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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Stalker0" data-source="post: 5701660" data-attributes="member: 5889">I can say that I went through a period much like what the OP has been saying.The truth is this: Real life needs to be more important than game life. Gaming is meant to be a hobby, a leisure, not a replacement for living.Some people can keep gaming on its proper shelf, and can find a good balance between it and other activities. But for others this is much more difficult.I know there was a time in my life where gaming (particularly video gaming) was dominating, and destroying, my life. I was so invested in it that I was completely ignoring everything else.It took me breaking game cds to find my way out. I had to completely focus on RL for a while.Nowadays its no longer a problem for me. RL is going well, and I can play games just as they were meant to be played. But make no mistake, I do feel that if I had not taken a radical approach that I might not be in such a good boat today.So to the OP, it sounds like you have come to grips with your problem, and there's no shame in making a few radical changes to deal with it. So I say quit gaming, quit forums, focus on the RL for as long as you need to. Maybe one day you will be able to come back, but one way or another it sounds like the right decision.</blockquote>