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We were creating a schedule for my week because I'm struggling with structuring my days and abstain from weed and alcohol.

I mentioned Guild Wars 2 and how I've been playing it since beta but never even played the expansions (in terms of story, just did a few mastery points and hero challenges in HoT).

I told him that this bothers me a lot, because it perfectly portrays my avoiding behaviour and how I constantly switch between classes in fear of a better option.

I then asked him if we could make a challenge out of it and his reaction was pretty positive.

He said there is nothing wrong about gaming if it's a moderate amount. I asked him whether he could choose for me between my guardian and my thief, told him a bit about the classes and that thief is generally considered more difficult to master.

He picked guardian and now we have the deal that I stick to that character and play through the PVE content.

It was also suggested that whatever I do, playing video games, drawing or making music, I should at least stick to it for half an hour so I get some structure and can actually accomplish stuff.

This also serves the purpose of not getting bored and consume weed again.

So here we go, guardian it is. Actually quite relieved that I don't have to choose for myself 😅

TL,DR: My therapist made me pick guardian as my main.

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over 2 years ago - /u/BobbyStein - Direct link

Good luck on your journey! Right there with you. After I finished the story I found it hard to pick goals for myself, but my wife helped me acquire my skyscale and now I'm chasing after the remaining masteries I have yet to unlock, in addition to dabbling in raids and fractals.

I gave up liquor about 5 years ago, and oddly enough games help. Hang in there. Sobriety is actually better than I expected. ;)