I gave up video games, anyone else?

Since starting my journey with Nofap way back in January I have given up Alcohol, Meat, Dairy, PMO, and video games. I was addicted to all these.
I don't miss any of them now except video games or rather a video game. World of Warcraft.
Has anyone else given up an addicting video game?

 

I've kind of lost interest in gaming over the past couple of years primarily do to the fact that I havnt been impressed at all with these current gen games. I actually picked gaming up again. I dont think im replacing addictions as Im talking about 3 1 hour sessions per week. I've gotten serious regarding abstaining for the last couple weeks so I've gotten so much done and still have alot of time on my hands. I'm all about Rainbow 6 Seige right now.

 

YouTube is a killer for me too. I can get on a marathon for hours. Good for you!

 

You are doing great. I can't just do 3 1 hr sessions a weeks. So kudos to you.

 

Games are addictive as all hell. I still catch my brain trying that, I'm gonna play 3 more games then quit but I've been snapping myself out of it. I used to waste whole 1/2 days on games. I dont cry over the past but between the time I wasted on PMO and Video games, I could seriously have gotten another degree, learned another martial art and finished 2 albums.

 

Yeah seige is the shit. I havnt been impressed with many of these new titles but I enjoyed that one. When you dont play well it can frustrate you and leave you with a bad taste for real.

 

Video games was a huge time sink for me. Playing for hours and hours on end until the sun came up and then having to leave the house at 8 am to go to work is insanity. When I played games, I was more of a Skyrim scientist than a real world scientist (I work in R & D). It's been well over 5 months since I've given up games (I gave everything away) and I'll never go back to them again. It depresses me to think how little I valued my time.

 

Yeah video games are quite addictive man!! I completed all Arkham games, Far cry 3 & 4, both the Tomb Raider (latest) reboot games, God of war 3, The Last of Us, Max Payne (all 3 games), Hitman : Silent Assassin & Absolution, Uncharted series(all 4 games) to name a few!! Who can forget counter strike condition zero & 1.6 for fucks sake!! Used to go daily at a cyber cafe to play it !! I've been playing fifa since like 14 years, started with fifa 2001 & currently on fifa 18 !! Have spent so many years on gaming just to feel good !! Currently playing fifa 18 occasionally but yeah just like P, gaming also affects dopamine so yeah we can relate its addictiveness!! My physical activity reduced dramatically when I got my desktop PC, then console, laptop & inbetween my cellphone with wifi !! These things actually made me more of a sedentary person earlier used to play outside but now I find it hard to get back to that physicality..

 

I know man, I dont play for a few days but when I do I end up playing 1 on 1 with my bro for hours.. Its like to prove that I'm better than him so we go on & on & on.. Btw congrats on kicking all the bad habits!!

 

Never had a problem any of these things except for PMO. As a hunter I will continue to hunt and eat meat, but I don't consume much I eat a healthy balanced diet, same goes for alcohol Im never intoxicated, I brew my own beer, mead, cider and wine. And as for video games, having worked in game development im really picky when it comes to games cause I break them down into every small detail, so I don't spend much time playing games cause of the fact, I mostly replay games for nostalgic reasons as well as if a really good game comes out, I never sit down and play a game just to play games it has to be real good.

 

Thank you for posting so encouraging words !! I would really like to kick the habit !! I rationalize that once in awhile is good thats my addict mind talking.. What were the steps that you followed in quitting??

 

I don't play them right now as I'm doing other hobbies instead. But we all need hobbies. If yours is video games that's fine. Moderation is the key for anything and any hobby.