I've been playing almost non-stop since 90 (or so), including running games at a local game store and also managing their gaming inventory/TT employees for a time. Almost all of that gaming was as a DM. At one point in 2003 through 2004 (not long after leaving that position) I took a step back from gaming for a few months because I was a bit burned out. Not so much from games themselves, but from dealing with the same gamers (at that point it was a bit harder to find local gamers so we often played with who was available) and also constantly creating adventures. Still hung out with the real friends I made gaming and occasionally dropped in for a one shot, but went from approximately 6 games a week to none during that time.