Posted by Perry
Last evening, Shelley and I were watching Intervention on A&E, and were amazed at the episode’s subject and his remarkable recovery from alcoholism. Being big fans of the show – we went on their website and saw a video of one case that caused us to look at each other in shock.
We have both blogged about the online game World of Warcraft in the past. Well, this particular episode featured a young man who was addicted to – are you ready – video games! Now the running joke between Shelley and I is that we play so long during our free-time that our friends and family may have to do an intervention to curb us of our WoW habit, especially during these cold days when going out is hampered by weather.
Addiction is never funny – I’ve seen it firsthand myself – and I’m not trying to make light of one’s struggles at all. We both found it shocking that something we joke about to ourselves is in reality something that others struggle with in their daily lives. It puts things in perspective big time…
We’ll still play, but it shows just how easy something you do for fun can turn into something that controls your life.