I spend a lot of time gaming, but I still make time to hold a full-time job, eat, sleep, and get laid. So, I wouldn’t really say I have an addiction; there is far more to my life than gaming. However, I have a couple of co-workers who are consistently “sick” the day after a new Battlefield or Call of Duty game comes out; both of them are now legally separated. The fact that I still have a wife tells me I am not that far gone.
More importantly, I acknowledge a sharp divide between reality and games. Games have rules; reality doesn’t. I am not a Tryker tossing Acid Bolts willy-nilly, nor a T49 Tank Destroyer sniping at Shermans and Tigers.
Gaming is usually a form of escapism, so the obvious question is, “What are you trying to escape from?”. For me, the answer is boredom, and games are the cheapest way to alleviate that.