Day 8/90 update: Went to gym last night, read a lot of my book Work and personal life are busy right now, so that's making it easier to not think about gaming Gotta get back to work but wanted to get a quick update in. So far so good!

I share that "16 hours most/worst" experience, eating and sleeping relatively normally. I'm now actually in the process of writing down habits that I want to establish work on this year. I still seem to do a lot of things randomly and haphazardly, but I'm trying to work on it. I don't think I need too many habits either. Ultimately, there's no time to do everything either and I want to have some fun or do something different at times. I also eventually ditched the "day counter", as there was no need to track progress in this way anymore. I think labeling yourself as a "non-gamer" is helpful for the initial recovery phase (avoiding gaming), but it's not really an identity to have forever. I remember to this day I had the idea that I would present my then-students of English (back in 2019) what change came into my life by quitting games. In the end, I think the lesson got canceled, so I didn't have this presentation. I also remember having lessons with a former alcoholic and sharing our stories in early 2020. I can't imagine running lessons on that today in 2025 though 😄 I even played a TV-computer game with my friends in one room last year in autumn and I've just remembered it for the first time, even though at I was initially reluctant for obvious reasons. If anything, it's good to know how you work and how you can operate. If going strictly down the path you set out for yourself, day in and day out, it's great. I've had a similar experience to @wheatbiscuit 's; I could game all day long, stopping just to eat and sleep, but my sleep schedule has always been remarkably consistent. Good luck exploring new activities and habits to help you not game 🙂  Don't worry, I think you got a bit more coherent from the last time I checked 😄  I get the message about should need/do need, it's a good point to mention.

Doing slightly better, energy is very low. With my new financial plan, I shall put rent arrears in check and be back on schedule with payments in the next 6 months. I started eating a bit more than before, I think that I am seriously undernourished, but finding better food has been hard because I do not know what my needs are.

Entry 14-15.1 (Written on 15.1) Day 1: No Useless Videos (already 0 as I'm writing this) Day 831: Sticking to Food schedule Day 434: Eating Only between 06:30 and 19:00 (Last bite before 19:00) Day 4: Being in bed before 23:15 ) guess it still counts, even though i woke up at 00:30 and went on to play 3 Things I did well no matter how small -75% effort run -Sticking to 10 minute deviation from schedule -holding the day without gaming even though i woke up at 00:30 and started playing 1 Thing I could do  better -Had GTA removed yet again from the last time i entered Gaming count since relapse Gaming (Slavery, Regret) - 5  Yan (Life, individuality, freedom, purpose, self fulfillment) - 2

Honestly, I think I've typed too much alongside sessions over the years to make much progress with myself that way. That said, I also think I outlined other significant problems here in the past that led to extensive hours played in my case - and maybe why I ever looked forward to them in the first place. All it has taken today to entice me here to go off and think were made up of glances. I actually came to check-in here after nearing the end of listening to a sincere video interview about poverty, in the hope of something similar taking place. Should I have dared? 😄 To take an overview, no, I don't think any of us should need to rack up experience points; pre-agreed points of discussion perhaps, yes. One excuse could be a sensitive or indeed soft need that I once worded and was to the effect of 'seeing ripples in a pond I recently touched' - that is what I understand most video games to be like. But is it not better to have practiced responses in the offline world - to 'click' and 'examine'? I don't for one moment think that I could get by again reacting as I once did as a child, pre-games. That is only me.  One friend of mine expresses reluctance to 'overshare' at all, which is something I admire. The friend who contributed the lion's share to my journey here told me (after my detox!) that I still wasn't coherent enough for him. That is one of my more major concerns. If you hadn't already seen, I am largely soft by nature, and warming up is a very necessary process. Through abstinence I did achieve, but not much personally in that sphere.  To conclude and re-state, 'should need' has yet to become 'does/do need'. Forum direct messages are always welcome, as I've typed what I would have typed to anyone, almost anywhere.  If it helps anyone, I would encourage not to immediately view posts through the lenses of either addicts or fierce abstainers. I admit, it's hard to see many updates as a whole myself too, generally.