Join the club. lots of us here are on cause we too are addictive to AB.

Follow me as I will lead you into the answerbag fire.

1. Neglect the people you care about in real life. 2. Spend as many hours possible moderating, asking, and answering, until your fingers are sore. 3. Keep an anxious eye on the leaderboard as you move up. When you get in the top 100, let out a Rebel Yell(tm). When you get in the top 20, act cool and nonchalant, and post sensible-sounding answers to newbie questions about points addiction. 4. Make some good friends. Start talking to them on email and IM. Wait until there's a nasty incident involving one or more of them, and then take sides. Defriend anybody from the other side, and threaten to defriend anybody who sympathizes with the other side. 5. Get upset, lose sleep, and stew in frustration over incidents like #4. Become convinced that Answerbag is the problem with your life, and announce (in loud, wailing speeches) that you're leaving because of the suffering heaped upon you by other users. 6. After a few days of twitchy abstinence, create a new account with a new username, and sneak back in. Play strange games with your old friends and acquaintances... annoy the ones you hate, tickle the ones you like. Drop broad hints about your prior identity, to see who gets it. Wonder a lot about whether anybody cares that you "left". 7. Repeat 1..6 until you're consummately bored with that stuff. 8. Settle down. Have some Answerbag in your life. Make some friends, but don't get crazy about it. Answer questions where you really have something worthwhile to say, or something amusing to offer. Leave nice comments for people who do good work. Don't fret the trolls. Turn off the ratings checkbox so you don't see the plusses and minuses on your profile. Enjoy your time, or log off when you're not having fun. There's a simpler version of this procedure also, you can go straight to #8 if you're in a hurry.

Just relax and enjoy the addiction. :P

Accept it. The sooner the better. I joined a day after you. I'm addicted too. Fun, isn't it?

Hire someone to go shopping for you as the computer power cord is now wrapped around your ankle and you have a mini-fridge next to your chair. You now have an Intamate relationship with your pizza delivery person and he/she is now sitting next to you wanting there own computer to log-on to AB SURRENDER TO THE ADDITION- YOU ARE NOT ALONE!

Just accept it and enjoy!

Heh heh, when you find the cure...let me know. :P

Take some time off, even if you have to force yourself. You will find when you return the hold is not as strong. It gets a little less each time. A bit like cutting down on chocolate or cigarettes if you smoke.