5 Steps to Help Overcome Video Game Addiction

I was as bad as they come, neglecting schoolwork, my social life, personal hygiene, and pretty much every other obligation imaginable. For me, the game was World of Warcraft and I knew I had a problem, but I was just too dependent on it. Here are the steps I took four years ago to become a different, less obsessed gamer.

[shutUpAndTakeMyMoney]

Booze

[ozzywazzy]

Boobz

[TheRealHeisenberg]

Get a girlfriend...or a boyfriend if you prefer that.

[Hassassin]

Didn't work (boobs, booze didn't either)...
Work and Study do work though, but not fully.
It may have something to do with me NOT wanting to stop playing games.

PD: Now my GF is getting into gaming :P

[TheRealHeisenberg]

Lol, get married and have kids then. That killed my gaming time.

[zerocrossing]

Step 1) Stop playing.
Step 2) Stop playing.
Step 3) Stop playing.
Step 4) Stop playing.
Step 5) Stop playing.

[League_of_Draven]

The first step is to overcome your breathing addiction.

Maybe the article misspelled "hobby" as "addiction".

[LOOK_AT_THIS_I]

Get a job
Have bills
have a wife/gf
Have a kid

All the above are guaranteed ways to slow down game time.

[Dogswithguns]

Be like me.. just don't feel like playing, pretty easy.

[ATi_Elite]

I'm pretty addicted to video games but I just see it as a Hobby!

I play games at work, I play games when I get home, I'm playing Planetside 2 right now and just browsing the net in between spawns, and my social life revolves around games as I usually only go out to Lan parties.

Gaming addiction is Good.