My Husband Is Addicted to Online Gameing

I feel ya, and sadly, I must admit that I may be in the chain responsible for such a case. I used to run a world of warcraft server, and have seen first hand the amount of people that spend ungodly hours in game.

My brothers health is going to the crapper because of his computer addiction, and it is a serious problem. I know a lot of people don't put much stock into "compu-ddiction" but it is serious. I read an article about a girl who's body slowly deteriorated over time because she would rarely eat, drink, or sleep due to not wanting to leave the game world.

I would suggest a good sit down and "intervention" if you will. If you love him, you will see that this is affecting him as much as yourself. It's not good for your health, to ignore life's duties.

I literally had to fire a guy working for me on the site after getting a letter from a wife much in your position, and suggested he seek counselling.

You need to stand by him, and hope he can choose you over the virtual world, and seriously....He needs to *want* to change to make a change...Without that, there isn't much you can do for him.

:d thank you songwriter for takeing the time to reply to my concern,it was very helpfull take care

You're quite welcome, and I wish you the best no matter how it turns out for you.

My husband has been addicted to final fantasy online for 3 years now. He is on monday - sunday 8 am - 4 am thats right 20 hours a day. Sometimes only 15 hours a day. He lost his job two months ago, so this is all he does. He was out of work for 5 months last year. If I ask him to help with something or the kids he says "i can't I just started a party". He is 41 years old! We have been married for 20 years this year and I am at my wits end. I work and just started an at home business to make up money from him being out of work. He doesn't see it as a problem, he says it is an escape. Escape from what, you don't do anything! He tells me stories about his "friends" online and I don't care! I care about our kids, work, and the house. He rolls out of bed, goes online, sometimes gets dressed, mostly doesn't. Help! He has so much potential - but his world is the game. How can I help someone that doesn't see a problem? I even tried to be in his world, I played the game for a month, yes it was fun for a few weeks; an hour or two a day. Than I was bored and cancelled it. I am the only one trying here. Please help! Kittyrobb

My boyfriend loves playing this online game called everquest 2. He has played it every since I have met him. It is a daily thing. But instead of getting mad, I learned to play the game. We enjoy playing together. In the town we live in most people our age 18&19 just do drugs. This is a small town. And the game only costs 15 dollars a month for a subscription.Sometimes I get annoyed with him playing and wished we would do other things but then again I realize how much I enjoy playing and having experinced with him on eq. We have also met several people on this game. And there are couples just like us who like to play. I mean things could be worse try to think of it as a positive thats the way I look at it. I rather be with him doing something on a game than spending hours health forum him out because he isn't paying attention to me. But these are just my thoughts. :)