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Young people may seem like they're attached to their phones, and that whatever's on their screens is more important than what's actually happening right in front of them.

Now, scientists may have found a way to make a positive out of that screen addiction by using it to cut down on alcohol

abuse. They report their findings in the journal Plus One. The researchers examined medical

records and identified some 818 to 25-year-olds who had all self-identified in surveys as

binge drinkers or heavy drinkers. They had all also been admitted to emergency rooms with, for the

most part, non-alcohol-related injuries. The investigators divided the subjects into three groups.

For 12 weeks, one group got messages on Sunday asking how much they drank and received no additional

feedback. A second group did not get any texts. But a third group received texts

every Thursday asking about their weekend drinking plans. That group then got feedback designed to help

them limit their drinking. On Sundays, they received a follow-up check-in text and more tailored

feedback. Lead researcher Brian Cephaletto of the University of Pittsburgh says they used

texts rather than phone calls or emails because of its immediacy and because...

It really allows us to communicate behind the veil of some anonymity. So when you're face

to face with an individual, it's been shown that people are less likely to tell you bad things about themselves because they feel nervous that you would judge them.

And the results seem to have vindicated that strategy.

Six months after the study, members of the little or no interaction groups said they had not reduced their drinking at all.

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