games addiction

Samuel Kaderják 4.E

 WHAT IS ADDICTION ?

• An addiction is an urge to do
something that is hard to control or
stop. If you use cigarettes, alcohol, or
drugs like marijuana (weed), cocaine,
and heroin, you could become
addicted to them. They can really hurt
you and could even kill you.
ACCEPT
RESPONSIBILITY
• Accept responsibility. The problem lies within
the individual, not within the game. No attempt
at beating 'addiction' can succeed until the
individual accepts its existence. The first step is
realizing there's a problem and deciding that the
place you're in, is not working for you. It is not
the existence of video games, nor the content of
games, but the person who chooses to play
them.
• Video game is habit-forming, you must
consciously decide to end the practice. Know
that playing video games is not an addiction until
you let it take over your life; so much so that you
become dysfunctional. If you are unable to
complete daily routine activities, then it's time
to sit down and make conscious choices.
IDENTIFY THE IMPACT
• How many hours a day do you spend playing games? Do you normally go out on the weekend?
When was the last time you read a book? Identifying the negative impacts of the addiction will
help you focus on positive improvements and getting back the things that you are really missing.
 • Blaming others for problems that you alone must face does not solve the
problems. The 'gaming industry' or manufacturers are not the cause of this
AVOID BLAME problem, and blaming them does not make the problem better. The vast,
extreme majority of 'gamers' are healthy individuals, accepting
responsibility is the first step. Also, do not make excuses, take responsibility.
STAY POSITIVE

• While it is important to identify

the negative aspects of the
problem, it is also important to
focus on the goal and progress
that you have made.
MONITOR YOUR GAME
TIME

• You are the parent, and thus you

are in control. If your children do
not listen to you, removal of the
game console or setting of
administrative control on the
computer may allow you to better
handle the problem.
SET LIMITS
• If you decide that you have one hour per day to spend playing games, stick to that and choose
your games accordingly. If you are playing a game that requires many hours of gameplay between
saves, or which is an open-ended game like many MMOs, you likely should consider a different
game or different genre of games.
TOTAL HOURS PER
WEEK

• Add up the total hours played per

week. This includes time spent
reading walk-throughs and
watching videos, or discussing
games in real life. If this number is
over 25, then there may be a
problem.
FIND SOMETHING
ELSE TO DO

• You know the statement "my anti-

drug..." This statement is better
phrased "my anti-addiction..." or
"my anti-bad habit..." The best
way to do this is to develop a
variety of other things to do, with
others.
My advices
• In my opinion, the best advice i can give you is try to realize that games and ficite world is less
important than your friends and family.
• Thing that helped me was that i have control on myself so i can saw when a should stop or
something.
 Okay thanks for pay attention
BTW i am not addicted and I never was I just spend lot of time on PC