Report: World of Warcraft is as addictive as cocaine

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libellule said:

famousringo said:
I just don't think it's fair to say that when there are no chemical dependancies involved. I played a helluva lot of WoW, but quitting was easy and painless.

Of course, I had methodone (Wii).

 

 u dont use a drugg, thatis true

but there are still molecule in urbrain that are released and act when u are playing WoW

Of course, I can't prove it, but I really really think there are some molecular pattern involved in any addiction phenomenon including video games.

 

Yes, everything you do which you find pleasurable releases happy neurochemicals into your brain. That includes eating chocolate, extreme sports, having sex, etc. But there's a mile of difference between all of these activities and hard drugs. Anybody who's seriously trying to equate the two is just being sensationalist.

Part of me wonders if getting addicted to one of these relatively innocuous activities actually saves an addictive personality from latching on to something more destructive. My old man used to counsel a recovering cocaine addict, and I have yet to know any WoW players who stole their friend's belongings in order to pay their subscription fee.

If WoW really was cocaine, I wouldn't have dropped my subscription one month after buying the latest expansion because I found it boring. I would have gone through an excruciating detox period.