-when you click the "Mark Forums Read" button, then proceed to click the New Posts button until something shows up...then you click "Mark Forums Read" again because it's not something you're interested in.
-you're me. :P
-your characters have become corporeal in your mind
-you've contemplated romance with yours (or another althanian's) character(s).
-you can't help but read threads about addiction to Althanas (or Crackthanas, depending).
-You wake up extra early just to see if anyone posted while you slept.
-You go to bed early just for the sake of the above stated
-You can't stop typing endings to this thread's title.
(anyone besides me fit ALL of the above...and almost all the ones on page 1?)
EDIT: -you're almost in tears because your thread hasn't been judged yet. (geez...am I an addict or what?)
-you're among the top 30 posters and proud of it. :P