The problem is that these people are addicted to things they don't need which makes them unable to fulfill their actual needs. It is impossible to help people w

The problem is that these people are addicted to things they don't need which makes them unable to fulfill their actual needs. It is impossible to help people who easily gives in to their addictions like this, so the first tip should always be to get off their addictions. Of course they don't want to do that so they don't listen, but that doesn't make the tip bad.