When you get past World of Warcraft addiction, you don't play nearly as much. Makes sense, right? But one of the side effects of not playing as often is that disorientation when you do sit down to play again. What the heck was I doing last time I played? Where was that quest giver? Or maybe where were those pesky Timbermaw anyway?

First thing to get over is beating yourself up for not remembering. At least it is for me. When I'm living, eating, breathing World of Warcraft ie, addicted, I know all things. (Or at least think I do.) Now I sometimes feel like I know next to nothing.

When I was addicted, I didn't need sites like thottbot.com and wowhead.com nearly as much. In fact, I had a certain disdain of them. Now I refer to them all the time. There are other sites that do the same thing too by the way. Those are just the two that I use most.

Better yet though are two addons I've discovered along with many others I use: Questhelper and Carbonite Quest. They are nearly the same in purpose so pick one. You don't need both.

Both keep track of your questlog and guide you through the most efficient path to completing the quests. If all members in a group use the same tool, it will consolidate the quest list and take all the quests into consideration which is a great help in avoiding the, "What should we do next?" discussions that can eat up a lot of time.

Neither tool is perfect. But both are right enough of the time to make them immensely worth using. (Note: Carbonite Quest is even better with the Cartographer addon installed as well. Questhelper stands alone.)

I use Carbonite instead of Questhelper because it shows the route of where you've been. It makes it a piece of cake to find your way out of dungeons instead of meandering around lost or maybe having to hearth out like I do sometimes.

Carbonite comes in a free version and a paid version. I have the paid one but the free one is a great help as well. Questhelper is totally free the last time I checked.

Evidently there are addons that take the concept one step further. They not only guide you through the quests you have, but help you decide which quests and quest paths are worth following. I can see the benefit of that but since I'm one of those that enjoys the trip as much as the destination, I've never looked into them further.

I'll be adding more reviews and suggestions for useful addons for the casual World of Warcraft player at myworldofwarcraftaddiction.com. If you know of any, please suggest them or write them up yourself and I'll post them.