tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16163858.post3936033042611582795..comments2024-02-26T11:07:08.028-05:00Comments on Leesa's Stories: AddictionsLeesahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09552562808209927463noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16163858.post-12159509013100018962011-07-24T19:01:16.060-05:002011-07-24T19:01:16.060-05:00xmichra: thanks for your words. I don't know a...xmichra: thanks for your words. I don't know about WoW, and based on your experiences, it seems very addictive.Leesahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09552562808209927463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16163858.post-69568947571913463142011-07-24T17:38:07.597-05:002011-07-24T17:38:07.597-05:00I have lost two very good friends because of their...I have lost two very good friends because of their addiction to WoW. It is worse than cocaine, because at least that is not socially acceptable, and isn't brushed off as a light habbit. <br /><br />I don't like real time games (where the world happens regardless of your playing, or there is no pause button) simply because I look at a computer game as leisure and control over my own time. Those games (Wow, asherons call, elf quest, etc) they all demand too much of my time, and my time is valuable to me. <br /><br />I have had a very hard time accepting that I can't do anything for the 2 friends... they are co-dependant on eachother and both have depression issues with the need to "escape" or dissassociate with the real world. They both know it as well, but care little to correct it. Another third friend, I haven't even spoken to in over 5 years because he is so involved with that f*ing game, that he couldn't funcion at a dinner with other friends without somehow talking about WoW or refrencing it, whatever to make the real life emmulate the pixels. It was sick. <br /><br />And that is where I see the definate definition of addiction.. that sickness of not being present. It is real, horrifying, and tragic.Xmichrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08640935280209026338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16163858.post-66412049193915865392011-07-24T09:43:58.222-05:002011-07-24T09:43:58.222-05:00knot: I have a poem for Monday - not very good, bu...knot: I have a poem for Monday - not very good, but you may like it.Leesahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09552562808209927463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16163858.post-61347671962680156072011-07-24T05:26:27.074-05:002011-07-24T05:26:27.074-05:00What bothers me is how, as a society, we turn a v...What bothers me is how, as a society, we turn a vice into a virtue. "I'm addicted to ..." is chic. Addiction is not good. <br /><br />It also means we've lost command of our language. People aren't addicted. They are probably more "affectionate toward" or "intensely interested in" rather than addicted. No one turns tricks for Snickers bar. <br /><br />I've heard WoW is very compelling, but I don't do video games that don't have Galaga or Tetris in the name. So I wouldn't know. <br /><br />More losing panty stories.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com