello

Personally, I believe that the book was very resourceful and was an eye opener because it made me realize my addictions to certain things. Also this book can help many students and I recommend it to stay on this list

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“If you aren’t using drugs as a teenager, you’re probably also learning to deal with your troubles using other methods”(75)

“When blue light hits the back of your eyes, the pineal gland stops producing melatonin, and your body prepares for the day” (70)

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“ It was searching for the glass power button, which was no longer there” Pg 45

“ Even when the bar was removed from the cage, she would stand where it had once been”. Pg 58

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Panagiotis Kaloudis

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1. Alex Stoyer : I would recommend this book because it holds many valuable lessens in our lives like to have awareness about how long we are spending on our phones and what that can do to us.
2. Alex Apostolopoulos: This book is the most relatable book I’ve read at chaminade and I would recommend it to any kid who wants to better understand the potential risks of the everyday things around him
3. Jake Settanni: I would recommend this book to teenagers because of how relatable it is to our lives. As teenagers, we deal with technology addictions and many other things that can take us away from more important things, so I think it’s important for everyone to read this book.
4. Panagiotis Kaloudis:I would recommend this book to anyone interested in self help books. It’s very easy to read and felt like a philosophy book that tried to teach you how to live a better life
5.Anthony Feniello- Personally, I believe that the book was very resourceful and was an eye opener because it made me realize my addictions to certain things. Also this book can help many students and I recommend it to stay on this list

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“It’s impossible to pinpoint the first human addict, but records suggest he or she lived thirteen thousand years ago” (Gladwell 30)

“You can think of addiction as part of a memory” (Gladwell 58).

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1. A strength of our book club is our ability to read fast
2. We think this book will show us how to stop using our phones so much

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We all like the book because of how relatable phone addictions are to us. We also like the heavy science portion because we all enjoy science and enjoy learning about psychology

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- touches on how addicts aren’t morally lesser, or weaker
-most of addiction comes from your surroundings and circumstances
-Recovery from addiction is very likely under the conditions that you remove yourself from the environment of your addiction
-Addiction is near impossible if you remain in trigger zones
-so alcoholics could very easily quit alcohol if they moved to a rural area
- addiction is Ike a disease to be treated, not an action to be looked down on

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We all really like the book and would recommend it stays on the list of optional books