WoWdetox is a volunteer-run web site aimed at people with a gaming addiction to World of Warcraft. Here gamers and ex-gamers can share their testimonies freely and anonymously.
| I just quit. It was fun but its not anymore. It hasn't been fun for a long time. |
| It may help you quit to conceive of a graceful and noble "retirement" for your character - after all, people don't sit around and mourn because their favorite novel actually came to a logical conclusion. In other words, do one last quest, go back to the inn in the town where your character was "born," take screenshots of your character and all its stats and equipment, then delete. |
| Family and Friends INRL | > | Guild mates, leveling buddies, pvp partners. Because the people on the left box will always be there for you. |
| I played wow for 2 years now and if someone asked me, 2 years ago, do you want to sign up to wow with what I think now I would have said NO! It only made me misserable and miss out on education. I even smashed my computer in anger at that game |
| How i quit wow and how i screwed myself over halfway trough Burning Crusade i started playing and became the biggest addict ever. started in 10th grade, 11th grade i actually failed and had to take summer school cuz i would stay up till 2am playing and get 4 hours of sleep, causing me to sleep in class 12th grade i just skipped school (around 21 times) most of the time i had little important classes so i just stayed at home and played wow 2010 i had 10 lv80s on a realm, each with epic flying and 450,000 gold. i had a good friend who quit wow cuz its not good. My 2v2 partner Timmyshoes kind of opened my eyes and at the same time i found a hobby in drawing manga causing me to quit. i was clean from wow for a good 7 months then i came back for catas release because i thought my "GF" was going to start playing too. Heres the kicker...On another realm! that means i leveled a 11th lv85 toon on a new server. The game was no longer "beaten" cuz i was on a new server with no gold or max level alts. But then things didnt work out with said girl and i stopped playing wow around mid february 2011. Then in november 2011 i started again cuz i was feeling depressed and have friends who talk about the games they are playing which reminds me of wow. so i picked the game up from where i left off and leveled a shaman to 85 on second server. Each month when my time expires i would try to quit and never come back. November was a fail i didnt skip a day. December i went 3 days. January i went a whole week (just gotta log back in for those damn conquest points you know) im hoping history repeats itself and i quit this month of february. When i stopped in January for a week i felt borderline suicidal, i started cutting myself. Not because of wow, but rather a relationship im trying to work out in my head. See i dont play wow cuz its addicting, no im addicted to the whole "i dont give a f---" aspect because the person i like is a total immature slut. We do not choose who we love sometimes, it just happens. If you are addicted to wow the best way to escape is to get 10 lv85s, you will have so much to do in game that you wont feel like doing anything! It also helps to get lucky and find a hobby thats productive. i myself like to draw anime/manga characters |
| There are people outside in the real world that need you. Go meet them. Don't make excuses about why you can't do it at this moment, just shut the monitor off and go outside.... NOW!!!! |
| I am in 10th grade now. Tonight I spoke openly to my family about how I believe I'm about to fall into a hole. As of this moment, before I fall asleep, I'll remember the many worthless corpse camping hours I wasted when the sun was out. I will continue to use my PC, but not for useless games. I spent a year of my life frantically securing times for gameplay. When I wake up tomorrow morning and celebrate my sister's birthday, I will no longer have WOW to think about. |
| It took a death in my family to question what the heck I was doing with my own life. It's really true that a person needs to want to quit something in order to quit it. I guess now its just the matter of quitting one day at a time. Take caer all and fight the good fight here. |
| I've just successfully gone through wow cold turkey withdrawal with was pretty intense. Im so glad I got through it without yielding to the overwhelming temptation to log back into the game again. Currently I feel more relaxed, less stressed and irritable generally and am now enjoying things I forgot I used to enjoy. |
| I played the game for two years daily. Quit hanging out with friends, tried to avoid seeing my family as much as I could. I didn't want the distractions. I was also more miserable in my life than I had ever been. Finally seeing my life falling apart I quit the game. It was hard at first especially when all my RL friends still played. Time goes by, I get better, end up getting married and my life is at the best point it's ever been. Sadly I was lured back in recently with the F2P. Did that for a while, but then renewed my account and began playing heavily again. Last night it fell apart when I realized I was neglecting my pregnant wife. I was devastated I hadn't seen it, the addiction was back with a vengeance, and this time I did hurt someone. Someone very close to me. Don't image that you're not hurting people, friends, family, loved ones. They notice, and after all the epic loots and the random drops and boss kills, none of that matters when your relationships suffer. Don't make my mistake, stop now and make your life better. |