David Webb is a core gamer – an enthusiast who has a passion for story-driven role-playing games. He’s also a person who knows how completely those games can take over his life. He lost a girlfriend, in part, to excessive playing of World of Warcraft and when a compelling single-player game is released, he goes on self-described “bender” sessions – lasting 12 hours or more.

“My solution has been abstinence, to a large degree,” says Webb (not his real name). “I don’t generally grant myself a single-player game unless it’s reported to have a short playtime – and multiplayer games have to be jump-in, jump-out, like a first person shooter. On rare occasion I’ll buy an role-playing game, but then it’s pizza boxes and soda bottles until I finish. I genuinely feel like an alcoholic with it.”

Read more at Yahoo! Games