Well, lucky for you, I am a random redditor who cares (quite possibly too much) about other random redditors.

Unlucky for you though, I'm not really a professional problem solver for things like this... but I am a very good general problem solver. That's how I look at things really, does it have a solution? Definitely. Let's have a look at what we know.

So, gaming addiction is something I know next to nothing about, but I have has a relatively recent, similar experience that I got through. I was in this private subreddit once, the most prolific contributor, moderator, self declared CEO...you name it. I spent a huge amount of time on it and made some really good friends. It made me feel happy, and I also felt important to people which felt great.

A little too great. I realised much like you did, that it was an imbalance in my life. Too much time spent on this one thing and not enough attention paid to my SO, my job, etc. And on top of that I had a really shitty life event to get through.

So I quit, basically. I left and it was sad and for a while it felt quite empty. But I decided to do other things with my time. These colouring books for one. I needed to replace one unhealthy activity with another, healthy one. So I'm out of that spiral of constant checking of reddit. It's definitely more liberating. You've created a huge void by not doing the gaming but what will you choose to fill in that void?

So I wonder if any of that of is any help to you? Bottom line is, no matter what your problem is, someone else has gone through it before you and survived. You're definitely not alone.