However, it captures the essence of a terrifyingly real phenomenon. Therapists and specialists formally classify substance addiction as a disorder characterized by criteria that involve spending much of one's time using the substance, this states that using a particular substance such as drugs much more than previously intended will lead to the Brain work affects chemical neurotransmission differently, changing the way you think, and this same principle applies to television use. TV addiction can cause you to give up social and/or family activities. According to Marie Winn, “Leave aside activities that lead to growth or development” (609). This causes couch potatoes to step out of the real world of activities and into a pleasant, passive world, and because of this, people forget the worries and anxieties of real life. They neglect otherworldly activities to watch.