Video Game Addiction Support Group
Game addiction is a form of psychological addiction related to a compulsive use of computer and video games. People suffering from this form of addiction may experience intense cravings to play the game and may also suffer symptoms of withdrawal when they stop playing the game. Meet with friendly, supportive people sharing their experiences with Video Game Addiction.
These last few weeks have been tough. Ive been taking myself on a crash course through growing up. Part of it was looking at what stopped me. I would play video games for 12 hour stints, every day. About a month ago, I started playing WoW and almost lost my g/f because it slipped my mind to call her for about a week, working on the next quest and level.
I just got back from basic training not to long ago, got a 5 grand bonus, and spent 3500 on gaming stuff. I looked at my acct today and saw I only had $300 in it, and now I see the impact gaming has had on me. I planned on spending some of that bonus on a vehicle, and apartment, but the minute I walked into EB, that kindve went out the window.
Like I said, Its time for me to grow up, and Im glad to see that theres a group like this out there. As I write this, Im sitting with my entertainment center in pieces, as I pulled out every console in it.
I kept rationalizing keeping them "Oh, I need a DVD player, and it stores my music" and then Id just buy games for them too. Now, Ive noticed more and more, a lack of interest in the games, and yet I still feel driven to buy them. Its not compulsive spending, because I dont spend my money on anything else. I buy a game, play it for about an hour, and put it on a shelf where it collects dust. Sometimes the other extreme happens, and I buy a game, and it takes over.
Ive got a good woman though, She was hurt because when we started dating she told she wasnt dating gamers anymore, because her ex would just sit, and play everquest, and WoW all the time, and pay no attention to her. After a few weeks I told her, it was the equivilant of coming out of the closet. Hit her like a brick wall, but she decided I wasnt to the same extreme. Difference is, she lived with him, so she saw all the time he spent on the games, she didnt know that when she wasnt around all I did was sit and play games.
Long story short.... the big day is this weekend, the day I take one last trip to EB to tell them to cancel all my pre-orders, and to sell my stuff back. If I can make one one liner about everything its this:
Game Over for Game Overs.
No more.
The Sun is shining,
Its time to go out and enjoy life.
Game over, For Game Overs.
I just got back from basic training not to long ago, got a 5 grand bonus, and spent 3500 on gaming stuff. I looked at my acct today and saw I only had $300 in it, and now I see the impact gaming has had on me. I planned on spending some of that bonus on a vehicle, and apartment, but the minute I walked into EB, that kindve went out the window.
Like I said, Its time for me to grow up, and Im glad to see that theres a group like this out there. As I write this, Im sitting with my entertainment center in pieces, as I pulled out every console in it.
I kept rationalizing keeping them "Oh, I need a DVD player, and it stores my music" and then Id just buy games for them too. Now, Ive noticed more and more, a lack of interest in the games, and yet I still feel driven to buy them. Its not compulsive spending, because I dont spend my money on anything else. I buy a game, play it for about an hour, and put it on a shelf where it collects dust. Sometimes the other extreme happens, and I buy a game, and it takes over.
Ive got a good woman though, She was hurt because when we started dating she told she wasnt dating gamers anymore, because her ex would just sit, and play everquest, and WoW all the time, and pay no attention to her. After a few weeks I told her, it was the equivilant of coming out of the closet. Hit her like a brick wall, but she decided I wasnt to the same extreme. Difference is, she lived with him, so she saw all the time he spent on the games, she didnt know that when she wasnt around all I did was sit and play games.
Long story short.... the big day is this weekend, the day I take one last trip to EB to tell them to cancel all my pre-orders, and to sell my stuff back. If I can make one one liner about everything its this:
Game Over for Game Overs.
No more.
The Sun is shining,
Its time to go out and enjoy life.
Game over, For Game Overs.
If you think that you need, you will find support for that here, plus there are also other sites available as well if you need more support.
I still kept 2 games on my computer, but theyre games I dont feel drawn to play all the time. Im comfortable playing a game or two of sc, and than going about my day.
This is my safe zone ive decided, the middle ground between entertainment, and real life.
Ive also started working on some projects I always said I wanted to do. In my free time I paint, and build things, so now Im working on taking old clippings and such from tattoo, music, and extreme sports magazines, and attaching them to word furniture. I always thought it would look cool, and Im in the middle of doing a bookshelf in that style right now.
Just stopped to give y'all a status report.
It was weird last night not to have WOW to play, or halo 2, or anything like that. I got mild anxiety realizing none of them existed in my personal world anymore.
but its all a step in the right direction.
It's easy to say that you've quit, but any addiction keeps a hold on you for quite a while. If you keep engaging yourself with the real world, though, I find that things tend to heal themself.