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.
| Who says you HAVE to deal with shitty people at all, online/in real life. Quit WoW, and don't get sucked into anything "gaming" wise online, same douche bags in any type of game to some extent.... In the real world, confronting and not putting up with shitty people is 100 times easier anyway, put them in their place and then just walk away. F*ck 'em if they can't be decent nice people. Too many negative ass hats in real life, and many more in gaming that just don't know how to be good people, always gotta have that edge of insecurity to them. |
| One morning i told my mom i am sick and i dont wanna go to school. Instead of going to school and meeting friends I played. But it isnt the game who made me so addicted. It's me. Cause I made the game control my life. It isnt the fault of the game, only players can decide how much this game can change in their lifes. You decide.... |
| I walked 2 hours each way rain so that i could go to a game shop so that i could purchase a membership card, lie to my parents about playing wow, lie to them about where i was going, and lie to myself as to why i was playing. Why did i walk? I didnt have the confidence to get on a bus, because wow had sapped that from me. Heck im even thinking of sap now. Don't play wow its bad for you |
| WOOOHOOOO I finally quit WoW. I deleted my characters, cancled my subsription, and uninstalled everything. Feels great! You know a kid killed himself because of WoW? Screw WoW, ride a bike, go for a walk or swim. I used to cancel out on my friends and girlfriend for WoW. Stay up all night for 3 nights at a time. WoW took away 3 years from me, pshh...I broke all my disks and it feel great! Thanks World of Warcrack for taking years from me. |
| me and my friend started playing WoW a few years back, after a week we were really having fun. But then one day I looked at the time and it went soo quickly, I thought this isn't right to spend so much time on a game knowing I could easily spend so much more, so I stopped playing there and then.
My friend carried on playing, his health is getting worse, he used to be quite thin now he's getting bigger and bigger. I think he has a problem, he stopped playing for a month now he's back on it. He wont believe hes addicted though :( |
| to 49067 there are people out there and here on the forums who have (had) really good lifes with families, work and fun. These people started to play WoW because they read about it, heard about it, friends introduced them etc. and get seriously hooked and f**ked their lifes. to say you have a missing aspect in your life to be the reason you Started wow is a narrow vision of the huge problem of WoW for many people out here. There is a very strong addictional component (what kind of loot is popping up) in this so called game witch hijackes the brain reward system for people sensitive ( there is a genetical component) for this. And this addiction F**ckes up your life, not the missing of something in your life. |
| IF YOU WANT TO GET OUT, DO IT BEFORE CATACLYSM |
| I haven't played for 8 months... sometimes I feel like going back (like now) but this site always reminds me how destructive the game is. So, thank you WoW detox, and I hope those who still get withdrawal pangs don't fall for temptation. At times I still try to fill the hole that WoW left, but at least now its with productive things and I actually sleep at a reasonable time! |
| I have recently quit world of warcraft, i believe my last login was in march, it is now july, and i have never been happier, i still game extensively, but i find more enjoyment from the types of games that will give me excitement at the time im playing, and not after 15 hours of farming, or gold making. i like playing games like left 4 dead 1 2, Starcraft 1 2, call of duty 6, day of defeat source, and counter strike, the whole idea behind these games is to be instant fun, without the grind, and i can sleep easily at night knowing that im not missing out on certain aspects of the game if i don't play for a week or 2. WOW is just the complete opposite, you want to be on it 24/7 to be the greatest character you can be, i find i get the same excitement from playing short based games, where satisfaction comes from my rank on a day of defeat score, or finishing a game such as GTA 4, i have also found other avenues to occupy my time, thing's like, building electronics, watching a movie or tv show, fishing as often as i can. these things can expand your mind and really relax you, instead of burning the candle at both ends, for a measly increase in dps or def. go out and play the greatest game of all, World of Real Life, but you better hurry, it's only available for a limited time only. peace |
| I was finally able to leave WOW for good today. I actually stopped playing about 1 year ago, but still had constant urges to play this evil game. I own a PS3,Wii,PSP and DS. Why it wasn't enough? Why the desire to come back? The reason: My 80 warrior toon that was left behind, with all the gear, reputation etc. Thanks to Wow Detox, i was able to do something very simple: Created a new yahoo email - with some scrambled numbers/letters and assigned the battle net account to this one. Scrambled again the password for the new e-mail and this is it - i am finally free from this torment. Thank you Wow Detox. |
