1. Realize the classic signs of video game addiction and seek help if you're obsessed with playing, thinking about gaming while participating in other activities, lying about the amount of time you spend playing or playing to make yourself forget about stressful "real life" problems.
2. Fill your life with other fulfilling pastimes like sports, exercise, reading or writing, for example.
   
3. List the activities you need to accomplish each day, such as work, school, homework, housework or taking care of pets.
   
4. Set an alarm or ask a member of your family to alert you after a set period.
5. Ask family members to let you know if they feel your gaming has gotten out of hand.
   
6. Rent or share potentially addictive computer games with friends.
   

1. You begin to look like Jabba the Hut.

2. Your optometrist notices that your vision has severely worsened… in six months.

3. You notice that you’re spending more money on energy drinks than food.

4. You bear a striking resemblance to Dracula

5. You notice that your cell phone never rings anymore and your only friends are your guildmates.. 

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10. You watch a TV program about gibbons.

9. You cook food featuring harissa paste.

8. Your favourite shoes are beginning to fall apart.

7. You find yourself enjoying the works of Gustav Holst.

6. There is a dramatic sea-change in your masturbation style.

5. You cannot decide whether you would hump Rafael Nadal or Roger Federer if you were gay.

4. You accidentally drop your book, but pick it up on exactly the same page you were reading.

3. Your breakfast muesli tastes like raw porridge.

2. You need a piss at 3AM.

1. You murder more than your usual number of swans. 

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