I quit WoW on Monday 1/18, it's been 32 hours since I logged in to clear out my mail so that I coulf give my account to my friend. I took the authenticators off, and advised my friend to put his on it. He told me today that he liquidated all of my mats, gave my gold to another friend of mine and that the accounts are now in storage. It made me sick to my stomach. When does the depression stop?
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The most distracting thing that I found initially was spending time with real life friends who don't play WoW. Go bowling, play pool, go to a movie with them, or plan some other activity. That way when there's a lull in the conversation, you don't mentally fill it with WoW. If you're a family-oriented person, family works well for this, too.
If you don't have available real life friends, you could play a different engaging video game instead (but not an MMO--that defeats the purpose). It's like replacing one drug with a less addicting one, but it might get you through the worst post-quitting days.
Give it a few days maybe a week depending, it will get better, once you start passing the time in RL activities your lust for the game will fade slowely. it will never go away fully though.