Need help to stop gaming but keep relapsing and can't efficiently use my extra time not gaming

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Need help to stop gaming but keep relapsing and can't efficiently use my extra time not gaming

The main problem I have is that I play too much League of Legends and have little self-control when I do start to play. A typical day for me is work from 9-6pm come home at 7, eat, then play from 8 to 12 or 1am, then repeat. I've set the coldturkey blocker to block out specific subreddits, sites, league cilent, until 10pm where I can play 1 game. Due to my severe motivational problems(have been to psychologists, psychiatrists, therapy and different medications for this but thats a different story) , I fail to do anything productive of my time. Just yesterday I spent my entire day laying around in bed till 4pm, went out for a walk, come back home, eat, and roll and in bed until 10pm where I can play then go to bed. Any hobby I try to get into I'll eventually lose interest and go back to gaming. I've been trying to learn code yesterday but anything I try to do other than gaming, I eventually "not feel it doing it". I've always been a gamer throughout my life but it got really bad in 2012 to the point of skipping school exams to play league in internet cafes. Now I have a job and don't play as much(16 hours a day before), I feel this is a major issue that I don't know how to overcome. I've been playing this game for so long, it's basically a habit I can't get over. The way things are going now, I feel like I'll probably disable the blocker and start playing as if nothing happened. I honestly have no idea what to do. If anyone has been through a similar experience, I'd love to hear how to overcome this urges.

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Welcome Harry

Welcome Harry

Check out the link for gamers in my signature and that will give you some good starting advice.

There are online meetings where you can connect with people that have gone through the same type of problems you are having.

You are not alone.

 

 

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Hi harry, welcome. I am game

Hi harry, welcome. I am game free since August 12th here. Been hard to get there. If you want to chat feel free to pm me. I can relate as a lifelong addicted gamer (now 36) and desperate for this recovery to work. Starcraft before and lately Hearthstone were my posions mainly...

It can be done.

Habits maketh man.

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