| i was looking on the wow forums one day and there was this poor soul who had posted saying he'd quit wow. he was mercilessly flamed for it. it stuck in my head and reminded me of a guy i knew years ago who beat heroin. after he was clear he couldn't understand why his friends who were still addicted to heroin didn't want to know him. the reality is that the guy on the forum more or less walked into a room of heroin addicts and told them he was clear. are they going to congratulate him? are they going to swell with pride? are they going to all crack a beer and toast him? hell no because it only highlights to them that they have a problem. so what do they say? "you'll be back". this makes them feel better. Personally, what it took for me was a disconnection of the internet for 8 weeks. By that time i had found a few new hobbies and adjusted to a new track. to be dead honest, i wouldn't have time to play now these days anyway because i'm off doing other stuff. my social life still hasn't recovered but my home life certainly has. rather than eating at the keyboard, i'm now eating with others. lol admittedly, the stuff on TV is terrible. Theres a few things you need to remember while you're giving up. 1. you are choosing to not do something anymore. the key here is choosing. remember that when you gave up - on the very first day, you could justify it. trust your self weeks down the track that it meant a lot then and the reasons were good and have not changed. don't give in. you gave it up. life is about traveling forwards, NOT backwards. 2. you wanna play wow? remind yourself that its more or less the same(in fact worse) since 2005. theres been a heap of terrific games out since then. go grab some. I'm on ME 1 atm 3. leave your guild in preparation for leaving. change servers.. whatever to remove the social ties. they were what held me for so long. the last few months were just me as most had left or were on a different server. good luck to all, later days |