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.
| Im addicted to wow, playing all time :( 12 hours a day. I'm 16. I like to skate but I do this rarely cuz i can't get off my faking computer. This is sad. I wanna stop. |
| I hate WoW. It turned my friend into a mindless freak. He was so obsessed with the game, when he called once, I told him I was at my grandmother's funeral. And the only thing he could say was "What? You can't play later?" And he's lost his social life and has become a total loser because "I need to finish up my one month WoW card." To those still addicted, quit before it takes your life and your friends. I left my friend for good, and he can rot at home with his computer and WoW. |
| i want to cry.... i quit wow a month ago....i keep inching over 2 the private servers.... jsut for a for secendons of gnomme blasting... but i cant not again this game is ell i used to be a decent grade student working out so i had a good build... wow made me forget bout working out... eventually i developed depression and forgot 3 take the pills every day cuzza wow. i just got worse and worse =( this is all in my first 3 months =( im now 10 weeks from passing school and im so hoplessley addicted i cant concentrate for one second i start thinking bout my math work, then i some how move into how i should have done thisor that, i mostly miss the fact that ppl were there who could share a common interest if wow can be considdered an interest. i 3 good friends one i lost after a raid in kara we wanted the same pice of equipment and when he won it i just went spaz... i lozt my second one to the "horde is better" thing during a nelf nerfing =( i still got my 3rd friend =) she helped me thru quiting while she did herself =) now im barly picking it up did my qcs last week first time i went for 2 days without thinking bout wow. i might have actually done well =) things are starting to pick up now im really glad i quit wow. sold my account, real stab 2 me to find out i could only get 250$ on it i spent near 600$ on gear $1000 on gold fark what a waste. metwith my GF today and she has taken me back after what i did (not going into this) during my addiction=( but he took me back and even told me she would still marry me=) *this is a cut'n'paste from my quiting wow journal* |
| Sigh, this game took 3 years of my life and made them into nothing. Im still trying to get them back.I gained like 60pounds and im still trying to lose them. I quit for good in july and every time i think about it game i get pissed and can't understand why did i waste soo much time in this stupid game. Unlike others i didn't lose any gf or anything maybe thats why my addiction started in the first place, luckily i graduated from college (with average grades). If u are/were addicted to this game quit and don't look back and dont lie to yourself playing casually won't work you will get sucked back in. An alcoholic can't touch alcohol, a drug addict can't touch or even see drugs and a wow addict CAN'T play "casually". Give it up,face your problem and don't hide like a coward in a video game like I did. Theres people counting on you so be strong and don't let them down. If u are wondering how i mange to quit i sold my account, best choice i made in my life! |
| You can do it! you can stop, and go on to great things in real life. Live your dreams! |
| Traveling the world, creating moments that last a lifetime. | > | paying to fly around in a world that doesnt exist. |
| To all those who have took control and quit, I salute you. You are the real heroes because you have overcome your own and very real demons, and are learning to master yourself. Major respect. You should be proud. Be encouraged! |
| WoW is nothing but a repetitive shit grind-fest. The entire game is doing the same stuff over and over for hours on end. Once you realize this it will be much easier to quit. |
| I just cried. Over my ruined health. I hope it can be restored, as much as possible. Over my ruined social life. Hopefully that can be somewhat restored. Over my ruined studies. It is unbelieveably hard to go back to studying (btw, I was one of the best while studying). I am dissatisfied, angry, asocial, sad person. I'm a guy. And I just cried. |
| Studying | > | Countless hours starring into a monitor destroying brain cells. |
