Yup.

Can't stop.

Although the medical world is divided as to whether internet addiction actually exists, Online Gamers Anonymous offers a 12-step programme to help compulsive players to wean themselves off games such as World of Warcraft, EverQuest and Final Fantasy. David Smallwood, the addiction treatment progamme manager at The Priory in London, believes that such games are particularly addictive for young men.

The better they get at playing the game, Smallwood says, the more they can “progress to being someone more important”, which they are unable to do in real life. To continue enjoying this elevated status they must get better and better at the game, playing for increasingly long periods of time.

And I don't game, either.

How bad is it?

Well, I'm here, aren't I?

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