Once upon a time I played Candy Crush

Hey Nerds,
I have a confession... several years ago I had to uninstall Candy Crush because it was affecting my life!  I actually had it on my smartphone at two separate times, and each time I had to uninstall it, but I haven't gone back to it.  I never got very far... maybe just a bit past level 100 or so.  I haven't played it in probably 5 years.
So how could a simple little ridiculous game affect me?  let me tell you...

For one, these games are addicting... you're trying to solve this one level, get passed it, and you're thinking, "let me try one more time to solve this level, then I'll stop".  Well, sometimes an hour would pass of trying to get passed one level.  Then you ran out of "lives" and have to wait for 30 minutes to play again.  I never purchased extra lives so at least financially I wasn't being suckered. 
I loved all the sound affects, or when all the candies on the board would pop and explode... and the guy says "Devine!".  Maybe I should just look for a sound board if that's all I want, LOL.

How did I even have time to be playing?  I was on maternity leave with Michael so between feeding, changing, and keeping house clean, making meals, etc, I had some time to waste.  BTW, I know there are much better ways to pass time, and that this was really just a waste of time, so let's move on...

Looking at my phone instead of my surroundings.  Another red flag was when we were on a family walk through Ojibway Prairie Complex, and I'm pushing a stroller with one hand and in the other... I'm playing Candy Crush. ?!?!?!  I have to cringe at the thought I was doing that instead of enjoying the nature around me.

Buildings looked like Candy Crush Grids.  If I drove by a tall building downtown and the windows were in a perfect grid pattern... well, in my mind all I could see was candy pieces "dropping" into the grid.

and this is the most embarrassing...
Candy Crush faces. I would look at a face and see their features replaced by candy crush opportunities... for example... "if this persons nose looked like an eye, I can swap it with the space above and get 3-in-a-row candy crush".  WTF?  that sounds really messed up guys!

So, ... for all these reasons put together, I had to uninstall Candy Crush and vow to never get sucked into it again.  It's the reason I have very few games on my phone at all; I get consumed by them and everything starts to look like the game.

If you're looking for more bizarre stories of Candy Crush taking over lives, read some here:
How women blow £400,000 a day playing Candy Crush, the most addictive online game ever

Do you play Candy Crush?  Does everything look like Candy Crush to you?
Do you play another game that is affecting your mind?