Hello, my name is Jon. Here's the story of my WoW experience, and how it destroyed most of my life.


Before WoW I had a good job and family. Always went to work--and happy to go to work at as well. Loved my job, my friends and family. But, after building a new PC I wanted to play a game that I'll relax to after coming from a hard day of work. That game was: World of Warcraft. I started off using the free-trial leveling my character to 13 than deactivating my account. After a month, I reactivated my account and went back into play.


Two months turned into four, than to five and so and so on. My job attendance suffered. Socializing with my family was the inevitable. Real life was but a fading memory as my soul sucked into the large amounts of hours I put into this game. Didn't take a bath. Didn't brush my teeth. Didn't care about my weight as well--which I've gained alot of pounds during playing the game.


Although there were consequences. Lost my job. Lost my sense of direction in life. My addiction was fueled by this stupid game. Man, If I had a chance to turn my life around, I would in a heart-beat. But I know you can't, you just have to live with the mistakes you made. Deleted my character and all his items than gave the game to my neighbor ( should've threw the God-forsaken thing in the trash so no other human could harness it again ).


Unemployed now living at my mother's house until I can find a another job for the time being. Slowly getting my self-esteem and confidence back to where I once was. Sometimes I go and post on www.wowdetox.com and read some of the stories of others who've gone through the same things through this game. Hope to do much better now since I've been clean from WoW for almost 2 years. Think about going back sometimes, but with this support group I won't think about stepping into that virtual doll-house again.


Thanks for reading,

Jonathan.