How do you have a WoW Intervention?
Fera commented back in our thread about being addicted that she was pretty sure her friend was indeed a WoW addict. So how do you approach this? I know this will be an email feature this week (not a show topic persay) but I’m curious what everyone else has to say on this to help us kick ideas around.
So there’s the real question there: How do you have an intervention for someone who is, per the definitions, addicted to online gaming?
Part of me likes the idea of using a talking dog ala those new anti-pot commericials floating around where the dog goes up to the girl and says “I don’t like it when you get high”. But, sadly, talking dogs seem in short supply at PetLand so something else is in order.
On a serious note I’m a little stumped for now. Guess I’m off to use my Search Fu. How about you?
July 15th, 2007 at 9:43 pm
The commercial is about the problems of drugs. Specifically, it is referring to the dangers of marijuana…
But who is the girl being lectured by? Her parents? A teacher?
No! She is being spoken to by the family DOG.
If she’s seeing the dog talking, this girl is doing something much stronger than just smoking some weed, folks…
July 18th, 2007 at 11:55 am
So my first attempt at writing out a response ensed in disaster when I clicked “Submit Comment” and the session had timed out. (Grrr…) I’d even kept myself rather concise and now I’m out of time, so I’ll have to try to shorten it even more.
About a year & a half ago, my boyfriend & I spent most of our time playing Warcraft. There were many other factors involved, though you could say we were “addicted.”
I got fed up with myself. I was not living up to my own expectations. I managed to pull myself out as best I could. I attempted to get my boyfriend out of it to, as he was dragging me down, not to mention the fact that I cared about him & wanted better things for him.
At my wit’s end, my initial tactics of encouragement & support eventually turned into that of threats and guilt trips & while that met marginal success, it was too late. I ended up leaving him so that I could finish getting my life back together…
I’d like to note that I am NOT making any suggestions in as to how to intervene. I am in no way an expert & certainly don’t want to give advice that will make things worse. I mostly failed myself, though I certainly hope that my former boyfriend got the message & started down the right path.
This was a really difficult question to answer. I’m certain that that is why no one had really given any response. From my experience, all I can really say is that there are 2 things you must have before you can get over it: the desire to change and the drive to work at it.
(Copy, Reload, Paste, Submit:P)