I playd WOW for about a year... I've always been a huge fan of Rpgs so Mmorpgs were a natural next step...
Honestly to me its the same as us old school players who used to play first person shooters offline (doom, wolfenstien, quake)... and now play on-line first person shooters.
I never let it consume my life and playd it less than Ive play counterstrike... Honestly though after a year I just got bored with it.
That's how a lot of things are... look at drugs and guns.
Some people can handle them... Some People can't.
the last guild I was in when I played had doctors, dentists and pollice officers in it. 90% of the ppl I met and were guilded up with back when I played were adults with kids and full time jobs. a lot of ppl just use wow as there escape. and it doens't take that much time 2 make an end game character and get gear.. they made wow really easy.
but as vlad said, it's about moderation and some ppl just aren't good at moderating shit in there lifes.
Maynard - The WCS Guy