>I think it would be very difficult to be a "high functioning" video game addict. There's plenty of them, just like there are high-functioning alcoholics. Sup

>I think it would be very difficult to be a "high functioning" video game addict. There's plenty of them, just like there are high-functioning alcoholics. Suppose you could define the degree of addiction as the amount of interference the addictive habit inflicts upon a person's life. By that logic, a busy, high-functioning person who plays 20 hours a week may in fact have a more damaging addiction than the person with tons of free time on their hands playing 80 hours a week. Of course, if the latter person has all that free time on their hands because addiction interfered with their life at a much earlier stage, then that's worth considering. I guarantee you there's a ton of high-functioning video game addicts though, probably even right here on HN. Founder depression in particular can play right into such things.