Risking Serious Addiction

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I played Everquest heavily from 1999 - 2004, which was through my late middle-school and into highschool years. I was so obsessed it was literally what my life revolved around for a good year or two at least. It's all that my friends and I talked about, and it's all I wanted to do after school and on the weekends. I recall many days I'd wake up at 5 AM to score the best camp, and wouldn't log out till midnight at least. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner served at the computer desk, with no care in the world outside of good old Norrath. No doubt this is probably a common story around here.

Today i'm 23 years old and out of college, great career, great girlfriend, and what have I gone and done? Got myself addicted to Everquest again. I don't know what I was expecting to happen when I started, I guess I thought I could play here and there and be able to put it out of my mind. Well i'm only level 8, and already feel myself pushing other things aside to make more EQ time! Leaving the house is becoming a regrettable experience, and I'm constantly counting down the days/hours till my next session. I know better than to let it take over my life completely, but it is getting more difficult to keep it out of my mind as I get more involved!

But anyway, I am just curious about other peoples experiences with Evercrack addiction/obsession and how they manage to cope through their daily lives...