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Treating a serious WoW addiction
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Well, it's been a while, but I can offer something more to this thread right now. Our Dad is here for his visit and my brother has not played WoW in two days. I can tell the urge is immense, but he hasn't played.
We have an appointment with a counselor at 4:30 tomorrow. I will let everyone know how the appointment goes. I hope to offer some insight as to how to go about treating a WoW addiction once we're done there.
Thanks again to the Wowhead community. All of you (well, most) are the greatest.
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I would log onto his computer, delete WoW, delete the addons and restrict internet access. Do you use a router?
Worst case scinario (can't spell that word for my life) I would discontinue internet use completely.
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If your family is enabling him to continue his addiction/habits as they are, then there is nothing you or your father can do. The only ones able to help rectify this situation are those living in the same household enabling him.
You can say he would not survive without you or his mother, or whomever. That is false. He will find a way to survive without the Internet and the game else he will starve to death (and dehydrate). At such a point he would need serious medical attention, in house, and nothing less.
That's pretty extreme for a non-substance addiction, but if it did go that far his room would easily be up for cleaning out and Internet turned off. If he can afford WoW and Internet then he can afford to pay his mother rent & groceries to live in her house, follow her rules.
Given things sound as bad as you make them, write your story and submit it to broadcast shows such as Oprah, Montel, or Dr. Phil McGraw's show. Dr. Phil in particular has dealt with these issues before on his show and doesn't sensationalize them with bloat from what I've seen. A real intervention with a professional could be the difference.
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TweFoju
im sorry to hear this
but tbh, i dont think there is a cure for a game addiction other than the user itself
i was once in the state of "over the line addiction" on WoW during the early BC days
i dont sleep for 3 days, and then slept for the whole day for 1 day and continue the same
but that was 2 years ago when i was 18
thankfully i realize myself and i dont play as much as i used to anymore
its all back to the user, its useless if you take him to rehab, but if he doesn't want to change, even the best doctor in the world cant even help, im saying this because ive exeprienced it b4
my parents even offer to take me for Holiday to Japan and i refuse it because i dont want to miss any raids, im glad those days are over =S
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Well, "Raikon" spoke with the counselor today. We were able to convince him to go just one time and if the counselor did not believe he had a problem, then we would not mention it again. After Mom, Dad, and I sat in for a bit to provide background information, we left him with the counselor so he could speak honestly without worrying about anyone's feelings. About an hour later they came out of the office and my brother
volunteered
to make another appointment. I don't know what went on (and I don't really have a right to know I guess), but he seems to have acknowledged he has a problem he is willing to be helped with.
Again, I'll post further developments later. I still believe busting his stuff and deleting his toons is about the worst thing we could do. We will have to see if the counselor recommends cold turkey or weening.
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Given things sound as bad as you make them, write your story and submit it to broadcast shows such as Oprah, Montel, or Dr. Phil McGraw's show. Dr. Phil in particular has dealt with these issues before on his show and doesn't sensationalize them with bloat from what I've seen. A real intervention with a professional could be the difference.
Simply the fact that they're doing a talk show just to "counsel" people sensationalizes the issue and simply creates the opportunity to create additional misinformation. Dr Phil in particular. They can be real cases, and he might actually have a bright idea here and there, but being on national television is enough by itself to make it sensationalist. Viewers will add all the bloat they feel appropriate and who knows what kind of misinformation and ill-formed thoughts Dr Phil will give out during such an episode.
He's an idiot. Maybe a well-educated one, but an idiot nonetheless. And he allows other idiots to think they know what they're talking about just by watching his talk show.
As to the subject, being hearing-impaired myself, keep in mind that your brother is very likely to be uncomfortable with social situations, even perhaps with his own family. I can't deny that a major part of WoW's allure to me is that by typing it all out, communication with others is much easier than trying to hold a conversation in real life, what with all the nonverbal cues, emotions, and variable environments. You miss out on a lot and it takes so much effort sometimes to be similar to a hearing person in even just a normal conversation in the corner of the room that it's tempting to just seal yourself somewhere quiet and use the Internet to maintain some sort of social contact. And World of Warcraft allows that with ease, coupled with an addictive game. It offers a community free of normal social responsibilities, free of a good portion of the burdens of being social in real life. And you can talk with anyone. Anywhere. Anytime.
Considering how social we are as creatures of the world, it's something to consider while you're trying to wean him off WoW. Make him comfortable outside of WoW as you implement whatever plans you have. Don't be overly confrontational and, whatever you do, do not simply cut him off. From experience with my parents doing similar to me in the past, I can tell you that that won't work. It'd actually probably make it worse. It has to be his choice if you want him to stick with it.
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