Are you tired of being a slave to your smartphone?
You're not weak. You're not lacking discipline. You're hijacked by technology deliberately designed to be as addictive as possible.
The average person spends 6+ hours daily on their phone. That's over 2 months per year. A quarter of your waking life consumed by a device.
You reach for your phone before your feet hit the floor in the morning You can't finish a book or hold a conversation without checking notifications You scroll for hours and wonder where the time went You feel anxious, scattered, and like you're falling behind You know something needs to change, but you don't know how
This isn't your fault. But it is your problem to solve.
In Unhooked, Abdul Ahad who spent years trapped in the same cycle shares the exact 30-day system that helped him reclaim his attention, deepen his relationships, and rediscover what presence actually feels like.
This is not another ""use your phone more mindfully"" book.
This is a comprehensive, week-by-week detox program that:
Week 1 (Awareness):
Exposes the hidden patterns and triggers driving your compulsive phone use
Week 2 (Boundaries):
Builds ironclad systems that protect your attention from constant hijacking
Week 3 (Replacement):
Fills the void with activities that actually nourish you instead of deplete you
Week 4 (Integration):
Creates a sustainable relationship with technology that serves you not enslaves you
Inside, you'll discover:
Why willpower alone will never work (and the environmental redesign that actually does) The hidden cost of constant connection to your mental health, sleep, relationships, and work How to sit with boredom without immediately fleeing into distraction (and why this is essential) The exact boundaries that reduce phone use by 60-80% without making you unavailable What ""deep work"" feels like after years of fragmented attention How to have phone-free conversations that actually create intimacy The sustainable system for maintaining your freedom long after the 30 days end
What makes this different:
No judgment. Just honest acknowledgment that you're fighting sophisticated technology designed by teams of engineers and psychologists whose job is to keep you hooked.
No perfection required. You'll slip up. The book includes protocols for recovery, not shame spirals.
No forever commitment. Just 30 days. If after 30 days you want to go back to 6-hour scrolling sessions, you can. (You won't want to.)
After 30 days, you'll:
Sleep better (without your phone as a bedmate) Think deeper (without interrupting yourself every 3 minutes) Connect authentically (without the performance anxiety of social media) Create meaningfully (with the focus you thought you'd lost forever) Feel alive (instead of numbed by constant distraction)
Your attention is your life. Where you direct it is how you spend your time. How you spend your time is how you spend your life.
Life is too precious to spend staring at a screen.
The person you want to be is on the other side of the phone you're not checking.
Start today. Your life is waiting
By:
Abdul Ahad Imprint: Abdul Ahad Ansari Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Spine: 9mm
Weight: 231g ISBN:9798233386176 Pages: 166 Publication Date:13 February 2026 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
