I had the same addiction with Dark Ages of Camelot in the early 2000's. My girlfriend was just as addicted, so we were almost always playing when we weren't at work or sleeping.
When we broke up, we both stopped playing. It's like the game and the relationship were one in the same.
DAoC was one of those games that I couldnt get into because I tried it after much of the community had left. Are the servers online any more ? I remember when I tried it around 08 or so, it was pretty dead.