Psychologists say that video game addictions is like being on drugs. They have the same symptoms as those of gambling addicts and drug addicts. In some gamers, gaming played such a large part of their lives that they missed meals, and went without sleep to spend more time playing. They suffered withdrawal symptoms and had difficulties cutting back on their hobby. And when away from it, they were emotionally instable and had a much lower self esteem.
Have any of you met any gaming addicts? I had a friend a few years ago who would stay up literally all night playing some computer game I forgot the name. He didn’t do it in the morning because his mom would get mad, so he would play while she was asleep and sleep in the morning. After a while though he got out of this habit. But now even though he doesn’t play that many video games anymore he still has problems sleeping normally because his body got so used to such little sleep.

PSP's have it too.. and now theyre saying there's ways you can even turn your PSP into a cell phone. Pretty crazy I think..

I think they should legalize Marijuana and ban Ciggs. thats a betetr idea because its safer, but I dont know about banning alcohol, thats become too big apart of everyones lives to just stop it.

That kid is much better off without his father. I can feel for him because I've somewhat been in that postion. My father isn't the greatest role model ever and has been absent for most my life. And whenever he's around it's all lies and just horrible. I never felt like i missed out because i didn't have a father around, infact I was happy he wasn't there. If he's not a good man why should I want him and miss him in my life? My mother played both roles and was very great at it and that was more than enough.

thats a really good idea, is it working?
Imagine your girlfriend takes off with your money =P lol Just playing.

kheyanne said: Try to involve your mom in your daily activities. Bring her lunch or dinner, or anything from school. Tell her stories about your day. Don't push her, though. Do it slowly. And be patient. I know her mood is not really agreeable most of the time. Just think that she needs you more that you need her. And both of you can pull this together.

I agree with this. Take her out with you, do things that used to excite her before. My mom loves shoping especially shoe shopping, i would take my mom on a shopping spree and buy her a whole bunch of things then treat her out to dinner.

AtomicDragon said: You're just using the drugs to deal with your pain.  Many people use drugs as an outlet to fuel their pain, even for a moment, just like in the poem.  When my girlfriend of 2 1/2 years broke up with me, it was soo hard.  I felt like my heart had been ripped out and all I craved was Coke.  It was really the reason she broke up with me in the first time, she'd come over late at night to suprise me and I'd be coked out of my mind.  Then, in the end I felt like it's all I had left.  I hope you and I can learn to deal with our pain in a healthy way.. but it's scary in so many ways.. I'm slowly considering rehab..

I Think rehab will be a good option. Talk to your girlfriend about it, see if she will help you through it, also join NA.

Scientists Find a Genetic Link that makes people more likely to get addicted to tobacco. If both parents are smokers the child has an 80% chance of becoming addicted to cigarettes. And it also gives them a higher chance of developing lung cancer. This shows why some people who only smoke for a few years get lung cancer, and others who smoked for 60 years didn’t. Its because of genetics.

I believe this because I travel a lot and I’ve noticed in countries where most the population smokes, the parents smoke and so do the kids. Some kids hide it from their parents but other don’t. I’ve always thought that parents just set that model that smoking is OK and that’s what also got their kids hooked but it makes sense for it to all be genetics. What do you guys think?

attagirl said: I am not addicted to shoes, in fact I only have 6 pairs. One dress boot, one running shoe, one tennis shoe, two dress/casual and the water shoes. Basically this is all I need and I am pretty happy with it. For the millions of people out there that think that they need every style and color, it is an addiction and maybe you should start going through them and getting them out of your closet, you will find that you never really missed them anyway.

Stop going to shoe stores... this might help.

OMG are you serious you only have 6 pairs of shoes? What if they dont match your outfit? People pay close attention to what shoes you wear, some people dont think that but they really do. GO SHOPPING!!!!

caliguy said: Free at last, free at last, thank God Almighty, I'm free at last. This is a quote from Martin Luther King Jr. He speaks about freedom from the differences of race and religion. This also applys to freedom from addiction. I have been free from addiction for 6 months now. It's a great feeling and a great relief. I'm not saying it's easy. It's a struggle every day. I want to take a drink every day. But I don't. And that is freedom. The freedom to have control of my life.

Thats really great that you quit! how did you do it? How long have you been sober?