I know being addicted to on-line games is a far cry from some of the hard core problems out there, but I would like to share my story of how I am starting to get over my addiction.
It all started when I got a bunch a new video games for Christmas, mainly RPGs like Baten Katios, Pokemon XD, and one other one I haven't played yet. At the time, the on-line game we were playing was City of Heroes. A few months later, we got World of Warcraft. Now, my husband and I usually play the on-line games together, but I got to a point where I was playing before work and after work before my husband got home.
After a while we cancelled City of Heroes and got Final Fantasy on-line, but I was still as addicted to World of Warcraft as ever, especially to the crafting system. All I could talk about to my husband was the game when he got home and all I wanted to do with him was play the game all night before bed and that is what we did. We developed this huge rift between us and didn't feel close to each other anymore because all I cared about was my video/on-line games.
Eventually, we decided that I needed to take a month off a work so I can work on losing weight and getting closer God, then perhaps we could get close again. What my husband did was change the passwords on our on-line games so I couldn't access them and he changed the passwords on our e-mail access so I couldn't request to change my password on the on-line game and have it sent to our e-mail. He also had hidden away all my video games and strategy guides so I would be tempted to play so I could focus on the exercise.
I would usually ignore my husband when he got home from work and waited for him to come to the computer to greet me, but on the first day of my cold turkey from video/on-line games I greeted him at the door with a hug and a kiss. I actually appreciated him more because I started to miss him while he was gone because my mind wasn't so consumed with games for once. We started talking about other things when he called me like what I read in my devotions or what I talked about on these Christian forums or how my weight loss is progressing.
We still play games together for 2 or 3 hours a night, but now I'm not as addicted before and he will let me play one of my video games for an hour while he plays Battlefield on-line for a compromise. I guess what it comes down to is now that I spending more time with God and playing in more moderation has really changed my husband's and I lives for the better.
When I go back to work, I plan on doing devotions before work and exercising an hour and a half after work until I get back down to my ideal weight then only exercise a half an hour a day after work. Plus my husband is still going to keep a password lock on our on-line games and e-mail accounts and keep my video game/strategy guides hidden away so we will only play when he gets home.
It all started when I got a bunch a new video games for Christmas, mainly RPGs like Baten Katios, Pokemon XD, and one other one I haven't played yet. At the time, the on-line game we were playing was City of Heroes. A few months later, we got World of Warcraft. Now, my husband and I usually play the on-line games together, but I got to a point where I was playing before work and after work before my husband got home.
After a while we cancelled City of Heroes and got Final Fantasy on-line, but I was still as addicted to World of Warcraft as ever, especially to the crafting system. All I could talk about to my husband was the game when he got home and all I wanted to do with him was play the game all night before bed and that is what we did. We developed this huge rift between us and didn't feel close to each other anymore because all I cared about was my video/on-line games.
Eventually, we decided that I needed to take a month off a work so I can work on losing weight and getting closer God, then perhaps we could get close again. What my husband did was change the passwords on our on-line games so I couldn't access them and he changed the passwords on our e-mail access so I couldn't request to change my password on the on-line game and have it sent to our e-mail. He also had hidden away all my video games and strategy guides so I would be tempted to play so I could focus on the exercise.
I would usually ignore my husband when he got home from work and waited for him to come to the computer to greet me, but on the first day of my cold turkey from video/on-line games I greeted him at the door with a hug and a kiss. I actually appreciated him more because I started to miss him while he was gone because my mind wasn't so consumed with games for once. We started talking about other things when he called me like what I read in my devotions or what I talked about on these Christian forums or how my weight loss is progressing.
We still play games together for 2 or 3 hours a night, but now I'm not as addicted before and he will let me play one of my video games for an hour while he plays Battlefield on-line for a compromise. I guess what it comes down to is now that I spending more time with God and playing in more moderation has really changed my husband's and I lives for the better.
When I go back to work, I plan on doing devotions before work and exercising an hour and a half after work until I get back down to my ideal weight then only exercise a half an hour a day after work. Plus my husband is still going to keep a password lock on our on-line games and e-mail accounts and keep my video game/strategy guides hidden away so we will only play when he gets home.
