WarrickB

Day 3 - 12/12/18 woke up on time today and felt energized but 3 hrs later was feeling tired and severely bored spent a good bit of time on youtube this morning as a result tried to watch twitch this afternoon, but quickly lost interest got some laundry done and washed the dishes, so i felt good about that my wife and i found out that we're going to have a baby girl, so we're excited about that tried to wipe my ps4 today in preparation for the trade tomorrow, but my brother's user account cannot be initialized and i do not want to tell him i am giving the ps4 away since it used to be his and he gave it to me as a wedding gift last year.

Day 3 - 12/12/18 woke up on time today and felt energized but 3 hrs later was feeling tired and severely bored spent a good bit of time on youtube this morning as a result tried to watch twitch this afternoon, but quickly lost interest got some laundry done and washed the dishes, so i felt good about that my wife and i found out that we're going to have a baby girl, so we're excited about that tried to wipe my ps4 today in preparation for the trade tomorrow, but my brother's user account cannot be initialized and i do not want to tell him i am giving the ps4 away since it used to be his and he gave it to me as a wedding gift last year.

Thanks for the warm welcome!

So since the site wouldn't let me register yesterday on chrome I am posting my entries for day 1 and day 2 of my 90 day detox. Day 1 - 12/10/18 i hope i am making the right choice and not merely an emotional one I'm really nervous about turning my back on video games i hope i can still stream irl content on twitch since i am a twitch affiliate. Day 2 -12/11/18 definitely had stretches of boredom today and have been watching more youtube videos, albeit non-gaming ones. put off watching the 2nd module since i knew it would call for me to uninstall my games really started questioning if i needed to delete my accounts since i am a casual gamer and may want to return to play an occasional game after the detox deleted all my games, the steam account delete method no longer works so had to put in an actual ticket to get my account deleted for blizzard and steam had some pangs of regret as i was deleting the games because i had some fond memories but also due to the realization of how many hours i spent on some of the games will say that my attempt to not play games have also reduced my desire to watch +as many twitch streams as i used to, i've only watched 3 unique channels in the past 2 days versus my usual average of 10+ really looking forward to module 3 since i get to pick some new activities to replace my gaming hobby ordered a new laptop to use to learn web development, can't wait until it comes in trading my ps4 to get my wife a better laptop, looking forward to surprising her with it for christmas head is hurting, don't know if it's from deleting the games or my poor diet lately

Hi Rude. I know where you're coming from. Even my wife has called me out on the fact that I don't really socialize with others or have close friends I can go hang out with. I am a big homebody and my wife is probably the one person like I can be completely transparent with. You got a great list, knock out one or two of the easy ones and the momentum will start to build. Best of luck. ?

Hi Rude, I know exactly how you feel. I usually dream of doing something productive but typically end up playing a ton of video games. Like you, it's gotten to the point I won't eat until my stomach and head hurts, and the dishes pile up often. The worse part is I am being a bad example to my son and I want to show him that I can be disciplined and that it has it's rewards. Anyways, best of luck to you in your journey. ?

Hi, my name is Warrick Bowman Jr. I am 27 years old, a musician, husband, and father. I have been a causal gamer since the days of Game Boy pocket and the original PlayStation. Gaming didn't start being disruptive for me until college when I got into league of legends. Thankfully I quit back in 2013 and never been back but other games have taken my attention. I found Game Quitters back in 2015 when things were ramping up and tried and failed my first attempt at the 90 day detox. So, I have been still playing games like Hearthstone on a casual level but due to the fact that I lost my job back in September and I won't be starting a new one until January has left me with a lot of free time. I started streaming on twitch and as a byproduct have been playing video games more and more. Although I am still a casual player, things around the house have gotten behind.. dishes not washed for days at a time, laundry piling up due to a broken dryer, me eating only once or twice a day. I feel like I am wasting my life and that I am not living up to my potential, I know things will naturally improve once I start my new job but I want to invest my free time into building a great life with my family and I know that video games will be that easy temptation to come home and veg out to after work is done unless I take control of things now. So, I am trying the 90 day detox again, this is my second day and I also bought Respawn. Please pray for me, as I really want to see the detox to it's completion this time. Thanks Warrick