Author: SecondTry
Date: 2023-10-23 19:25
"Addiction..."
which I put in quotes because you're not likely to go through classic withdrawal symptoms (e.g. Delierium Tremens for alcoholism, heroin detox) that themselves require professionally supervised titration to reduce potentially dangerous side effects and increase the likelihood for success....
is generally a positive step so that you can better control your life and steer yourself towards happiness, than some thing controlling you; not to mention in the case of controlled substance addiction, that ingested has its own bad side effects.
Obsession, on the other hand, which quite frankly many clarinet players near need to possess to make it in performance, and which can have its own signature withdrawal symptoms--if not potentially life threatening--might better describe your relationship with video games. Like addiction, obsession can reduce the quality of life when it gets in the way of normal function. We humans are creatures of habit: it's precisely why (proper) practice...works. But remove that habit and it can throw a monkey wrench into our psyche .
Commitment is taking something seriously, but perhaps not the point of it controlling your life--but does come with its own sacrifices. If you're committed to playing principal clarinet in a top 5 orchestra, you probably don't have time to also surf (web or waves) much.
Thus, generally speaking, the movement from obsession to commitment, either in the the same endeavor, or switching endeavors is good. People tend to think music a more noble cause that video games, but that's your call. I say generally good here because I'd rather you obsessed with clarinet than become committed to recreational drug use, for example.
Stated in different terms, if someone asked if they should transition from their video game commitment to playing an instrument I'd probably ask them more about what they like to do before hazarding an answer. I think its a noble transition but that's just me and I'm biased.
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