[abusedtoy]

To be honest, addiction is NOT easy to be changed. It could be a sign of depression and a way to cope, or a sign of needing of something in one's life. It could be very damaging, when one's life is consumed mainly in these addictions, overtaking the social aspect of the people around, especially. When being addicted to these things, then other things in this life would become an issue, where basic self care would be decreased also, such as the way you sleep, the time you have for other things, such as work.

How I overcame TV addiction
I stopped watching TV altogether. When I looked at the TV, I looked away. I tried to distract myself by doing other things, eventually it became a habit. It was NOT easy though, to be honest. My mindset needed to be changed. I would think about the disadvantage of watching it, watching it so much would be mind controlling too. So, I find reasons to avoid it, to the point that my TV has been filled with dust. No one sits there anymore. It is even better, when there is something in front of the TV, so that it would be hard for me to stay close to it.

How I overcame gaming addiction
This one is hard. It took me months of hard work, then the next year, it became a habit of not playing games at all. At the beginning stages, I was throwing out a lot of the games to the rubbish bin, so it would not be within my reach. Then, oh funny how I started to time myself. I used a clock and get an alarm to clock myself for an hour only. Okay, it wasn't working for the first few times, I continued and went over this set timeframe, but then the more I practice, the better I was able to refrain from it. I thought about the disadvantage of being addicted to games, then the more points that I can think of, the less likely I am coming back to this addiction. It is like practicing self control and self discipline. I started deleting digital stuff related to it, to keep me out of it. If I cannot discipline myself, I sometimes would stay away from the computer completely and take a break. Make an invisible boundary, walking away from it. I tried consuming myself in other things. The key is about a gradual process of habit, the more that I step out of it, the easier it became for me to break up. I kept thinking (mentality has to do a lot with this too), my life is not about gaming. This is it. I am changing direction. There is much more to life than this. I have things in this life to take care also. Now, I am to the point without a need to do it anymore, not in an addicting stage, but yes, it is good to have fun for sometimes, it is nothing bad against it, as long as I can refrain from it immediately, when I want it to stop, then I can follow my thought of stopping it. And, yes, I can!

So this is my success story. Hopefully it can help others here too.