5 Years Completely Game Free

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5 Years Completely Game Free

Now give me my chit! (or any combination of chits that combined equal 5 years)!

January 1st 2008 was the last time I ever logged into my World of WarCraft account and was the last time I have touched a video game since.

There has been some bad along with much good in the past 5 years. Ill start with the bad.

I have in the last two years gotten addicted to collecting statues of computer game characters and superheroes. Basically, they are just a big drain on my wallet. I am trying hard to stop now. It definitly is not a very malicious addiction but I'd like to try and save some money. I also havent been taking piano lessons because ive been spending money on statues. Im starting lessons again real soon. Now onto the good.

I have successfully held a job as a server at Applebee's for 3 years. I volunteered in the department of mammalogy in the American Museum of Natural History in NYC for a year. I took a masters level GIS course and earned a B. I should have gotten an A but I'm not going to get into that. I also took 20 credits of prerequisite classes for an occupational therapy masters program, of which I got into none, at a community college. My GPA was a 3.75 even though while i was finishing up classes and finals my father was being tortured and dying in a hospital for a month and a half (and yes that has changed my outlook on life, haven't exactly given it much thought. However, any tragic movie I watch, I say to myself "hey, that's life and its not so bad, not as bad as what happened to my father and nothing I will see will be, so big whoop).

I am now a year into a Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant Program and have a 3.5 GPA at a terrible school. My GPA sucks. I figure why try if the teachers don't. I absolutely hate Mercy College and the program but afterwards I will be allowed to the exam for a COTA and practice as one. Then in a couple of years get into a masters which will most likely happen.

I have read a lot of books and taken 2 years of piano lessons. I have gotten so much better at dealing with people! I'm proud of how I can now avoid and deal with assholes. Eg. This cook at work (this person is obviously an asshole. He makes fun of retarded guy at work) said loudly, in front of a large number of my coworkers as he started to look the other way "You know what, you look like Smeagle". Normally I would have said "what's your problem." But it was in front of a lot of co-workers. So I just stood there calmly and said "you know what? You look like. Now who's a pretty ugly basketball player... Yea Lebron James, he's pretty ugly. You look like Lebron James". He's been nice to me ever since. I still says please and thank you when he passes a barbaque sauce.

I moved out and now support myself in my place in Astoria Queens. I need friends and a girlfriend. I'm very lonely. Alright, I'm going to come off as vein and conceided but I'm an attractive guy. I'm no model though. Most girls think I'm cute. I feel bad that a nice girl won't get to enjoy my cuteness while it lasts and tell me about it lol. But much more than that I would like to enjoy a girls cuteness. I want a nice person to laugh and go on weekend trips with. I want someone to make memories with and right now the only memories I am making are of looking at my StarCraft 2 Tychus Findley statue.

But let me end positively. All in all, taking the good with the bad, I am more happy than sad and proud of myself.

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wow Adam, thats awesome

wow Adam, thats awesome bro. do tell us how youve done it. keep going too.

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Some good, some bad. Sounds

Some good, some bad. Sounds like life to me.

At any rate, Adam, congratulations on 5 big years game-free, and--though I scarcely need to say it--keep coming back.

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Allerseelen wrote: Some
Allerseelen wrote:

Some good, some bad. Sounds like life to me.

At any rate, Adam, congratulations on 5 big years game-free, and--though I scarcely need to say it--keep coming back.

thank you. Good with bad? Yea. So what would life on computer games be? Always medium sans the "living life". Guess it helps people with emotional problems avoid life which for them is most all "bad". I DO NOT APPROVE GAMING. I guess though...it was a welcome escape for me when I was a kid being so upset from getting made fun of everyday in school. I could come home and play video games and just cry into the screen. My family life wasn't fabulous. My father was just insanely nervous person. My mom is wonderful.

I guess the habit stuck with me after getting made fun of. So, I stopped getting picked on at the age of 18. First time I could enjoy a life free from being bullied since I was 5. So, yea, 13 years of being humiliated daily. Alright alright don't feel bad for me please. But it didn't help my self confidence and gave me a mental illness. Lol. :( So as I was saying I played games until I was 26, so gaming stuck with me for 8 years after the abuse stopped. Bullying is bad. I don't want to sound like I don't realize that humans are complex but **** it, some people are just evil.

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So glad to hear you're out

So glad to hear you're out cutting a path in the real world, Adam. 5 years is spectacular and so encouraging for those who're stuck in the mire of addiction today. They need to know there is a way out. Thanks so much for keeping us updated.

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Wonderful, thank you for

Wonderful, thank you for sharing. It gives me hope! Congratulations to you.

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I require more praise and

I require more praise and adulation. This is a HUGE milestone so please compliment me more. Thank you. I'm jk but no...praise me more. HAHAHAHA!!!!

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Congrats on 5 years!!! Great

Congrats on 5 years!!! Great job on continuing with school.

My husband was at a poor school for a while too. He just did his best for himself.

Keep up the good living Adam!!!

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Adam, I am thrilled about

Adam,

I am thrilled about this! Congrats dear friend! Lavishing well deserved praise.

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Congrats and well done!

Congrats and well done!

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/bump?  Okay!  Thanks

/bump? Okay! Thanks Adam. Sure. Np.

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Adam 5 years is awesome! I

Adam 5 years is awesome! I think you've been very successful in your recovery and I'm really happy to hear from you.

What you've done is tremendous. I love your answer back to the idiot who was teasing that other co-worker, too. Good.

WoW was my game of choice. I quit 2011 and I wish I had quit when you did. People I gamed with even told me I needed to quit, because of the amount of time I spent in it (and when other addicts tell you than you are too addicted, it's time to pay attention).

Hooray for the WoW escapees!

And grats again!

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Im new here but anyways BIG

Im new here but anyways BIG CONGRATULATIONS! you are a example to follow for us :) Im game free for almost 2 months so Ill keep trying harder :) Good luck!

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