I HAVE an addictive personality.

It's not alcohol. I'm not much of a drinker.

It's not drugs either. Panadol is as close as I get.

It's an addiction to computer games that's the daily battle in my life.

It started at a young age.

I grew up going to the pinball arcade to play space invaders.

We would ride our pushy, with pockets full of 20 cent pieces, for an afternoon of entertainment.

The morning entertainment was finding bottles we could cash in for a 20c refund.

So when the Atari came out I was in awe.

No more scouting through garbage bins for starters.

But imagine, being able to play space invaders with your very own joystick - oh what a joy.

And as technology upped the ante, so did my addiction.

I had several hand-held Game & Watch games, like Octopus or Chef, where the games were as simple as the names.

Now as an adult it is all so much better.

Kids take it for granted now, but we didn't have a computer while growing up.

I visited friends with a Commodore 64, and I was in awe.

When I eventually did get my own computer it soon led to an addiction to Mah-jong and Spider Solitaire.

Then my interest moved to Point Blank on the Playstation, because at least you could beat your friends that way.

My biggest downfall came when I joined Facebook and discovered a whole new world of gaming.

For a long time I was a Farmviller. I harvested, planted crops, raised sheep, horses and even unicorns.

But when the workload became too much (also known as the game wouldn't load), I quit.

Deleted. Gone.

Alas it wasn't long until something came along to fill the Farmville gap.

So now I have joined all the other poor souls who have to Googled hints on how to get through level 29 on Candy Crush Saga.

I'm now on level 48, so plenty more to go until I complete all 440 levels created so far.

Some of you will think I need to get a life.

Fellow Candy Crushers will know I really just need to get more lives.