Roman Legion
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I have been putting in much thought about various course of actions and I was going to discuss them with my counselor online today but she didn't come online for the appointment until very late, by that time I had fallen asleep and missed it. I sat in my chair in the middle of my room and looked around.. I saw things with price tags on them, the TV, xbox and PS3.. As some of you know, I have a very serious gaming addition and a real bad financial situation right now.. I recently tried to sell the PS3 on craigslist, but I only got Nigerian scam artists (No joke, they wanted me to send it to a Nigerian address and didn't send money to my paypal). I can't seem to sell the PS3 and I never even used it but once and being as orderly as I am, it never accumulates dust. I can solve my gaming addiction and financial situation right now if I sell all of them. (Even considering selling the old original Xbox I have) I think my gaming addiction started this way.. I started I think on the original gameboy that I found at an Alexandria, VA thift store in early 1997? I balanced that and reading well, since I only played my one Poke'mon game (Red or Blue version.. Besides the point) I saved up my money working with my parents on their Washington Post paper route and bought a Game Boy Colour in 1998 (Kiwi Green). I remember being taken to this kid's house a street over from our Apartment (Mount Vernon Apartments) and this kid with a fairly well off family seemed to have everything even a Nintendo 64 and I was hooked; I began to feel the virtual story was superior to the paper ones. We moved out of Alexandria in the summer of 1999 to Accokeek, MD (In the fabulous Prince Georges county <Sarcasm>) We had a new paper route and I was now 8 or 9 and began saving for a Playstation (This was the worst part of my life with the increase in bullying from the new school.. The previous school was bad but I have never had more day to day bullying than Henry G. Ferguson Elementary school.) The bank had stolen my money because they froze my parent's account for some reason and their name being on my account, mine was frozen as well and close to $300 was taken from me.. I remember after that I went to school and wasn't thinking, I just acted.. I grabbed money a teacher had left on the desk and stuffed it in my sock and went home. I eventually got caught and my teacher made sure everyone knew what I did (I guess I was the example to others) this made me even more of a target and I get it, that was my own fault. About a month after this, our power had finally shorted out due to the crappy shape of the house and a wire being exposed.. At that point video games were worthless to me anyway. When we finally fled the state (Not going to detail here) and moved to southwestern part of Virginia, I remember again my parents taking me to some local kid in that trailer park (Only place that would rent to us and we could afford) and I got to play not only a N64 but a Playstation.. Some months later this local bully had every console out at that time and constantly used that as part of his taunting.. Being a stupid kid, I again reverted to thievery and took what he taunted me with. I later returned it late one night after wiping my fingerprints off, but it still doesn't make it right. I haven't done anything like that since and am very much oppose to that type of behaviour. But the addiction was strong enough to make me not think and just act. I have all these games and consoles but they don't make me happy, just an escapism that I had become addicted to and still am. I have wasted so much time and money on this stuff, and I want out and maybe selling the TV and consoles I bought with money I earned from the military might help a lot. But I haven't worked out the details on where to sell this stuff and not get cheated (Gamestop and other stores that give you nothing for them). Maybe a pawn shop for the TV or craigslist ad? And ebay or Amazon for the Xbox 360 slim, original xbox and PS3? I know I left stuff out and I guess I can add them later, but I think I need input and some support before I make a decision on this.