UCFKnight

Close Video Game Addiction

I am a 31 year-old male that grew up with gaming since my father dragged me to the arcade to play Missile Command when I was 5. A love was born. I had every single gaming platform since the dawn of the Atari 2600 and Intellivision. I can understand the effects that the constant intrigue of video games can have on someone's life and interpersonal relationships. I'm a good looking, 6-foot 2 former NCAA Division 1 athlete and I have 2 worlds now; the gym, and video games. I'm also single, and can you guess why? That's correct, every one of my previous long-term relationships failed because of my failure to use effective time-management and devote time to my significant other. I could not budge on the video games, I budged elsewhere else though like the gym...I started to gain weight, become sedentary, and became far less interested in sex. This I found about myself over the last year. Repeat, my interest in sex dropped. WOW! Ok, therein lies a problem. Nope, no chemical reasons, know known physiological reasons, my libido was next to nothing. It was THEN when I realized why my relationships failed. It was right there, staring me in the face. God damn they are fun; Video games. I'm damn good at what I do also. Battlefield 1943 has been my latest addiction. I am consistently in the top 3 of every match. Think about it. I have become that good at manipulating a controller to do stuff in a virtual environment. What to know what makes the situation even worse for me??? You would think I would have enough of the virtual world after spending all day at my work troubleshooting and testing simulation software for a defense contractor. Now you are getting the picture. Here's the thing. I don't look at all like your stereotypical gamer nerd. I drive a sport-edition pick-up, short hair, built, and I have ZERO problem getting the ladies. Problem is keeping them. So, you ask why I am here? I am facing my problem head on because I am almost going to lose the most awesome woman in the world if I don't do something soon. I may not be able to eliminate the love of the gaming world, but I need to cut it back...I'm trying to gain insight from others in an attempt to gain more objective insight on myself.