This is my story, it might help... I have graduated, I have a steady job. I have been playing pc games since I was 6, now I have stopped @age 28. I play MMOs, not really addicted to drop my school or job, but I have sacrificed social life, and to be honest, this was not the reason I have stopped 3 months ago. I quit gaming when I can play with no financial consequences and I was really enjoying it the day I quit.
Gaming is not a hobby or time killer for me, it is part of who I am and my personality.
But I stopped for the reason that I am a gamer. I'm by definition competitive....
I do fairly well in my job, but I can do far way more, I have fallen into addiction for the past year that I sustained my performance but didn't care to move forward. I've noticed that my far less performing colleagues are developing and investing in themselves, career and personal wise. And here I am happy with my in game achievements, that someday will be nothing, because they are just a number in a database in a server.
I progress in the game but my real life is frozen! It started with me vowing to take a long break and promised myself to come back again when I achieve a new thing in my career or academic life.
Now 3 months have passed, I don't feel the urge to play as before.
Whenever I try to game, I think this time worth investment in either a technical course to study or work out a little. To be honest I've not achieved what I want academically (I pursue a Msc in engineering). But I have lost weight(hit the gym and finished Insanity workout), got to spend time with my family and realized how much I was undervaluing the time I spent with them
I'm still in the journey of quitting, my pc lurks beside me but my physical aceivments now outweighs the urge to game.
For your case, you love gaming... Fine But in order to sustain living your dream, you need a proper career and education. Or you are just end up in a shitty job and no future, and believe me your gaming will not feel as fun as it is now, because when you stop the pc, you will be back to your sad reality.
Finally I 'll copy a reply I have read in a forum( from someone who quit playing FF ) the hit me home and helped me to pass the first quitting days. "Three years is a long time. Looking back on the years I lost playing FFXI is reminiscent of a time warp. I advanced my game character for three years while my real life was put on pause. It got me nowhere. I failed to invest in myself because of my addiction to the fantasy. Consequently, after three years I didn’t have more money, more school, or more skills, let alone more happiness."