Greetings all...
Couple of points I'll throw up for discussion/thought...
Intro first:
EQ Player - more than 20 hours a week
IT Professional in HealthCare
New Zealand
Single but living with long-term partner and she also plays EQ.
First Question to myself for you:
Do I see an addiction in what I do?
Personally, no. Other's may say "yes" (as an example I watch approx 1 hour of T.V. per week, most weeks I _never_ watch television, yet I don't say anyone watching T.V. for 20+ hours as an addict - although I'm tempted )
So, only recently there have been a lot of articles flyng round and also T.V. programs have recently been aired due to recent events. (The articles I have seen were downloaded via web).
Ok, so, my post is really in relation to a particular topic, and that is Responsibility - and how we are all responsible for actions we take.
First topic that comes to mind is Ben Stein and his recent problems with his son and Everquest. His solution was to send his son away to boarding school. His son was 15 years old.
My reaction: Who pays his son's Everquest Credit Card Bill? And why such extreme measures when something as simple as parental responsibility and control may have offered a better outcome for all.
Second reaction: Sensationalising this with the media, in my very humble opinion, in such a cheap and shoddy way - perhaps this was CBS's fault - who knows....but I felt the reporting was disgusting and thoroughly one-sided and obviously designed to produce the reaction that it produced in certain people....My reaction was one of disgust. Responsibility.
Regardless, the post is designed (hopefully) to make you think about responsibility, and although it's only one example out of a multitude, I hope it will trigger some further thought and discussion as to how you can reach your goals for what you're trying to do here......
P.S. Apologies for this post being disjointed - at work atm and there's lights flashing and beeping Perhaps I'll recall the other items I was going to post after reading some replies.
Regards,
Dragasaani Ferencxy
56th Necromancer
Seventh Hammer
also known as Tony, in his spare time
Just read through a number of articles across the site and quite frankly, you lot scare me....and disappoint also....
Yup, this a nice idea what yer doing here - if there's a real need that is and if you're _really_ helping people (not just patting them on the back for quitting )
I smoked for 15 years. LOVED every minute of it and every cigarette I smoked, right up until my last one when I decided to quit and it didn't quite taste the same.
It's all about control, responsibility, and quite frankly - not being a soft-sh**e and being adult about all things around you in whatever you do.....
In my heart, and it saddens me to say this because I'm not usually this explicit with my feelings, I feel all you who have _needed_ to quit have some very _real_ problems. If you allow something like this to take you over to such an extent where you recognize a need to stop, you're weak. This isn't a bad thing, it's a _reality_ you just have to toughen up, stop your tears, move on and get on with life. if you quit, good, don't whine about how bad it was or is for you. And quite frankly, I care not whether you whine or not on these boards...I feel I've wasted my own time reading and posting, and quite frankly wish I never visited this place....
My sincerest best wishes to you all, in all of your endeavours.
Regards,
Drag.
P.S. Spent a minute re-reading this before clicking add...yes it is harsh and fairly out of character to myself but I feel it needed to be said. No need to reply guys, delete in fact if there is nothing constructive or useful in either of my posts. I shan't return....and good luck to all.