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Marriage and WoW don’t mix well. One example is a wife who felt her husband’s addiction to the game had ruined
her life. When first together, things were great but he failed to tell her that he played this MMO every night. During the
18-months of their early marriage, his addiction to the game progressed. This woman ended up 8-month pregnant and confined
to home alone during the days, only to have her husband come home and jump on the game. Every weekend was spent playing WoW.
In fact, what should have been a wonderful time in their marriage was a disaster; he even let her collapse on the floor, helped
her up to the sofa but asked her to “stay right there” while he logged on to the game! Unbelievable but true!
While such stories are fairly commonplace among WoW addicts, the League has also received reports that WoW has reduced
some addicts' sex drive. According to the League's head office, this game takes over the users’ bodies completely in
that they never do anything other than play WoW, including wanting to have sex! Some couples where the female had a much lower
sex drive maybe be grateful but not all women feel this way. No longer is it “sorry, I have a headache” on the
woman’s part but men saying “I’d rather play WoW all night long”.
One more story involving professional hazards
After playing World of Warcraft non-stop for an entire year, one player stopped. He began slowly, but the higher level
characters made it seem as if it was going to improve as he levelled up. As an FPS gamer, he was bored clicking on a boar
multiple times and, in retrospect, wishes he’d stopped right there. Having gotten to Ironforge, he saw neat-looking
characters and began to think all the clicking might be worth it, always believing that the next level was going to be exciting.
Once he entered a battleground he became completely addicted, started looking for a PvP guild. He founds the best gear
was only available by doing the dungeons, forcing him to put more time into the game to level up.
He met other players online who were obviously addicts of WoW also. Things snowballed and he was coming home from work
to play until midnight, then until 1 am, getting a little sleep before showing up at work at 7 am. Well, soon he was playing
until 4 am and trying to get to work – late of course. Finally, he was fired. He lost weight and strength he’d
build from playing soccer in the past. He realized he had blood stains on his laptop from wearing into his wrist from placing
it in the best spot to hit the keys AWSD repeatedly. Suddenly he began to notice hunger, but he couldn’t stop to eat
because he wanted to be online to catch certain raiding groups in WoW.
Then he noticed how small and dark his world (basically his room) had become and how long it had been since he’d
had any real face-to-face social interaction. Realizing he was living alone with a screen, he accepted he was not living in
WoW but in a rather scary mental and physical state. Even after having stopped playing for a month, he still gets urges. He
knows he can beat the addiction but he’s had to learn the hard way what playing World of Warcraft can cost.
Source: UK Online Games, 13 reasons why you should stop playing WoW
Conclusion
Due to the high risks of the afflicted losing themselves in their addiction, either professionally or in social relationships,
once again, the League recommends, in the event you aren't already playing WoW, DO NOT START PLAYING
IT.
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