How addicted are we to our phones? Some of us are going to rehab - BBC News

Addiction treatment centres say more clients are coming for help with "out-of-control" phone use.

Image source, BBC/Emma LynchImage caption, Marios can spend 14 hours a day on his phone - he says it's like a drug in his pocket

Marios's phone pings and lights up. He's just received a WhatsApp message from me asking for an initial chat about this story.

He wants to answer straightaway. The urge, he later tells me, feels overpowering.

However, he's currently in the middle of a therapy session about his phone addiction. He can't answer it now.

He holds his nerve. But as soon as the meeting finishes, he's back on his phone and an hour later, we meet on a video call.