My Name Is Sandy........

My name is Sandy and I'm a Farmaholic. This is my first time at an FA meeting and I'm afraid that it just might be my last chance to regain control of my life.

I find myself getting up at midnight to harvest an imaginary crop or to feed my virtual dog, and then drag myself, exhausted, into work the next day. I've been thrown out of Walmart for trying to use FV cash to pay for my groceries. And last week my whole world collapsed when my FV neighbors simply disappeared. I mean, why? Why would neighbors just leave? I'd committed to a rice co-op and promised to plant and harvest 200 plots, but without neighbors I wasn't allowed to join. Without neighbors in FV you're nothing! Farmville tech support keeps saying they're investigating the mysterious disappearance of neighbors and loading problems, but I remain friendless except for the animals on my farm.

My computer room smells from the overflowing cat litter sitting in the corner. I have no time to feed and clean up after a real pet when my new virtual dog still needs to be trained with the virtual dog treats.

The worst of it is that I've influenced my grandchildren through my addictive behavior. I needed twenty neighbors to expand my farm and so, yes, I admit it. I coerced those innocents into joining my virtual world and now they too are addicts. Once I even stooped so low as to create a fake neighbor to use in my never ending quest of bigger and better farming. I like to think of it as creative farming. Oh? Really? Well, no, I never actually thought of myself as being a FV cheater. I suppose you could be right, but you won't report me will you?

I've been thinking that maybe I was getting a handle on the problem lately. After all, I gave up Cafe World so I could concentrate on Farmville. That's a good sign. Right? What? Well, yes maybe that is a little like giving up wine to devote more time to Vodka. Guess you've heard all of this before. But I know some people who are much worse off than me. they're using Mafia World, Zooland, Vampire World and God only know what else to feed their addiction. OK. So maybe I should just concentrate on my own problems.

Well. Would you look at the time. Is it 8:30 already? This has been helpful, but I really must go. I have a grape crop that will whither by ten tonight. Oh! And I think it may be my turn on Scrabble......................