Let me - in true human sciences/linguist fashion - start this article off with a quote from Coldplay's "Viva la vida":
"I used to roll the dice / see the fear in my enemies' eyes"Does this article have you worried? I do not know, and if it does, sorry. But I think it makes an all the more valuable topic to talk about - what to do when you find yourself at the point of realisation your hobby has gotten the better part of your life, as if it turned into an angry deity that made you sacrifice your money, friends(, and possibly more!) for the pleasures it (used to) provide(s) you?