It may be hard to believe but there are many players who are victims of WOW addiction. There are facts supporting this relatively new addiction including a website set up just for sufferers to share support. There have been many stories both substantiated and rumored regarding the horrific effects on people who have developed this addiction.

The most common reported problems with having a WOW addiction is how playing this game can completely take over a person’s life. Families, jobs, school, and health are all compromised in favor of playing and excelling at World of Warcraft.The website is dubbed WOW Detox and currently has 32,620 posts from users who found themselves unable to play WOW in a sensible manner without going over board.

There have been at least 2 game related deaths with this problem. One of the deaths involved a child who was neglected while her parents were in a daze of playing the game. Couples have divorced over this game even. People have been fired from jobs as well. Really avid players actually forget to eat while being so consumed with playing this game. It is estimated that 10 – 40 percent of the players of WOW are addicted to the game in some sense.