I know, I know it seems silly.
Here is my story!
It all started one day when I got a little bored and was looking for a time waster.
I started playing just a few minutes here and there. Gradually over time it got to be where I wanted to pass the levels, and they were getting harder. So instead of playing for just a few minutes, I began playing until I could pass the level or ran out of lives. That was only taking 5 or 10 minutes each sitting. Not to bad really, in the scheme of things.
After that is where things began to take a turn for the worse.
If you have ever played Candy Crush you know that by level 60 they aren't so easy any more and 65 whew, that ones a doozy.
So then I began playing more and more. I began playing not because I was bored anymore but because I had the urge to pass the next level.
I was now playing when I should have been doing something else.
By now I had downloaded the game on every device anyone in my family owned so they could send me lives.
I went even lower than that. I began changing the time on devices so that new lives would generate quicker.
I was seriously addicted - I see that now. When I was in the thick of it, I did not think of it as an addiction. It was just a game and I could quit any time I wanted.
Then my husband came to me and said; "You're spending an awful lot of time on Candy Crush. Could you please quit playing it when I am home?"
Of course I said, "Yes."
And I meant it.
I really did.
Then I would find myself going in another room from him and sneaking in a few minutes of playing. I would find myself waking up in the middle of the night and playing.
It was then that I realized; I was completely and totally addicted to Candy Crush.
One day I just decided that cold turkey was how it had to be. I deleted the app from every device in our house. I never spoke of it again.
Until now.
It has been a few months since all this.
I have branched out and made new friends.
I pay more attention to my kids, my husband and my house.
I can't even imagine if I was addicted to something that was damaging to my mind and body.
I struggled with this enough.
Don't get me wrong, there are still days when I am sitting, just relaxing for a few minutes and I would like to play.
I don't.
I am proud of the fact that I quit.
If anything is taking away from your priorities, anything at all, re-evaluate and make the change! You can do it! You are not alone. Your feelings are normal.
You are loved.
I was seriously addicted - I see that now. When I was in the thick of it, I did not think of it as an addiction. It was just a game and I could quit any time I wanted.
Then my husband came to me and said; "You're spending an awful lot of time on Candy Crush. Could you please quit playing it when I am home?"
Of course I said, "Yes."
And I meant it.
I really did.
Then I would find myself going in another room from him and sneaking in a few minutes of playing. I would find myself waking up in the middle of the night and playing.
It was then that I realized; I was completely and totally addicted to Candy Crush.
One day I just decided that cold turkey was how it had to be. I deleted the app from every device in our house. I never spoke of it again.
Until now.
It has been a few months since all this.
I have branched out and made new friends.
I pay more attention to my kids, my husband and my house.
I can't even imagine if I was addicted to something that was damaging to my mind and body.
I struggled with this enough.
Don't get me wrong, there are still days when I am sitting, just relaxing for a few minutes and I would like to play.
I don't.
I am proud of the fact that I quit.
If anything is taking away from your priorities, anything at all, re-evaluate and make the change! You can do it! You are not alone. Your feelings are normal.
You are loved.
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