WoW Addiction Story (WoWS) form
Tip for parents
As an ex-wow addict, I would suggest having a ban on World of warcraft for your kids, especially if they have never played it yet. It is just too risky. If anyone asks me about WOW, i tell them its rubbish and not worth the bother(even tho i know its the most addictive game that ever existed).
My daughter will never get into WOW because she will never own a copy. Its easier to say no once, than have to drag them screaming and crying away from the game. What she doesnt know wont hurt her.
How I got out of it.
Hello i have ben addicted to wow for 3-4 years at some points it have ben really bad raiding every single day and so on i was a hardcore gamer in the best guild on alakir and so on….. you might find this funny but i quit wow by duing 3 things. i tought of my self 2 years back and asked my self what have i acomplished … and i realised it was all a bunch of pixels… funny i dident see this before..
Anyway i started with going out with my friends in the weekends and so on and now i sold my char 4 months ago and its all good (:
Anyway on the downside i smoke weed every second day now…. dident do that when i played wow (: but oh well aslong as its only weed (:
If you want to quit think back and think ... how much have i acomplished the last 2-3 years or how long you have ben playing wow... Noting just a bunch of pixels .. and wow is a game where the chase for the Relentless glad sword or W/E is much more fun then when you get the item .... also think do you have any memories of having fun in the game ? either you have 2-3 or you have abselutly noone....
Anyway get your self some friends or if you have some try spending time with them and most importent sell your account and trow out your CDs....
I want my life back
My spouse is a recovering drug addict. We have 2 very beautiful kids together. Ages 2 and 3. We have been together 5 years. Growing up as a child I remember doing many outdoor activities none of which my children get to participate in often. Our home is 4 enclosed walls of no communication amongst my spouse and I. Our communication is always filled with him being very competitive and argumentative.
We both are 32 years old and have sex maybe once a month with very little passion. And I am a very attractive woman with several proposals to go out from other men. While he comes home from work he goes straight to the bedroom and hides in video games while I come home from work and immediately tend to all the duties of the house and children. Its severally lonely and depressing. Its selfish in so many ways as well to my children and myself. One thing about addicts though is that they are the only ones that can help their problem no one else.
I am a self-sufficient woman and hope for his own good he wakes up from this stupidity and waste of life. There are no truly significant reasons someone should be playing at a screen for hours on end. Its unattractive and loathing for the other individual who has to live with it.
Failing to acknowledge children in WoW
As an ex wow addict i have done some research into wow addiction related debates, i have read 30+ pages on suedo experts talking about the need for people to take responsibility for their own actions in regards to wow and other addictions.
Whilst I do accept the argument that altering/limiting wow will never help those with underlying lifestyle/mental health/biological..... issues and the need for people to accept responsibility for their own problems. I would very much appreciate a decent forum/review on wow addiction in relation to children, wow is without question marketed directly towards children and it is children who are most at risk from the reinforcement techniques used so blatantly in this game.
Pointers on Quitting the game
1: delete all the gear from your toons
2: give away everything worth anything to a NON guild member/friend
3: Delete toons ( you will feel sick at your stomach, sweat feel tingly when doing this )
4: Break CD's ( yes I know you can dload the game shame on blizz for this loophole )
5: Cancel account or have a friend change the pwd to something you dont know.
6: occupy your time with a console video game ( one that ends ) find some satisfaction in a game finished,
7: join a support group ( such as this one ) ( answer ?s to help othrees quit while helping yourself )
8: dont go back int vent with those you played with, delete all your vent channels too.
9:dont do things that give you the urge, dont google new patche notes, boss fights, stay away from you tube videos of the game even parody stuff.
10: DO not switch to another MMO, Console games that end are ok.
11: Pray to jesus for the strength to forget the game because its like quitting heroin minus the withdrawels.
Godd bless hope this helps those who cannot play casually.
