One of the guys I was talking about in my previous post (addicted to EQ) was really addicted. It worked out best for him. He use to be a hardcore drinker and pot smoker. He figured out that if he skipped drinking and smoking, he could survive on less sleep and feel better at work, ie, more time to play EQ.

A year or two ago, I remember a comment in a PC gamer column saying "I'm thinking about giving up my EverCrack addiction for a heroin addiction. At least the heroin addiction doesn't show up on your monthly credit card statement."

The back page article of the last Game Developer magazine was on this topic as well. There's going to be some cases of litigation where SOE gets sued because of the addicted-to-everquest problem. No joke.