And when he's rehabbed from Crack/Cocaine addiction, set him in front of the TV so he can watch Dr Phil, Oprah, Friends, Seinfeld, Everybody Loves Raymond, and Sex-in-the-city 7 nights a week, 24, Battlestar Galactica, Conan O'Brien, David Letterman, or even American Idol. That way, he won't be misusing his time longing for crack.
I'm currently in the same position as your friend. I'm not going to listen, however, to one single advice posted on this forum. No one ever wants to feel that they're doing something wrong - even when deep down inside, they may feel something's amiss.
Here's my advice -> trick your friend. Its the old saying, if you can't beat him, join him. Get a WoW account, and play a few times with him. Encourage him to open up via his alternate personality, and perhaps then you may find the root of whats keeping him addicted. Go on a few raids, or adventures with him, and build his trust. Once you have that, it will be much easier to associate real life things with WoW? For example, one day you can take him to the park and ask him to hit that ball as hard as an Tauren Warrior. It will easier for him to make that transition from WoW to real life, and learn to prioritize.
This way, his real friends won't be the ones looking through the glass window critiqueing him - they'll be the ones standing by his side against the horde. And he'll realize again that his real friends/life are much more interesting than his virtual friends/life because there's so much more you can do in real life than in WoW. For example, ask him to try swimming past the Veil Sea off Menethil Harbor. He'll soon realize he can't because the game ends there, lol. And then ask him to compare that experience to swimming in south beach in lots of women.;)
The point is, when will we ever learn, humans don't react positively to, "You're not suppose to do this."
How am I handling the addiction? If it wasn't WoW, it would be something else. Oh heck, I fell sex addiction coming on again! doh!
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And when he's rehabbed from Crack/Cocaine addiction, set him in front of the TV so he can watch Dr Phil, Oprah, Friends, Seinfeld, Everybody Loves Raymond, and Sex-in-the-city 7 nights a week, 24, Battlestar Galactica, Conan O'Brien, David Letterman, or even American Idol. That way, he won't be misusing his time longing for crack.
I'm currently in the same position as your friend. I'm not going to listen, however, to one single advice posted on this forum. No one ever wants to feel that they're doing something wrong - even when deep down inside, they may feel something's amiss. Here's my advice -> trick your friend. Its the old saying, if you can't beat him, join him. Get a WoW account, and play a few times with him. Encourage him to open up via his alternate personality, and perhaps then you may find the root of whats keeping him addicted. Go on a few raids, or adventures with him, and build his trust. Once you have that, it will be much easier to associate real life things with WoW? For example, one day you can take him to the park and ask him to hit that ball as hard as an Tauren Warrior. It will easier for him to make that transition from WoW to real life, and learn to prioritize. This way, his real friends won't be the ones looking through the glass window critiqueing him - they'll be the ones standing by his side against the horde. And he'll realize again that his real friends/life are much more interesting than his virtual friends/life because there's so much more you can do in real life than in WoW. For example, ask him to try swimming past the Veil Sea off Menethil Harbor. He'll soon realize he can't because the game ends there, lol. And then ask him to compare that experience to swimming in south beach in lots of women. ;)
The point is, when will we ever learn, humans don't react positively to, "You're not suppose to do this."
How am I handling the addiction? If it wasn't WoW, it would be something else. Oh heck, I fell sex addiction coming on again! doh!
This guy nailed it. To confirm, pretend that WoW didn't exist -> would your friend still be addicted to something else (EverQuest maybe)?