Question by chicenstirfry: How to fight video game addiction?
I have played been addicted to video games for almost 10 years now, beginning with the mmorpg runescape. When I was younger I would wake up 1-2 hours early before school and wake up in the middle of the night to play video games. At times it would get bad enough that i would play 25-30 hours a week, probably more during the summer vacations. I would tell myself that video games were practically useless, and that I was essentially wasting my time, but I would never feel comfortable without playing some form of internet entertainment. Video games never had a effect on my grades through elementary, middle, and high school (I am 17) but I am very afraid of it carrying over to my college life. My addiction has gotten better in recent years, but I still spend every single second of my spare time on some kind of game. I have always felt like I could do better in school, do better in my sports, social life etc. but I could never pull myself away from video games. Any advice on how to cut down on this addiction would be appreciated.

also I have never really been close to my parents, so the “talk to parents/psychiatrist” is out of the question.

Best answer:

Answer by Bryan
Find another hobby. I can’t suggest one because I don’t know what u like. I personally like blogging. I like to share my thoughts on movie reviews, top 10 lists of random things or whatever. Just try to find something else you like to do, preferably something with human interaction or else you’ll be yearning for that interaction in video games again.

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