Below is the 16 step program for Virtual Villagers. Be warned there is no cure. You will never be able to break yourself of this addiction.

16 Step Program

1. Buy Virtual Villagers
2. Familiarize yourself with the people and geographical location
3. Spend quiet time alone with your new family
4. Learn how to farm and fish to survive
5. Help others by learning the mysteries and medicinal value of herbs
6. Learn the engineering techniques of those who have gone before us
7. Search the web for others who have the same interest in Virtual Villagers
8. Ignore other things like housework; your villagers need you more
9. Wake up in a cold sweat worried about one your elderly Masters
10. Realize why mushrooms use to be one of your favorite things to eat
11. Cry when you lose a villager
12. Try to remember if you should drink this one or not
13. Wish for the demise of the great and powerful GC
14. Keep the Isle of Isola going for months
15. Finally, the wisdom to understand what Isola means
16. Wait patiently for VV Two