All we can do is decide what to do with the time that is given to us.
My name is Matt, I am a game lover and a long time player of Online Games like World of Warcraft. I started gaming when I was quite young and it has been a part of my life ever since.
Over the last 10 years gaming has come a long way. Gameplay, graphics, design, quests and full multi-player interaction have turned gamnig into something amazing. Very soon I was hooked and playing every day often for hours and hours. I was gaming so much that my habit began to seriously affect my life, my relationships and my health. Online gaming was very often the first thing I would think about when I woke and the last thing I thought about before I went to bed, which was often so late the sun was beginning to rise.
Things got so bad that I decided to quit, only to find that 4 months later I was back in again, gaming as much as before. It was a tough circle to be trapped in. I loved gaming, but knew it was destroying the rest of my life and seriously affecting the people around me. I was successful and powerful within my game world but found no enjoyment in playing casually for 1 or 2 hours a day. In fact even if I wanted to play for 1 hour a day I don’t think I could have managed it.
As my gaming life became more interesting, exciting and successful, my real life was being drained. I was beginning to play just to escape real life problems. It’s easier to say that now that I can look back on the situation in hindsight.
Some people are able to easily play for 1 or 2 hours then simply switch off and get back to life. I was not able to do that, and I needed to understand why. After a lot of reading and taking steps to understand my own personality, I managed to quit. It took help from other websites and support from friends.
This site has been created to support gamers in their efforts to quit playing World of Warcraft. It’s tough, but totally possible.
It’s also here to support friends or family of obsessive gamers and to help put the power in their hands to support their struggle.
WoW is an addictive game. This is not a criticism about the game, it’s just true.
This site is not about criticising people, games or companies. It’s just about helping to change where change is needed and wanted.
If something is a negative force in a persons life, it should be dealt with and if necessary, removed. I have created what I hope is a website full of useful material, advice and support to help you or a friend/family member quit and get back to living a full and happy life.
I hope you can share your story on the site. It might be good for you, and it’s also good for others coming to terms with their own situation.
If I can offer any support or help, please contact me directly through this site, and I will aim to reply to any direct messages.
Matt
Heya, i still play wow atm , but not at the rate i was used to be , now i play max 2 hrs a day , but in the beginning of wow it was lik 10 to 14 hrs a day , i was at a point i didn’t had friends anymore , i just pushed them to the background , so in time they gave hope up onme , but then 2 yrs ltr not hearing anything of my best m8 , i got a text message of him asking if i wanted to come to a party of him , i remember it 100% , i was standing in my room with wow running on background, then i didn’t know how something in my head said , go for it , it can change ur live , so i decided to logg out of wow , and went to the party, that was the best descision i ever made , now i got all my friends back , met girls etc, i got my own restaurant togheter with my brother now , and i still play wow but not as a free time killer but when i really got nothing to do i logg on do a daily or a pvp , by the time its evening i go to the gym with my best m8 , hang at the bar drink some shakes etc , then we drive home , go on skype en talk about his work week how it will be etc, and vice versa , we plan wat we gonna do next week / month etc . and we both play wow , but just very limited, but ive been at a point there was only wow , but not anymore
. ( if this wasn’t usefull or anything , i just wanted to post it so i can make people make other descicions in the future maybe i dunno , just wanted to share my story ty all 