Jason70

Hey, Welcome to the forums! I wish you luck on your non- gaming journey! It sounds like you already have some good goals set up. What other goals do you have in life? Best Jason

Congratulations on day 45! You are making great progress. Keep it up! Best Jason

Congratulations on the 90 days! What a huge accomplishment! I'm glad Cam and Dr. Alok helped you through your journey. I often find myself (at least Cam) watching his videos when I have urges, it kind of sets me back into that mindset "oh yeah, games aren't interesting anymore." Even though I am on day 75, 15 more days until 90, I have wondered this. Recently I have gotten really interested and craving a Mario game again and telling myself, well at day 91 I can play it. There's the chance though that it might lead into addiction again, so I am unsure. I haven't done much research but I think these ideas stem from the fact that games were such a big part of our childhood and now we have different hobbies and are making progress, we can play them healthily now right? I think though, there is no way to "Healthily game" after the detox. Unless you've been playing in moderation since the beginning after the detox I believe any exposure to games can throw you back into that addiction loop. Also I think just real life is way better. Once again Congratulations on your accomplishment! Jason

Glad its been going well. Its relieving to get things off your back, like a presentation. Keep up the good work. Best Jason

Hey there! Welcome to the forums! Congrats on committing to a gaming free life. Addictions are something most gamers won't admit to. I hope through this journey you are able to improve your social skills and get better with your family, these are both things I still struggle with, though I am getting better! You said you're interested in writing, reading, drawing, programming and cooking. Those are all great hobbies. One thing I struggled with though and many on this forum did is we replaced gaming with watching youtube or scrolling through reddit. If you come across this problem, one thing that helped me is setting a goal for myself. For example, for cooking I would say, "Okay, I will cook one new recipe twice a week." or it could be a goal as simply making healthier meals. This journey is long and can be tedious at first, but I believe you'll make great progress and we're here to support you if you need it. Best Jason

Day 74 Days w/o gaming: 74 Day satisfactory level: 7/10 I noticed something. Restriction and prioritizing has really helped me with getting things done instead of choosing to stay in my bed. Today I got a lot accomplished, I got back into exercising, I completed my college work aside from a few projects and I finished my laundry. Making good progress. Also since it's the end of the month Here is a passage from my novel, since this is my first time writing something so huge, constructive criticism would be nice. Best Jason P.S. I will try being more active in community again tomorrow

Day 70 Days w/o gaming: 70 Day satisfactory level: 5/10 I know I just took a break but I am going to take another short break from journaling here to really get specific with my goals and define my hobbies. I think to get out of my comfort zone I am just going to pick one random hobby and do that for a few weeks. I'll let you know after how it goes. Also I will be back before the end of the month to post a bit of my story. best Jason

Day 69 Days w/o gaming: 69 Day satisfactory level: 7/10 It was a meh day due to video streaming and eating junk food. I'm going to cut back on junk food (including soda), because whenever I have it, my mouth feels like it's jacked up, which I hate the feeling of. Despite the day, I rated it a 7 out of ten because I am excited of something new I am trying tomorrow. Best Jason

Friends is a difficult situation. When you quit games there will be some friends who support you or think you're crazy. You can break bonds with those who stop talking to you because you quit but you don't want to because you have built up that bondage for so long. Ultimately it's your decision when it comes to friends. However, based off the context I am assuming this friend (despite a good bond), is trying to get you back into games. Your gamer friends who still send gaming-related things to you (if you told them you quit), I'd recommend ending communications with. If this friend is a good friend though, you should tell them you're on a detox and why, and maybe you could try finding non gaming related things to talk about. Usually though, people like this, hanging out with them when you quit, will not result in a favorable outcome. Best Jason

Hey, I'm sorry you relapsed recently. What are you going to do this time to try to avoid relapse in the future? I know for me personally just writing down, "I'm going to work out or learn about music theory", helps but it doesn't guarantee avoidance from time wasters. You need to find something that allows you to write those activities down and complete them -- a system. I wish you luck on deleting your accounts. Keeping accounts definitely can cause you to come back. I noticed this with discord. Another thing you can do to avoid relapse is get outside into the real world. It could be as simple as taking a walk or something. Being inside tempts you to play games because it's at your disposal, and being indoors makes you want to stay indoors. I wish you luck on your new detox Jason

@TheKingNoob Hey congrats on being 5 weeks game free. You have made a lot of progress, keep it up! Best Jason

Hey! Congrats on being one month gaming free! That's a milestone most of the industry would never be able to accomplish! Finding hobbies is difficult, sounds like you have already found some good ones. In this pandemic though we have a lot of time, more than we think, so unfortunate for us there can be times throughout the day where we get an urge to play. If you get urges it's important to recognize you're having them. It's been proven that recognizing your emotions and what could be causing them makes it easier to deal with them. Another thing, albeit a little cliché, action towards the thing you know is right will save you from your impulse decision. Here is where if you'd rather play games instead of exercise, purposely choosing exercise can help with addiction. You don't want to force yourself too much as that'd be bad. I wish you luck! Jason

Day 66 Days w/o gaming: 66 Day satisfactory level: 5/10 Still working to fight excuses. Find out why i might be avoiding doing work. My fear and preference to other activities might be a result of my self - consciousness . I am super self - conscious and afraid of lots of things. Will look into it more Best Jason sorry haven't been as active in community will try moving forward, not this weekend though as too busy to write journals. Will be back on sunday.

Day 65 Days w/o gaming: 65 Day satisfactory level: 6/10 Refining my schedules for the day. Still fighting for a better life 💪. Best Jason

Day 64 Days w/o gaming: 64 Day satisfactory level: 7/10 Day could of been better. Still got a lot of things done. I'm happy knowing that I have been fighting hard for a good life. Best Jason

Day 63 Days w/o gaming: 63 Day satisfactory level: 9/10 Was productive today. Finished college work efficiently, finished up my laundry, i read and wrote a bit of my book, i drew. It was a really satisfying and great day. Only thing i didn't get to was photography but it's fine for how well this day went. Lets hope tomorrow goes well too Best Jason

Day 62 Days w/o gaming: 62 Day satisfactory level: 5/10 Meh day. Gonna try harder tomorrow Best Jason

Day 61 Days w/o gaming: 61 Day satisfactory level: 6/10 Had some urges today but pulled through. Going to go back to chasing dreams and being productive tomorrow. No excuses. Best Jason

Welcome to the forums! I wish you the best of luck on your journey! Keeping a journal here helps with accountability and tracking your moods/what you're thinking. It's a great tool and pretty much can be used for anything, glad you're committed to writing daily. Best Jason

To me, sharing your information to someone who wants to change feels amazing. Helping people in general is great. I'm excited for you and your friend. Hope things go well for him! Best Jason

Hey! Glad you resisted urges and reminded yourself of your "why". I find that's important for anyone trying to quit. -- no matter the addiction. Also I agree. This community is amazing. Like you I also felt the need to play just one more game but when I came here the stories of success and the feedback reminded me of why i was doing this. I see it will be beneficial for you in the future for putting out why those games aren't satisfying. So good work! Also that drawing is really nice. Best Jason

Day 60 Days w/o gaming: 60 Day satisfactory level: 4/10 Was not so good today because I got sick. It's not COVID but it's related to it. I just got my second dose of the vaccine yesterday and today I felt really shitty, so decided to go easy on myself. Only reason I thought it was bad because I am still hard on myself for being lazy and not being productive constantly even though we can't do that. Going to try to release pressure on myself for that and just be kinder to myself when i fail or i don't live up to some expectations. I'm really happy I hit 2 months of no games. Without this community I wouldn't have even lasted a day! Only 30 days left! Best Jason

Day 59 Days w/o gaming: 59 Day satisfactory level: 7.5/10 This is my second day of actually writing and working towards my dream of being a published writer. Not sure when I'll know when I gained that dream. You could say "oh when you see your book on the shelf, duh." Something the video I watched yesterday taught me was that your book may be published but you can't control whether it will be well received or if stores will stock it. I guess I feel like I achieved it when I am satisfied with what I've done. It's only been two days but I realized how silly it was of me to be scared of working towards my goals. One, its something I enjoy and two, it just feels fulfilling. Way better than playing a game. I decided today do one page a day to start then work up to more. Since I have been pushing it off for so long, it's not right for me to jump in and finish an entire chapter by the end of the month. That's unrealistic. Also it will give me a chance to finish a page then check back and edit. Hope you have a great day Jason

Day 58 Days w/o gaming: 58 Day satisfactory level: 8/10 Better day because I worked on my story. Watched a Ted Talk on it, and I learned my goals were too vague. Going to rewrite them tomorrow. Goal for tomorrow is to write at least 3 rough draft pages. @Theresa thanks, the bullying was pretty much only during elementary school, so not a long time. This isn't a good thing but most people get bullied i think so in a way it was a normal circumstance that most people deal with.

Day 57 Days w/o gaming: 57 Day satisfactory level: 6/10 Mediocre day, but excited for the second half. I also thought of something about me pushing off my dreams. It might be the trauma I have from being brutally bullied as a kid. I was never one of the popular ones, i was seen as weird honestly because I liked comics and games instead of playing football and baseball. The result of the bullying, (this was before my addiction went out of hand) caused me to be introverted, more than I already was and believe that if someone was commenting on something I did it would always be negative criticism instead of constructive. I know the two types exist but I think that thinking carried to today. It also might be that I'm afraid of facing myself and understand that I will be shitty at something when I do it for the first time. In order to get over this, I'm going to turn to you guys and submit one part of my book bi monthly. This will give me time to work on it and make edits as well as getting over the criticism (self and from others bit) Have a good day Jason