I took a taxi home, broke the news to my roommates (we had moved into a three-bedroom to split the bills three ways), went into my bedroom, started up EverQuest, and forgot about everything.According to Dr.Hilarie Cash, the executive director of the reSTART internet and gaming addition recovery program and co-author of the book ""Video Games & Your Kids: How Parents Stay in Control,"" retreating inside a video game to replica Cartier W25067Z6 Men's watch avoid real world problems is a common cause of ""video game addiction."" ""I would definitely call it video game addiction, which is a subset of internet addiction.Many of the things [you] described to me are typical of a video game addict, particularly the way that real life shrinks away for the addict, living more and more in the virtual world.""
And that's exactly what I was doing.I had been a confident and outgoing young man who enjoyed hanging out with my friends, spending hours chatting about absolutely nothing while smoking cigarettes and drinking countless cups of Waffle House Coffee.Now my social dealings involved helping online friends camp a rare monster spawn, or replica Cartier W25064Z5 Ladie's watch discussing class balance on my guild's chat channel.Going outside was only necessary when I ran out of smokes or beverages.I lived off $.30 pot pies from Wal-Mart and cheap bags of rice.I was taking care of my most essential needs, but only barely.Often times I would fall asleep in my chair in front of my computer with EverQuest running, waking up hours later to start the cycle all over again.
Even now my memories of the period are a blur of Oasis runs, power leveling, and experience grinding.My mother remembers those days much more vividly.""Mike was unavailable for most of that period,"" she recalled recently.""There was no way to contact him, except to do a 'drive by' preferably with a bag of groceries in the replica Cartier W25066Z6 WoMen's watch back seat.I remember trying to talk to him.Such a fine mind and wild sense of humor; all covered up and hidden deep inside again.He listened half-heartedly and was easy to anger.He was going down fast, even to the point of telling how it really was and not just what you wanted to hear.""
