addiction

In this entry i will not be talking about alcohol, drug addictions but computer game addiction... When i need an example in this subject i dont have to look far because i was addicted to a computer game. But is computer game addiction as serious as any other addiction?
  I was addicted to a game called World of Warcraft... fortunately i got over it and i think computer game addiction can be as devastating to you and the people you live with as any other addiction. For example i didnt go out with friends cause i tought if i missed one night of play then it would be catastrophic. Also i started to lose all kind of social life. The thing that saved me was music... i wanted to play the guitar so finally i quit the game and started rasing money... one summer of work and i got my guitar. Now i realise that i dont really NEED to play any game... dont get me wrong i still play computer games once in a while but not like i played them 4-6 months ago.
 I do think that computer game addiction is as serious as other addictions because it can have some of the same devastating effects on your life as with other addictions. Overall its up to everyone to decide invidually... so what do you think?

-DoubleA