How ‘World of Warcraft’ became a life-consuming addiction for me

For a sizeable chunk of my life, I played World of Warcraft too much. Way too much.

I played WoW so much and so often that some people may classify my worst years with that game as an addiction.

Every moment of free time I had, from the time I woke up to the time I went to bed, I spent sitting at my desk playing World of Warcraft. I would ignore responsibilities, flake out on friends, and sometimes even skip meals just because I didn’t want to step away from the screen.

This was my life, on and off, for about four years. The game sucked me in entirely, allowing me to ignore real life and experience a different world where I got to carve my own path, explore, meet new people, and grind through endless feedback loops that made me feel like I was being productive while my own life was slowly eroding. Read more…

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