it steals away your time, takes you fromt eh reality that is hard to a place where dreams can come true ...where you can be anythign you want to be or do anythuing you want to do...

the next thing to go is your friends....i remember getting rid of somone off the phonecos i wanted to log onto Second life ....ive lost them as a friend now - guess i did that once too often...

Ive lost contact wiht my family, my friends, my interests, my life , i know its avoidance of my problems ......

i guess all i want to say is be careful - play for a set time then turn it off if you have to ......

theres an old saying ...

if you dont decide what to do wiht your life - then you'll wake up one day to find youve already done it.....

i think that is like internet addiciton.....it takes you away from RL .. dont let it be too late for you ok

P7