I have dropped down to an 8 or so to be honest. I can now manage to do other things besides play this game, although i am constantly thinking to myself "I hope no one comes over" or "i hope my wife doesnt ***** at me about playing today" or "man when will the kid go to sleep so i can play", "when is this damn movie gonna end i wanna play". But for the first 4 months or so i was either eating, sleeping, working, or playing the game.
On the + side (and i think this is actually a good thing), i have now trained myself to live on 6 hours of sleep. I used to be a huge sleeper, and would need a minimum of 8 hours, and prefered 10. Now i am perfectly happy with 6. I also lost about 15 pounds from not eating properly for those first few months, and surprisingly i havent gained them back (not that i would care either way).
I do spend way to much time on this site chatting though, when i should be working :(