Gaming Addiction .net 2012 Mission
Progress: 36.39% complete (updated 05/21/2012).
Help 10,000+ people with Video Gaming Addiction by the end of 2012.
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Signs of Gaming Addiction:
  • Playing more than 40 hours of games per week
  • Having problems in school, work, or relationships
  • Most of your answers fall in the RED and PURPLE categories below
Know a good gaming addiction story?
  1. Zur Institute: Incredible wealth of information on many different topics and continuing education for therapists.
  2. Online Gamers Anonymous: Modeled upon the Alcoholics Anonymous model and includes forums, chat room, and meetings.
  3. Wikipedia on Video Gaming Addiction: Solid encyclopedic resource for understanding gaming addiction.
  4. World of Warcraft Addiction Detox: Thousands of World of Warcraft addiction stories.
  5. Net Addiction: General Internet/Technology addiction website.
Full List of Current Gaming Addiction Resources
Questions about video game addiction or other gaming addictions?  Get answers.
Request an online intervention for someone you care about. Learn more.
See our master Web Sources list with other top gaming addiction and video game addiction resources online. Read more.
Latest Achievements:
  • Remade the store to streamline the purchase process and reduce excess text.  What do you think?  (4/16/2012)
  • After much hard work over the last five months, we are on the FIRST page of google gaming addiction search results!  Thank you so much to everyone that has linked us in their blog and told their friends about our website! (03/30/2012)
  • Updated results pages with new graphics and added graphics to all pages of the website.  We hope this makes the website easier to navigate and more visually appealing!  (3/25/2012)
  • First gaming addiction intervention delivered.  We hope we have helped make a positive difference in your lives. (3/23/2012)
  • Resources are now all included within this site rather than a realproductivelife.com subdomain. (3/21/2012)
  • Fourth story submitted for our upcoming gaming addiction stories book (03/20/2012) Submit your story here.
  • You are consistently viewing more pages here over the life of the website.  We care that you like our website enough to look through all the resources and are aiming to bring the average number of pages you view on our website over 3 per visit. (03/06/2012)
  • First gamer and first friends/family of a gamer detailed survey results requested and delivered (03/05/2012).
  • Looking for an Online Intervention?  We can send an email, text message, or Xbox/PS3/PC/Blizzard games message to the person you care about to let them know you are concerned about their gaming.  This message can be anonymous and direct them to a certain section of our website.  Learn more.

  • Receive support via email, text messaging, or voice calls at 10% of the cost of treatment from people that have actually beaten a gaming addiction.
  • Direct, private, effective, and personal support online.  We help with video game addiction, computer gaming addiction, gambling addiction, World of Warcraft, Call of Duty, and other online addictions.  Learn more.
  • We will make a positive difference in your life and the lives of those you care about.  See all support options.
  • *New*: Receive a video response created specifically for you.  Learn more.
Local Treatment:
  • Having helped most people with gaming addiction for free and others at a low cost through our support, we strongly discourage spending $1000 or more to get professional treatment for gaming addiction.  However, we do have local treatment center information available on our website if you are certain that's what you need.

Keys to Overcoming Gaming Addiction:
  • Understand: What gaming is, what gaming addiction is, and what role it plays in a gamer’s life.  If you are having problems but cannot understand why, the logical step is discuss the situation with other people.
  • Solve: Problems that are created by excessive gaming.   Our videos and support team can help highlight solutions that have worked for others to live a healthier and happier life.
  • Act: Out the solution and live a healthier life free of gaming addiction.  In the end, it is up to you to help yourself and make the  most out of your life.
Suggestions?
Want to help?
  • If you are interested in working with our team, please provide a professional resume and a personal statement to jerry@gamingaddiction.net. 


Gaming Addiction Frequently Asked Questions Sample:
  • Help and Answers for those that are addicted to video games and for their friends/family.  Read more.

4. HOW MANY HOURS SHOULD I PLAY WEEKLY?

This varies depending on your life.   A general answer is that it should not consume more time than any other hobby would.  Another general rule is that you should not play more games than you work or go to school.  The question to ask yourself is: What else could you be doing with your time instead of playing video games?  Making more money?  Meeting a new partner?  Exercising?  If you find you could live an entirely new life without playing games, you may be playing too much!  If you play more than 40 hours per week, see our videos page and consider support.  Finally, this table is intended for gamers not experiencing negative life events related to gaming including but not limited to lower grades in school, failed relationships, and missing work.  If this describes you or someone you care about, moderation may not be appropriate and prohibition may be the best choice.

We suggest the following for healthy gaming PER WEEK:

Relationship
Status		Employment
/ School		Maximum
# hours
SingleUnemployed
/ out of school		40
SingleEmployed
/ school		30
Relationship
/ Married		Unemployed
/ out of school		30
Relationship
/ Married		Employed
/ school		20
Married
w/ children		Unemployed
/ out of school		20
Married
w/ children		Employed
/ school		10

References:

  1. Zur Institute: Incredible wealth of information on many different topics and continuing education for therapists.
  2. Online Gamers Anonymous: Modeled upon the Alcoholics Anonymous model and includes forums, chat room, and meetings.
  3. Wikipedia on Video Gaming Addiction: Solid encyclopedic resource for understanding gaming addiction.
  4. World of Warcraft Addiction Detox: Thousands of World of Warcraft addiction stories.
  5. Net Addiction: General Internet/Technology addiction website.
  6. Game Addiction Test: PC Internet Safety Blog Game Addiction Flash Test
  7. Internet Gaming Addiction: PDF Brochure with Internet Gaming Addiction Information.
  8. Healthy Place Internet Addiction Test: Internet Addiction Flash Test
  9. WebMD Video Gaming Addiction: Medical advice for Gaming Addiction
  10. Think Free Play
  11. Video Game Addiction 
  12. Gambling Addiction Support: Based in Florida
  13. Online Gaming Statistics and Addiction
  14. Self Discipline
  15. Cracked.com: How Games try to get you Addicted
  16. CyberPsychology
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