BigPete247

Day 9: @Vlad, of course don't want to heckle anybody on my first week of school. What? No way i'm beginning my weekend with no gaming, said no one ever. But still though, i've been a good boy as far as fighting off those urges to download and play something, now i can't even remember what system i was playing on before i quit. XD. So to award myself for quitting gaming for a whole 7 days, i cleaned up the house a little and cooked my grandmother some of my world famous pancakes today. Which i didn't burn for the first time. My throat's been congested lately, probably due to the fact that my room gets icy after my grandmother plays around with the AC during the night, leaving me with a sickly pined voice. So, i took some more pills. Good thing is that i have a free weekend from my schoolwork, for now. Crap almost forgot, I'm grateful for my cooking skills and not procrastinating.

Thak you for consideration and good advice. I cut HIIT to take it easy on the joints and not to temper with powerlifting recovery. I played football as DE/TE/FB and did MMA, so I totally agree that HIIT is a valuable conditioning tool. Hey np, Vlad, seems like your already doing enough to reach your goal, we still need you alive to keep up with your journal.

Same, get that education destoroyah.

Good job, Eli! What do you lose if you discuss things with your family and they don't react in a way you want them to? Alternatively what do you gain if shut yourself off from them and bottle up your feelings? I think the best you can do is to keep your door open. No one can take away your ideas or convictions, you can only gain new perspectives. It's a bulletproof behavioral pattern really. Your family love you, just imagine the investment they've put into you. But they are human and they have their own weird ways of giving love and support (we all do, I certainly do as well). And yes, you must be proud of your decision and the follow-through. Own it like you want it. I think me gaming had an adverse effect on my family spreading out around the states, not sure. So instead of wondering why i made a choice to still reach out to them and they respected me for it, tell them that you love them and you really want to change. Keep up the streak, eshi2000!

Great Daniel, i almost got sucked into playing Dota 2 before i quit, good work!

We got your back, mithras, that emotional train can be mastered just listen to the above posters.

Nice, you'll reach your desired weight in no time, ever considered at HITT workout?

*Jaw Drops*...I mean, you're doing good things SpiNips, welcome back!

Just hang in there Mettermrck, your doing great only two weeks left!

Well, that depends on our need to satisfy what we think is socially acceptable to the world, for example, if i give my friend a smartphone and an iPad and i tell him they both have identical features but one has a better OS than the other, they will simply dump the one that has the outdated OS and try to justify that he saw it on an ad where it has 'XYZ'. The former don't have A and B that he wants and posts it on Twitter. He then goes out to buy the one with the new OS and posts it on Twitter for his friends to see. But all of a sudden something goes wrong with the device with the new OS a day later and calls it in, now angry, the person with the now defective device lost money purchasing the device. He decides to give it negative reviews on the developers site and posts back on Twitter. The developers hastily acquiesce either A) Refund him his money back or B) Replace his device for free. A week later, devs brainstorming, new patches come out and boom the same thing happens, now the developers are in bind they are losing money so they make a last ditch effort to entice the public with 'New Item A' that costs XX.XX that has a big title but little features on it as stimulus package. The person goes out to buy it, reads the print, installs it on his device. Shocked that the new update was nothing like it said in the package and in anger he sells his device, calling the developers a sham and rants on Twitter. All his friends as well as him quits buying new devices from them and moves on. Developers lose their entire fan-base out of frustration, they go bankrupt. Meanwhile, a newer device emerges. Rinse and Repeat. So in other words, capitalism sucks people in to create a fandom.

Awesome goalsheet, -Ng-, you seem like you got a couple things to keep you busy.

Good luck, MmmWatermelon

Fight those feelings HappyCat, glad you didn't do it! The VA wanted me to do CBT training as part of my mental health therapy sessions along with physical/relaxation therapy to reduce stress, so you aren't alone.

Day 8: I dropped my hot pocket...i still can't believe i went a full week without installing any game of any kind yesterday, feel proud. I actually started looking up Forza Motorsport videos on youtube but luckily the guy was bad at playing (wasn't triggered) and i started watching Blind Commentaries on new episodes of TV Shows instead, and they were pretty funny. Took my first set of notes in class today and have a full schedule to do for next week in 3 out of 4 of my classes. 2 of them being my Psych class in the same block, back to back. Still penniless, i just have to stay motivated to get through this semester without slumping back into my old comfort zone. I recently talked with my school counselor about joining an organization within the college, i hope she emails me back so i find out what's available. But all in all, my day was very productive and i'm glad i got a lot done today w/o procrastinating or playing on my phone. Now onto the weekend. I'm Grateful for: Being able to drive where i needed to go and my phone bill being unpaid

There you go, Zeeko, keep it up!

Good luck Skaliq, congrats on your schoolwork and reaching the 30 days, keep going!

It's ok Zala, what really triggered my gaming was that i needed to get away from it all, my Alzheimer grandmother (who recently got diagnosed at 94), my stern and pushing father, the bullying in high school, i just had enough so i nearly went insane. Just keep up the good work , like i told somebody, don't let nothing stop you from achieving your goals.

Hey np, Miguel, glad your taking the steps to workout and improve your mind and body from gaming. It will all pass.

Good luck on your journey, eshi2000

Hey Junior, welcome

Good luck and welcome, Miguel

I can relate, iamthemithras, i started having a massive headache one afternoon, i thought it was because i didn't eat so i ate something, made it worse. Then i started feeling nauseous like i was sick so i took some prescription allergy pills and went to bed early. By the next day, i was feeling fine. I guess our bodies reaction to the excessive gameplaying plus the body trying to adjust, just give it time you got this. Yep, i also need to thank mettermrck for that advice, i was being negative in my second to last two journals toward myself which probably sent a bad vibe to other posters on here. Srry.

I did the same thing when i started, Junior, deleting every game from my computer, my phone, and my Ipad wasn't easy to digest but after watching a couple of game quitting videos, it justified my pain.

Yep, going into my 2nd year at a 4 year college, having that mindset is always the key to motivation.

Even better to quit the second time around, good luck qwethm987