I suppose I still had the same number of hours to fill in a day. I think I did things in person with friends more, but I had time to do so then too. Mostly I was just elsewhere on the net when the net's where I was. wotmania was certainly not my introduction to online life, so when it took over it was just a priority shift.
Now that that's out of the way, let's get qualitative.
It's hard to tell you what my life was before wotmania, but maybe telling you what it gave me is a start. I'm more than I was. My life is more than it was. If I were to somehow go back, I would be empty and never know it.
People look at me in my wotmania t-shirt and think it a little extreme. They have no idea. I do not have a thing I can wear with a greater feeling of honour.
It's a part of me.
------Obsidian Asha'man
Proud Warder to BucketBaby
* Totally *
- Teach them all their lesson
- - - Ninjas will always win
- Your work is a ninja's play
*Wails* Here to stay
An Hava Rocks - hard!!
Who would dare?
Wotmania helped me see that his drug abuse wasn't going to get better and that I was enabling him. It was also an escape from that drama. And a support group when I finally moved out with my baby to my mom's. 14 years later I'm in a healthy happy marriage 10 years strong with two boys. A teenager who knows everything and a four year old who does as well. I never have to think for my self again! 
Also I found my Grimbear lifelong partner boyfriend husband love machine! I'm definitely better for wotmania. So many wonderful people who enrich my life daily!!