Should I replace my alcoholism with video games?

[Damien Thorne]

A few months without alcohol, and all of a sudden I have a lot more time on my hands that I used to spend being drunk. First world problems.

 

[L50LasPak]

If you have the patience for it then do it. I know from experience that if you don't find something to fill that time with you're going to go insane.

 

[Shidoen]

Play tabletop dnd so it isn’t as expensive as games and electricity but expensive enough to make it feel like it’s worthwhile.

 

[$80 Nude Haircut]

Video games? You can't drink that.

 

[NoodleFucker3000]

You should get a hobby thats actually productive. Like knitting, or woodworking.

 

[Testacles Maximus]

Wait why can’t you do both

 

[MrTroll]

You sound like you need a drink.

 

[Damien Thorne]

Wait why can’t you do both

Have you actually tried to play Doom after downing too many shots of Jim Beam? The Cyberdemons made me their bitch, and that was traumatic. That is why I can’t do both.

 

[Grub]

I know someone who replaced his alcoholism with the video game Ark for about 5 years or so after he almost died when his pancreas began crapping out from his drinking. Dude did nothing but play ark. He'd be up at all hours playing with people in different time zones. People would phone him up at like 2 in the morning and wake him up to go battle or whatever the fuck. Every time I visited him all he would do was show off his fucking weird dinosaur eggs and shit and all the items and shit he'd spent unbelievable amounts of time to acquire. Which was a little bit more annoying than when he was hammered.

Now he's homeless and does fentynyl....

 

[Testacles Maximus]

Have you actually tried to play Doom after downing too many shots of Jim Beam? The Cyberdemons made me their bitch, and that was traumatic. That is why I can’t do both.

I had no idea. Thoughts and prayers.

 

[The Internet Dick]

The first year of recovery should be focused on the physical. Eat right, sleep right, go to the gym and work out to the point where staying up late playing video games is an impossibility. Get out of your own head. Avoid making major life decisions because your thinking is still fucked-up. Help others. Stay in the day.

 

[Agent Abe Caprine]

Have you actually tried to play Doom after downing too many shots of Jim Beam? The Cyberdemons made me their bitch, and that was traumatic. That is why I can’t do both.

Pussy. I beat an Elden Ring boss drunk.

 

[JethroTullamore]

I have experience with this, it’s why I can’t ever seem to quit drinking, even working 60-80 hour weeks I find I have so much free time without alcohol that I don’t know what to do with it.

Most things that keep you away from alcohol are probably better, but don’t forget your an addict (I’m assuming) so you’ll probably just try to replace one addiction with another.

Maybe mix things up, an hour of video games, and hour of working out, and hour of a nice hobby, browse Kiwifarms and laugh at retards for a bit than go to sleep.

Or just do what I do and fall into a crippling depression once you take a real hard look at your life and than jump back into the addiction head first.

 

[Chongqing]

If you have the patience for it then do it. I know from experience that if you don't find something to fill that time with you're going to go insane.

I'm in the alcoholism phase now and I find that I still need to fill all of the time.

 

[AMHOLIO]

Picking two hobbies, physical and nonphysical, isn't too bad. But The Internet Dick likely has more experience than I do, so say doing exercise as well as woodworking/cooking/writing on pen and paper/etc. works well.

@JethroTullamore It may sound gay or girly, but making a schedule for yourself or having a default hobby to practice while bored is ideal. My therapist had me log what I do with my time for a bit (I stopped after day 5 out of 2 weeks but he said it's ok since it's not a pass/fail or a grade of any sort, just something to get your noggin joggin), then had me do some planning out of a schedule after. Wouldn't be anything too grand, just some sketches of a structure to help. Note: this was for ADHD, attention dipshit high definition, but anyone can benefit from it.

 

[Chaos Theorist]

I know someone who replaced his alcoholism with the video game Ark for about 5 years or so after he almost died when his pancreas began crapping out from his drinking. Dude did nothing but play ark. He'd be up at all hours playing with people in different time zones. People would phone him up at like 2 in the morning and wake him up to go battle or whatever the fuck. Every time I visited him all he would do was show off his fucking weird dinosaur eggs and shit and all the items and shit he'd spent unbelievable amounts of time to acquire. Which was a little bit more annoying than when he was hammered.

Now he's homeless and does fentynyl....

based opiate enjoyer

 

[I (Don't) Have A Gun]

I know someone who replaced his alcoholism with the video game Ark for about 5 years or so after he almost died when his pancreas began crapping out from his drinking. Dude did nothing but play ark. He'd be up at all hours playing with people in different time zones. People would phone him up at like 2 in the morning and wake him up to go battle or whatever the fuck. Every time I visited him all he would do was show off his fucking weird dinosaur eggs and shit and all the items and shit he'd spent unbelievable amounts of time to acquire. Which was a little bit more annoying than when he was hammered.

Now he's homeless and does fentynyl....

Alcohol will take your life.
But video games will make you have no life.

It's a tough one.

 

[._.]

You can try but when you sober up from like long term alcoholism (any addiction really I guess) you realize youve developed anhedonia and like nothing can keep your attention and entertain you for long so youll play through like half a video game, start getting anxious about if youre doing the right build or whatever because youre like 40 hours in and dont want to start over and its like a 70 hour game, and you just put it up and move on to something else, saying youll get back to it eventually but you never fucking finish any thing you start and maybe you have ADD and dont even know what happiness or enjoyment or entertainment is (anymore, if ever).

Other real talk these mfs here know about addiction and why people keep going back--when youre clean your life is kinda fucked anyway at that point and youre like 'Fuck, what do I do with my time now?"

 

[stupid orc]

get really into internet politics

 

[Reynolds]

yes but also you should try to game while holding your liquor