Mohammad

Day 23: No craving, no gaming. Woke up at 7 am all good ? ? ?

Day 22 (saturday): No craving, no gaming. Woke up at 6:20 all good ? ? ?

Day 21 (Sunday): No gamin. No craving. All good. Woke up 7:20 am today. ? ? ?

Day 19, 20: No gaming and no craving.

Day 18: No craving No gaming All good ? woke up at 6 am today ?

The good thing is that I am experiencing no craving at all over the past 17 days! It is like that I have never had a feeling for games! I think the reason is linked to the meditation that I do daily. I have been very productive recently and wake up early morning, so games have no place here for me! I have never been this serious in my life. The other time that I went into a 90-day detox, I was spending so much time for photography which is not the priority in my life. However, thankfully, I am spending all my time on my priorities this time, so this detox is a great and changing one!

Day 17: No gaming ? Woke up at 6:30 am All good so far ?

Day 16 (Monday): Woke up at 5:05 am ? All good ?

Day 15 (Sunday): It has been an awesome detox for me so far ? Woke up at 6 am ?

Day 14 (Saturday): Woke up at 5.30 am ? being productive ?

Day 13: Things are getting better ? woke up at 6 am today ?

Day 12: All good ? woke up at 7:20 am

Day 11: Happy with my progress ?

Day 10: Things are getting better ? woke up at 7 in the morning ?

Day 9: All good ?

Day 7, 8: all good ? spending time for family and friends (weekends) ?

Day 6: Doing good ? Being very productive ?

Day 3,4,5: No gaming ?

About seven years ago, I was playing whenever I was awake. Maybe 10 hours a day. That lasts for a couple of years until I was accepted for a Ph.D. program at a Canadian University. I knew this is a great opportunity, so I started to reduce the gaming hours, but I didn't want to leave gaming as I was enjoying it. About a year ago, I gave birth to my boy, and it was the first time I decided to stop playing. During the first two years of my Ph.D., I was playing probably five hours a day. In the past year that I was trying to quit, Whenever I relapse, I play like full time! However, those days that I don't, I am very productive and have an excellent focus on my study. In a typical day, I do meditation, study English every day, do my research and also try to learn something new like as I said a new programming language. Therefore, I am either 0 or 1. When I am playing a game, I am living a miserable life, and when I am not, I am very productive. I am not spending any time doing any sport or any hobby. Canada has freezing winters, and there is not much I can do right now like photography for example. That I am very productive whenever not playing made me quite successful in my studies and I can see a bright future for myself if I can put an end to gaming. Sorry for the very long description, but I think this helps me to get over this gaming. I learnt that whenever I try to explain something to others, I automatically look at it very differently and it is somewhat rewarding. To wrap up: Seven years ago: played full time Three years ago: played 5 hours a day One year ago: either playing full time (not more than five hours per day because I have a baby to take care of) or being very productive. About six months ago, when I registered on the website and started photography, I completed an 89-day detox straight ahead. I relapse on the very last day! How does my mind is affected? Hard question. I am usually happy with the first games, and then I do not enjoy it. Because I see myself very miserable at that condition, I continue to play even though not enjoying. I do not play smart enough recently because I do not care about games anymore. It is just a very solid pattern of behaviour that is still with me.

I understand what you are saying. The problem with me though is that when I am not playing, there are tons of work to do. Therefore, I won't be able to spend any time doing anything else rather than working. Thankfully, I really enjoy what I do so it is kinda possible to do as a hobby for myself and I am satisfied with it. But, I guess I fall into the habit of playing every other day because I do not have any specific hobby right now. Thankfully, I am also spending 15 minutes a day meditating which is helping. You know what, when I am working on my project, I am so satisfied that I do not want to do anything else. I think very big and have very ambitious dreams. These dreams help me to fight with my gaming habit, and I know I will defeat that habit soon :). Thanks for the advice, and I would be happy to get feedback about what you think about it.

Thanks for your comment. I do not find any specific reason. Sometimes, I think about the game, and I would like to play some games to try a new strategy and be very smart at the game. I generally want to excel at something and gaming provides such a place to do so. The other time that I managed to go on a 90-day detox straight with no relapse was spending so much time becoming an expert on photography. Even now, I shifted this urge into learning a new programming language. However, you won't get rewarded any time soon when you spend time on something real in life especially in my job which is very competitive. It needs a lot of perseverance and patience, and sometimes I am not that patient. I think this might be the reason that I fall into gaming. But, In general, I am not so sure why I am playing while there are so many things to do in real life and I am aware of it!

Day 2: No gaming ?

Day 1st: No gaming ? Yes, have to start again!

Day 3: No gaming ?

Day 2: No gaming ?