Just wanted to share this with the people ive been sharing this game with since 2004.
Im 35 years old now. I started playing when i was 18. I lost my beautiful GF, my high school sweet heart due to my addiction to WoW. I ignored her and pushed her away. I have tears rolling down my face typing this out for you today.
I have never stopped playing it. I have also never made any friends playing it. I have been married for 7 years now. Played the entire time. I have 3 beautiful children to a beautiful wife.
I neglect my kids. I neglect my wife. I neglect my home. Im deeply depressed. All i can think about it WoW. Its consumed me for a long long time now. She has tried so hard for me. She has been so strong for our children and for me. Im such a bad person… and father.
Im seeing someone about it though. Talking to a psych. I have told him everything. He says he has a plan for me.
I hope so… this is our last chance. My last chance.
I beg you people. If you are addicted to the point of it negatively effecting your relationships, PLEASE i beg you, get help!!!
Thank you.
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I thought this dude was lying but after looking at his achievements I think there’s a chance this is real.
Do yourself a favor big dog and get off the forums.
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Glad you’re getting help, but your experience is definitely not the norm. Most people (myself included) recognized that it was a good idea to just be a casual player when we had other responsibilities to take care of.
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Aint that the truth. I barely play much anymore.
Dear OP: I hope you are able to disconnect for a while. Good luck sir.
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Right now I have the same thought I had a few years ago when I saw some dude with a cardboard sign that said “love your family, not alcohol” and the dude was standing in front of a bar. And that thought was “oooooooookaaaaay? Good to know?”
Casually moonwalks out of the thread
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Somethings not quite right with this thread
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I was expecting “so play FFIV” to be honest with you.
What are you hiiiiiiding!
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Relationships are temporary.
Achievements are forever.
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Seems legit. He’s got achieves from 2004.
I got married a little over a year ago, and I made my wife a promise that she will never go to bed alone. That’s like my #1 rule. I may have broken it a few times, but she’d go to bed at like 7pm…
I also decided not to invest into a single alt this expansion. Not one. I errored by leveling 1 alt to 60, but haven’t even done a single Torghast run. So yeah, Druid is my main and that’s all I going to play.
This limits the number of activities I can do in the game per day, without having feeling forced to do world boss twice, daily callings twice and etc.
And by having 1 main w/o any alts, you get this sense of accomplishment like, “Okay, I got all daily anima, conquest. Got my weekly 3/3 M+ vault”
edit: find a completely different genre game. Not an MMO. Like, Kingdoms an Castles - cute sandbox city building game. Or even Sims 4. Ever tried VR? I bought Oculus Rift recently to play BeatSaber. Even my wife, non gamer, loves BeatSaber.
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I understand the addiction. Just pull the cord. It’s going to suck but mentally you have to just tell yourself no. Replace it with working out. Every time you get the urge, go for a run, lift, do anything just not wow. It will take some time but you’ll be better off for it. Use that time to be with your kids.
This game is fun like a lot of other games are. But the reality is it’s a complete waste of time. Time goes by fast you don’t want to be 5p looking back at your life and wishing you would have done things differently.
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Posting this is a great step. Understanding a problem and vocalizing it. Keep up your plan, listen to your therapist, best wishes to you. You got this.
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Maybe one step in your recover from WOW addiction should be not to choose a WOW FORUM to begin your recovery.
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Honestly I was pretty addicted in college then I played other games that ended to break it. And well now the game isn’t good enough to dictate when to use to spend on it
Op you can honestly find other interests outside of wow, other hobbies that will pull you away. Me personally I enjoy competitive bodybuilding, cars, baking, etc.
Just find other hobbies and slowly they will pull you away.
I can remember being 14 and ignoring friends and family, events etc to play Runescape. You can and will recover. But IMHO the first thing you have to do is proactively make steps towards getting away from a problem.
Good luck op. One step at a time. A lot of us can relate.
I find myself getting pulled in pretty good this expac. This is good though as there isnt much else to do during this godforsaken pandemic. I go through phases.
Honestly, if you are aware of the negative impact that is half the battle. Its the ones who dont think they have a problem that really destroy themselves.
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