How to Quit Gaming Insanely Fast Without Willpower Even When You Are Addicted

Introduction

There is a technique you can use to quit gaming even when you are so into the game you are playing 10 hours without a rest – you can quit immediately. This technique can work for any other kind of addiction too. The best part is that it doesn’t require fighting against yourself or using willpower.

My Personal Experience

I will tell you the secret from my own experience. I am a game addict. If I start playing games, I can’t stop playing until 7am in the morning, which just ruins the next day (technically it’s already the next day), and I can’t get back to a normal sleeping time for a week. This pattern kept repeating until I found a solution.

The Simple Method That Changed Everything

I couldn’t quit for the longest time. But then I invented this way to quit that actually works. Here’s how to do it:

  1. First, you realize you are playing too long. This might happen when you notice you are too hungry or your eyes hurt. These physical signals are your body telling you it’s time to take a break.
  2. Normally, you would ignore these signs and keep playing because of dopamine rush. But this time, instead of pushing through, you start imagining your favorite thing. This is the key difference that makes this method work.
  3. For me, I start imagining I am seeing beautiful women’s pictures as a distraction from games (I must confess, I like women naked, even though this led me to acquire my new cool nickname ‘Creepy Shu.’), and if I quit the game, I can see that online. If you like eating snacks, you can imagine your favorite snack and tell yourself that if you quit for a little while, you can eat it. The important thing is to choose something you genuinely desire.
  4. Then you close the game and power off the console to do that desirable thing – and it happens without needing willpower because you’re actually looking forward to it.
  5. Now you do what you want as you imagined. This gives you a real reward for quitting, making it easier to follow through.
  6. Once you’re distracted and taking a break from games, you don’t have to play anymore because you’ve cut the gaming spree. You can just go back to the real world and start working on other things.

Important Warning

You don’t want to choose an addictive distraction like watching porn. You can end up being addicted to other things, even if you successfully get out of game addiction. The goal is to break free from addiction, not replace it with another one.

Pro Tips for Long-Term Success

Choosing the Right Games

You don’t want to play too interesting games if you are a game addict. It’s hard to live with very interesting games because you can’t quit before you beat all of the stages. So, after you quit the game using the technique, you want to throw away the game and switch to less addictive ones like Minesweeper or web browser games. These are much easier to control.

This is similar to how, if you like beer, you might change to less addictive options like low-calorie beer or low-alcohol beer. The principle is to reduce the addictive potential while still enjoying the activity.

Setting Clear Boundaries

Smooth quitters do two important things before they start:

Step 1: Decide how long you will play. Be specific and realistic with your time limit.

Step 2: Measure time by starting a stopwatch. Don’t trust your sense of time while gaming.

This way, when the time comes, you can smoothly quit using the quitting technique without wasting too much of your time. Having a clear time limit makes it easier to recognize when it’s time to use the technique.