I watched anime as a kid along with cartoons and other shows, but at that time it wasn't really an addiction and I got more into games then in TV, so I stopped watching anime until a later time.
Since always I liked the anime style, and during high school I didn't have much time to play video games as I used to and I needed a short time just to relax and do something fun, also I felt really lonely at the time, but I met a nice friend around my age on the Internet who was totally into anime, so I decided to try to watch it too, and since then I never stopped and never will :) My first anime at that time was Vampire knight, it was fun and I started to watch more, and then when I found Gintama I knew that I'll be an anime fan for life, it really helped me to move past my loneliness at that time.