Only drinking on weekends won't help you quit drinking.

Good idea.
While I think some singleplayer games can still be addictive (especially survival-crafting games) they are far less addictive than something like DOTA or WoW.

just go do something else

I've thought about it... but then I think "wtf else am I going to do? the world is going to ♥♥♥♥ and the general population are treated like sheep... they're constantly importing new labour willing to work for less and exporting all of the money out of the country meanwhile everything becomes less affordable because all of the money is being exported out of the country by immigrants and whenever I point this out everyone just calls me "racist". "bai lan"."

If you are tired of it, then you are halfway there already.

Spending up to 15-20 hours a week gaming (about 2 hours a day) is usually normal and does not indicate addiction, as long as it does not interfere with professional or personal obligations. The problem is that just uninstalling games is rarely effective if you don't have better alternatives. Without more engaging hobbies, you'll probably just revert to old habits. The key to moving on is to build a real life that feels more rewarding and fulfilling than the virtual one. Often, people retreat into games precisely because they are dissatisfied with their reality.

wtf are hobbies? gaming used to be a hobby before the corporations decided it was "pro e-sports" and the AI decided it needed the GPUs and now a good gaming PC costs like 10 grand and the whole industry has stagnated...

what do you expect me to do? go fishing? where the man expects me to pay them for a license to catch fish on my own land?

nothing is a "passtime" anymore, everyone wants you to pay them in some way shape or form.

Originally posted by kingjames488:

.... everyone wants you to pay them in some way shape or form.

That's why money is the root of all evil.. and obviously Pride & Greed.

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anyway, get really busy/physically active with something else everyday to break your addiction/habit, like; a good paying job that you can tolerate, have fun, and contribute your skills, &/or find a partner/mate who you can do more useful stuff with.

Daily self-meditation also helps.
Think it over and over and over and over (example: "games are a waste of my precious time and they don't truly accomplish anything!"), eventually you'll become in control again.

Don't let useless video games waste away your life.
You are worth much more than just sitting on your a$$ stagnant for hours.
Only you have control of you.

maybe you aren't actually addicted, you're just susceptible.

most addiction advice is just susceptibility advice in disguise, and the major barrier to addiction treatment lay in navigating this assumption and circumstance.

Try talking to people in real life about your high scores in a videogame. Most people will zone out and give you a blank expression. Because they don't care. It might put you a bit more out of the mood for playing games.

Originally posted by sick duck:

Try talking to people in real life about your high scores in a videogame. Most people will zone out and give you a blank expression. Because they don't care. It might put you a bit more out of the mood for playing games.

ah yes, simply limit your own intellectual curiosity to stop doing something you like.

Originally posted by sick duck:

Try talking to people in real life about your high scores in a videogame. Most people will zone out and give you a blank expression. Because they don't care. It might put you a bit more out of the mood for playing games.

gawd, try talking to anyone in real life and they zone out in general... like "oh ya? I'm doing things too... tell me more but actually don't."

Originally posted by R-S!N:

Originally posted by kingjames488:

.... everyone wants you to pay them in some way shape or form.

That's why money is the root of all evil.. and obviously Pride & Greed.

____________

anyway, get really busy/physically active with something else everyday to break your addiction/habit, like; a good paying job that you can tolerate, have fun, and contribute your skills, &/or find a partner/mate who you can do more useful stuff with.

Daily self-meditation also helps.
Think it over and over and over and over (example: "games are a waste of my precious time and they don't truly accomplish anything!"), eventually you'll become in control again.

Don't let useless video games waste away your life.
You are worth much more than just sitting on your a$$ stagnant for hours.
Only you have control of you.

why do I have to contribute to someone else's gains to be fulfilled?

I actually planted an orchard... but it's still a constant struggle against the wildlife to not decimate it and the AI favoring the moose over my orchard refusing to advise me to just shoot the damn moosen >.>

like wtf is anyone else doing? being sheep?

Addiction is a mental issue, not an issue with the hobby.

If you're using gaming as a form of escapism for actual IRL issues, you're gonna find yourself "addicted" even to singleplayer games.

Unless the "addiction" comes from a lack of impulse control for competition. In which case, it's still a mental issue.

Seek help if you think you're addicted to anything.

Nope, I'm tired of lapses in gaming. Outside of unrestrained creativity the world has nothing more to offer.