The "grind" you hate so much is the exact same system that gets you "addicted" to the game.
Skinner-box.
Without games conditioning you into the behaviour THAT THEY WANT from you, your brain would wake up and realize that you're actually just an idiot being dragged along by a moldy carrot on a broken stick.
At which point your conscious self SHOULD kick your own ass into intelligent retreat, but 99% of people also are unable to EVER accept that they may have, are currently, or ever could be, COMPLETE FUNCTIONAL RETARDS.
You're halfway there (to realization).
You know you hate the grind.
But you are unable to yet accept that the entire game is based on it. Top to bottom, without exception.
Further you unable to accept that you were suckered into it like all the other idiots, and thus unable to simply part with it and find new experiences that you actually do find enjoyable.
This is not just valid for WoW.
Any game anywhere that has a "growth" or "gear" increase system is 103% the same. Different face.