I could have a life now
by Hannah
Hi, I'm Hannah. I started my original account, read8910, 40 months ago, and promptly forgot about it. Then I made more accounts. I was not addicted then. I was having fun. I didn't care about neopoints or dailies or the lab ray. Then I realized slowly, that I was spending more and more time there. I quit, over a year and a half ago.
Then, a year and a couple of days ago, I got sick. I was sick for 10 months, weaving in and out of doctors offices But, on the days I felt well enough to sit up, I played neopets. I
didn't watch TV or read a book or IM my friends. I earned pixels. Lots and lots of
pixels.
I entered a hospital, for two and a half weeks. Before the once-a-day needle sticks, I would play neopets. When the IV
medicines were dripping next to me, I would wheel the cart to the computer room down the hall. I remember fending off the nurse, so I could call my friend to ask her to do the newest Altador plot step when the computer crashed.
When I got out of the hospital, I told myself that I wouldn't play neopets any more. I didn't need it, I said to myself. I could have a life now.
But then it was summer. I found myself landing in front of the computer more and more. I was playing an hour a day. Then two. Then three... I
wasn't having fun. Earning neopoints no longer gave me a sense of happiness. It just stressed me out.
Then, I read this site. Right then and there, I deleted my main account, neoread8910. I have only been happier because of it.