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Oh my mistake, it is hehe I put the in progress to far down. ? Its "only" an hour on a Cross-trainer, since i have had one for 2 years and never used (maybe 3-4 times hehe). Gonna work my way to a center at some point, just gotta handle some social anxiety problems when it comes to such activities.

DAY 5 - Time I woke up: 9:00 AM Time I went to sleep yesterday: 11.30 PM Goals: Making the apartment, presentable again. - In Progress! Drivers License Learning French Getting in better shape - In Progress! Walk at least 6k steps per day 1h Fitness per day Start Playing Golf again Socialize Weekend was not as tough as expected in it self. However I do feel like any movie I watch gives me the feeling of wanting to play a game for the same "adventure". Doesn't get exactly 6k steps in today, but 5000 so close for a beginning. ?

oh i didn't mean for it to sound like i didn't like my job. ? i just meant that i wanted to "live my life" in those 8-9 hours, rather then wasting them on a game. I do love my job, which is one of the reasons i had no problem prioritizing that over gaming, thankfully. I work as Internal IT service and i love working with IT and helping people, so its an amazing job for me. Plus it keeps me busy from the second i meet, till i leave the office, always new challenges and never 2 days alike. ?

DAY 4 - Time I woke up: 5:00 AM Time I went to sleep yesterday: 11.00 PM Goals: Making the apartment, presentable again. - In Progress! Drivers License Learning French Getting in better shape - In Progress! Walk at least 6k steps per day 1h Fitness per day Start Playing Golf again Socialize Got me a Fitbit Charge 3 today, as my old watch didnt have to good a counter on it, since i could take almost 1000 steps by typing on my keyboard ( im not a hard typer ) ? So starting out with a goal of 6000 steps per day and may adjust it upwards depending on how easy that goal is. Apartment looks like a bomb crater right now, guess with a lot of spare time, it went from tiding up, to moving around and throwing out.... but its progress either way ? Next 2 days are what i fear the most, previous attempts to stop, have all failed in the weekend. I hope i can manage through the day without to many temptations.

Thanks ?

There will be ups and downs ? but hang in there.

Hello and Welcome to the beginning of your life. ? Like Katsudo said, stick to it this time, we are all in the same boat here and gotta keep each other on board. I told myself i wanted to quit at age 21, now I'm 36 and just only tried stopping again 3 days ago. This time it feels like it may actually happen, now that i am seeking out help, rather then just trying to get over it myself. So stick around the Forum, start your journal, a great way to keep yourself motivated. ?

just as you can be addicted to Games, you can be addicted to Television. They might be your favorite team, but is every single game they play, an important game ? maybe cut it down to watch the games that are really important to the team, like championships and whatever its called (im not a big sports fan) ? could also watch it at a sports bar, then it would at least be socializing at the same time, might meet other fans.

Welcome ? know the feeling of being shy, i have yet to tell anyone around me (family, friends) about being addicted to games. But i found it being a lot easier to talk about it on this forum, as it contains a lot of people that knows what you are going through. I am on day 3 myself, trying to get started on the goals i have set for myself. So stay strong, looking forward to your Day 2 update ? they help a lot, to keep yourself in check.

DAY 3 - Time I woke up: 9:00 AM Time I went to sleep yesterday: 11.00 PM Goals: Making the apartment, presentable again. - In Progress! Drivers License Learning French Getting in better shape Walk at least 6k steps per day 1h Cross-fit per day (time to use that unused cross-fit machine i bought 2 years ago ?) Start Playing Golf again Socialize First day off work, to do some cleaning, as we have a container available today. The temptation has been strong, to skip cleaning and doing something on the computer instead. But i managed to get some of all the larger stuff out that has been cluttering up in the basement and to do some heavy cleaning in the apartment and throw out some old stuff to make room for new. Only half way through the day, but once i got started on the cleaning and i could see the changes, it got easier. ? Now its time for a lunch break, to get some energy for the rest of the cleaning. Amazing how long a day suddenly feels. I managed so much today, that i have always said there was no time for. ?

DAY 2 - Time I woke up: 5:00 AM Time I went to sleep yesterday: 9.30 PM Goals: Making the apartment, presentable again. Drivers License Learning French Getting in better shape Start Playing Golf again Socialize (without excuses for leaving early) Slept half an hour more, since I didn't need to login somewhere and do a quick daily online chore. I do feel like I took a big step, as my computer was not even on yesterday. It will have to be today though, for work related stuff. To my luck, my apartment complex has a container coming tomorrow, so perfect timing for some basement cleaning, to help pass time. I have to admit I fear for the weekend, which is when I have relapsed the previous times. So I will be trying to plan activities for both Saturday and Sunday, tomorrow. I do feel the urge to play, the restlessness and the thinking of "whats going on in game right now, wonder what the guild is doing".

So I'm only on day 2 of being Gaming free and despite having closed all game portals (steam and such) and removed all contacts i had to people i only knew over games, a team i had played with in a game, found my mobile number and contacted me by sms. Nothing bad in that, since its not hidden or anything, but they simply said they were concerned as i had not been on for 2 days (shows a bit how active i had been, if they get concerned for 2 days offline). I told them what was going on, about the addiction and that i needed to leave it all behind me, hoping they would understand my decision, as we have been playing together for almost 3 years in the game, on a daily basis. But to my surprise these "Friends", were not so much Friends, as they were online "colleagues", instead of a "good luck" or "we understand", they started complaining that i was in charge of the food farming and blacksmith in the game, how i could just abandon them and it was my fault they had wasted time on other skills now.... ? To my luck, my 20 years of gaming has made me very anti-social and have a hard time really feeling attached to someone, so it was not a hard choice to just block their number and going on with my day and it just made the urge to return to that game, a lot smaller. But i just wanted to share this little story here, to also show that not all "online friends" are YOUR friend, but rather your online characters friend, the second you cant provide something they need, they have no use for you.

a little late reply, but nice move selling it ?

i personally kept mine. it is to easy to make a new one, so i changed my password to a long encrypted password, that i saved in a txt doc on a cloud server. The text doc itself says Dont_fall_back_into_gaming-DONT_FAIL_YOURSELF.txt ? to make me feel bad if i ever seek it out.

Thanks for the advice ?

did have my eyes on some Exercise, get in some better shape. ? learning a language would be nice, i am part french and dont know a word french hehe

for starters i need to take my drivers license, its been put on hold for 15 years now (thanks to games), after that i need to find something to do. Maybe start up some fitness and get this gamer belly worked off hehe

Thank you very much Cam, i will definitely take a look. ?

DAY 0 Time I woke up: 4.30 AM Time I went to sleep yesterday: 11.30 PM Day 0 was my last day as a gamer from years of 5 hours of sleep, about 8 hours of work on week days and 11 hours of gaming. This will be my daily reminder to never revert to Day 0, to get more sleep and to start living my life those remaining 8-9 hours. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DAY 1 - Time I woke up: 4:30 AM Time I went to sleep yesterday: 9:00 PM Forgot how many reminders of gaming there are daily. It will be a tough evening, with many urges, but I must say having this forum, made it my new virtual goal, to be able to say daily that I made it another day without gaming. Made it through the day. Day 1 complete. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Been playing games for nearly 25 years and got into a real addiction 20 years ago, with my first Mmorpg. It gave a sense of accept, being able to have skills others needed, being accepted. A feeling real life did not offer much of, at that time. With in a year I had lost my job, due to to many "sick days", a month later I lost my home and ended up crashing on a couch at a gaming friend and then it was all gaming 18 hours a day for the next year. I luckily escaped that, when I got a job far away and decided to leave it all behind. Everything was good for a while, but then World of Warcraft came out and I was right back into it, I did however manage better to keep work a priority (for the most parts), but that ment less time playing, so instead it started affecting my social life with my family. I would come up with excuses, to avoid dinners, Birthday parties and so on, just to be able to play a little longer. I meet one of my best friends and have known him for 17 years now, but to this day, even he has no idea of my addiction, as it went so far that i would even be hiding that i was playing Wow. In a way i was ashamed that i was playing it, cause he was always the one saying that he didn't understand why people would waste time on such games. The years went by and i jumped from Job to Job and game to game, while watching friends getting married, have kids and live life, while i was gaining levels, making virtual pixels spending hours and hours on things that would someday just be left alone, when the next game came along. I found a game, i set a goal, spent hours on completing it as fast as possible, got bored after completing it and found a new game or goal. Last year i decided the quick, cold turkey. I deleted all games, Steam and battle net, unsubscribed to twitch and gaming forums and spent a whole friday without gaming, just laying on the couch watching TV to keep my mind of gaming. Then came Saturday and i started thinking, "well.....1 hour per day is doable", so i installed all the crap again, played an hour......found a goal and suddenly it was Sunday night.... and another year went by, right back where i started. Today, I'm at it again, i deleted everything, but this time i chose to even cut all ties with "friends" i had online. Logged off on steam, twitch, discord and so on, to avoid getting any messages. i uninstalled everything, packed up gaming keyboard and game pad and found this forum. I am not sure what i expect from here, but i hope maybe it can help me stay away this time and getting my life ..... well starting a life.