Heh. I'd go sign up just for
the room and board.
If a guy's a cocksucker in his life, when he dies, he don't become a saint. - Morris Levy, Hitmen
Holmes' Theme Song
Heh. I'd go sign up just for
the room and board.
"The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few. Or the one."
My kids would play endlessly if we
let them. I had a problem with Civ II for a while in Japan. I would wake up on a Sunday, go straight for the
machine and play in my PJs until it was time to go to sleep, leaving the keyboard only to take a leak; no food.
To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.
- Buddha
Yoga in Eugene
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I just thought the concept of a
detox center for video game addiction was funny, but, yeah, many people I know (myself included) have been
addicted at one time or another.
I remember Civ II but never played it.
Remember Atari and
Intellivision? (why am I laughing?)
If a guy's a cocksucker in his life, when he dies, he don't become a saint. - Morris Levy, Hitmen
Holmes' Theme Song
i had an atari.Originally Posted by Holmes
i liked pitfall harry,lol.
seriously, the only
time i had the time to get addicted was in highschool when zelda came out. all hours of the nite,no lie. when they
made another zelda, all i could think was "im not alone! there are other people like me giving up their keg party to
sit in front of tv !!!!!
A friend of mine has managed to
rack up seventy thousand dollars(U.S.) in consumer credit card debt and squander hundreds of thousands in setlement
moneys as a result of video game addiction.He can literaly burn off weeks and in some cases months without ever
opening a bill or leaving the house.The bills only get attention when they shut something off like the power.The
phone was shut off two years ago and never got reconnected.He will shop for food only sporadicly and buy massive
quantities of easy to prepare meals in bulk to avoid having to shop for several weeks at a time.He will forgo
bathing for days at a time and sleep in his clothes(the smell is realy horrible.)This behavior will occasionaly
break for a day or two befor he spins back in front of the computer again.We (his friends and family) have been
trying for the last couple years to help him but to no avail.His son spends most of his time at his grand parents
house where he can eat and sleep and live in a clean environment.
His health at this point is in serious
question.He smells like he died already.
By the way...Im realy not joking.This is a very serious problem and it
should get the attention that it deserves.Its one thing to occasionaly spin out for a weekend on a new game...but
its beginning to ruin peoples lives.
"The wages of sin is death.But after taxes it's just sort of a tired feeling realy." -Ellen DeGeneres
This dude is a serious "addictive personality"Originally Posted by tim929
and needs professional help. If it weren’t games it would be alcohol, heroin, or a cult religion.
Freedom begins when you tell Mrs. Grundy to go fly a kite.
--Lazarus Long
Interestingly,the condition he is
suffering is a result of clinical depression...or maybe its the cause.Chemical dependancy is alittle different breed
of cat than something like this.Alcoholics consistantly display a genetic propensity to alcohol addiction,as do most
drug addicts.Video gamers tend to be alittle different however as games of this type stimulate a different area of
the brain.The results however are very much the same.
"The wages of sin is death.But after taxes it's just sort of a tired feeling realy." -Ellen DeGeneres
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