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<blockquote data-quote="Janx" data-source="post: 5370978" data-attributes="member: 8835">In high school and college, my group played about twice a month.One of our group was addicted though.&nbsp; He'd spend all his time making characters and such.&nbsp; After HS, he'd skip classes and drive the two hours to my school to talk about gaming and such.&nbsp; He bought every D&amp;D product TSR made.Personally, in 2e, I bought every rulebook (not campaign stuff).&nbsp; That was still a lot, but the release rate was slow enough, and I could easily afford a new book a month.&nbsp; In 3e, I cut it do just buying books I needed for something I was actively playing.&nbsp; Which mostly meant after the PH, DMG, and MM, I was done.&nbsp; For me, I simply realized that I wasn't using the books I bought, and had wasted money.&nbsp; So I stopped.Meanwhile, my friend, who's parents had objected to him playing D&amp;D so he snuck out to do it, married a girl who objected to D&amp;D.&nbsp; He pretty much vanished until recently, he appeared at my old DM's place, hat in hand, and as was described to me &quot; sounded like a recovering alcoholic who admits having had a problem, but can handle it now, and was just looking for a drink.&quot;Is gaming addiction as bad as drug abuse?&nbsp; Probably not.&nbsp; But it can make you waste time and money, and hurt relationships.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Janx, post: 5370978, member: 8835"] In high school and college, my group played about twice a month. One of our group was addicted though. He'd spend all his time making characters and such. After HS, he'd skip classes and drive the two hours to my school to talk about gaming and such. He bought every D&D product TSR made. Personally, in 2e, I bought every rulebook (not campaign stuff). That was still a lot, but the release rate was slow enough, and I could easily afford a new book a month. In 3e, I cut it do just buying books I needed for something I was actively playing. Which mostly meant after the PH, DMG, and MM, I was done. For me, I simply realized that I wasn't using the books I bought, and had wasted money. So I stopped. Meanwhile, my friend, who's parents had objected to him playing D&D so he snuck out to do it, married a girl who objected to D&D. He pretty much vanished until recently, he appeared at my old DM's place, hat in hand, and as was described to me " sounded like a recovering alcoholic who admits having had a problem, but can handle it now, and was just looking for a drink." Is gaming addiction as bad as drug abuse? Probably not. But it can make you waste time and money, and hurt relationships. [/QUOTE]

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