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believe it or not, its a natural thing
the more games come out, the more addictive some become. And the more people start losing grip on real life happenings
I got over my "addiction" two years ago (you can probably still see some of me obsessing in the Everquest forum) I lost a good year to it, and decided just to drop it cold turkey. It took me some time to just forget about it.....and it took some realization of what was in front of me the entire time I played, waiting to be with me and so on...but I got over it. Some people dont know...dont realize how addictive something like that can hang on you....it really is like a drug, and addiction.
Last year I slightly thought about going back, to see my old guildies, play some of the new quests for a while and I came across gamers anonymous. It bugged me out that such a thing existed so I looked into the things they did and for whom they catered to. A good chunk of their population were people who devoted their lives to Warcraft and Everquest (nicknamed Evercrack for a reason) and thats when it hit me. I gave up the online thing just because.....I decided to. But I didnt recognize my addiction.
I bought a mini screen for my ps2 so I could play everquest even while watchin tv. I skipped work and school to level up, I even had an odd online relationship with someone who was my "wife" for everquest. I read up on the people on GA and thats what they did...same symptoms. Youu even have weird stories of people dying or getting locked up for losing their minds to online gaming (whether the stories hold up I dunno)
so I'm glad you got out of it, I'm freagin glad I did. Reality is F'd up as is....online stuff is an escape I dont need anymore
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