Teens who use Facebook are also more likely to use alcohol, according to a new study from California State University, Dominguez Hills. They’re also more likely to become narcissistic, antisocial or paranoid. Dr. Keith Ablow, who does commentary for Fox News, isn’t surprised. He believes Facebook is like a drug, and so it stands to reason that it would be a gateway to other drugs and have some unpleasant side effects of its own. “Facebook feels good, just like every drug of abuse,” he writes. “You turn your computer on, click on the friendly icon, and are invited into a world you control, with favorable feedback that inflates your ego (or you can block it), sometimes with hundreds of photos of yourself to remind people how fun or fabulous you are (and to remind yourself). Just like ecstasy and cocaine, Facebook also promises to make it easier to leap boundaries and find sexual partners. It actually greases sexual gears and allows people to become intimate while intoxicated by the anonymity of the Internet. Reality actually requires mutuality, empathy and real effort—whether to achieve success or connect romantically. However, like heroin addicts learn about their next injection, when fantasy is only a click away, it’s very hard to resist.” (Fox News)
![](https://www.youthworker.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Narcissist.250w.tn_.jpg)