. >> reporter: eric mackey couldn't stop himself every few minutes checking his phone. >> instagram all the time. the click bait websites, the huffington post, the salon.coms, the buzz feeds. >> reporter: eric shares the screens as a web designer at sap and on top of that he would stop to check social media. >> they do a good job at succeeding youn -- sucking you in. >> reporter: then it happened. >> i cog cognitively said the word that feels warm. it was too close to what i had heard of, heroin addiction. it scared me to death. >> reporter: he knew he needed to stop. >> every time your phone buzzes or beeps or pings your brain is gary condit literally -- your brain is literally releasing toxins. >> reporter: they run retreats and camps for adults where all electronics are confiscated at the door. >> it can be scary. people feel anxiety and restless. >> reporter: symptoms of withdrawal. >> symptoms have phantom rings where their pockets is empty and they feel their phe is ringing. they reach for it and nothing is there. >> reporter: mostly it is euphoric. campers make crafts and play ga

. >> reporter: eric mackey couldn't stop himself every few minutes checking his phone. >> instagram all time. the click bait websites, the huffington post, the salon.coms, the buzz feeds. >> reporter: eric shares the screens as a web designer at sap and on top of that he would stop to check social media. >> they do a good job at succeeding you in -- sucking you in. >> reporter: then it happened. >> i cog cognitively said the word that feels warm. it was too close to what i had heard of, heroin addiction. it scared me to death. >> reporter: he knew he needed to stop. >> every time your phone buzzes or beeps or pings your brain is gary condit literally -- your brain is literally releasing toxins. >> reporter: they run retreats and camps for adults where all electronics are confiscated at the door. >> it can be scary. people feel anxiety and restless. >> reporter: symptoms of withdrawal. >> symptoms have phantom rings where their pockets is empty and they feel their phone is ringing. they reach for it and nothing is there. >> reporter: mostly it is euphoric. campers make crafts and play ga

. >> eric mackey couldn't stop himself. minutes, checking his phone. >> instagram, all the time. the click website, the salon.comes, the buzzfeeds. >> eric shares his screens all day as a web designer. on top of, that he kept stopping to check social media. >> they do a really good job at sucking you in and keeping you in. >> then one day it happened, as he stared into his phone. >> i cognitively said the word that feels warm. it was too close to what i had heard of heroin addiction. it scared me to death. >> eric knew he needed to stop. >> every time your phone buzzes or beeps or pings, your brain is literally releasing oxytocin, which is known as the cuddle hormone. >> the director with the digital detox of oakland, which runs retreats and camps for adults, where all electronics are confiscated at the door. >> kit be scary. people sometimes feel anxiety. they feel restless. >> the symptoms of withdrawal. >> tempers are known to have phantom rings where their pockets are empty but they'll feel like their phone is ringing. y

. >> eric mackey couldn't stop himself. s, checking his phone. >> instagram, all the time. the click website, the salon.comes, the buzzfeeds. >> eric shares his screens all day as a web designer. on top of, that he kept stopping to check social media. >> they do a really good job at sucking you in and keeping you in. >> then one day it happened, as he stared into his phone. >> i cognitively said the word that feels warm. it was too close to what i had heard of heroin addiction. it scared me to death. >> eric knew he needed to stop. >> every time your phone buzzes or beeps or pings, your brain is literally releasing oxytocin, which is known as the cuddle hormone. >> the director with the digital detox of oakland, which runs retreats and camps for adults, where all electronics are confiscated at the door. >> kit be scary. people sometimes feel anxiety. they feel restless. >> the symptoms of withdrawal. >> tempers are known to have phantom rings where their pockets are empty but they'll feel like their phone is ringing. you'll

television, christine and danielle and my old friend, rod mackey. made 9 news the unique place it is in my time here, all vital pieces, goodbye to eric and johnny and jeff and tommy and manny and byron, all long-time 9 news photo journalists here and great, good friends much of my career. suf ounded now by so many-- surrounded now by so many new and equally as capable young faces. so long to the wonderful directors who covered up my daily mistakes, bobby and jerry, lawrence and andy, and all of our talented producer, aerial, jirmy, cassandra, nathan, will, and tera, bye to tim ryan, the best interelect our newsroom. vice president, tim ditz, i have world. ryan ogden, patty who produced and managed the work i have done here and general manager, mark, who remarkably still pays me. to the wonderful people at 9 kathy and countless others. i am so grateful for your professionalism, your acceptance, and the constant camaraderie that iminates from the 9 news room. i will miss you all. >> boy, that is a good picture of me. >> there aren't many of those. >> hang on to that one. >>ia know what? that-- you know what? that pes was so hard to do-