Managing Real Life Around EQ Addiction

Every morning I wake up the first thing I do is turn on my laptop and while I wait for that to load I make myself a coffee. I think to myself I'm one of the lucky ones, at this stage in my life I am a stay-at-home mother so I get full computer access all day, every day. Except for instances when we go places, etc.. With horror I think of all those other EQ'ers out there who have to juggle school or work around their EQ addcition, often unable to get the hours needed on EQ to satisfy their habit.


But that's only a fleeting thought and I soon get back to drowsily sipping my coffee and typing 'eq' in my browser to bring up the EQ site address. I try to make sure I get up each morning before my toddler gets out of bed so I can have a few minutes alone with my 'drug of choice'. Usually it would be results I first look at, followed by a quick visit to the forums to see what's been posted. Ahh I feel at ease, any anxiety soon passes after a few minutes of time with EQ.

I am quite secretive with my habit, other than my partner no-one in my real life is aware it has such a hold on me. He is quite familiar with "Just a minute, I need to quickly enter these horses..." or "Just a second, I have to reply to this forum PM..." To him it is just a game and I know he'll never grasp the real truth. Holidays are a nightmare, especially when we have no computer access. I can only imagine what my pixel ponies are doing without me.

But what about other EQ'ers? I know i'm not the only EQ junkie out there. A perfect example is my good friend 'M'. She works in an office job and has all day access to her precious pixel ponies. I imagine her walking to work (as she does everyday) not agonising over the mundane tasks she has to complete but rather excitedly imagining what pony has busted out a new 120 rating for her. Her addiction is a secret too, her employers certainly don't envision her playing EQ as part of her duties. She'd have it down to an art now, talking to a client on the phone whilst secretly spewing over the fact her favourite 2yo has dropped in TW rating.

At the end of the day us EQ junkies might juggle our real life to fit in with EQ, but is it truly a bad thing? EQ has brought me such joy with 120 rating homebreds, quiet satisfaction when a horse I buy cheaply sells on for many millions and heartbreaking sadness when my favourite horse runs 4th in a cup. I have found new friends in my own country and on the other side of the globe, whom I would've never met any other way. All those other, 'normal' people don't know what they're missing. EQ Addicts Unite!