[needlefish]

This just sounds like an addict bargaining to me. Like an alcoholic trying to figure out if they can handle a glass of wine because they use to drink vodka.

You obviously can't have a healthy relationship with video games or else it would never come to posting this.

I mean one of the hardest things with beating any addiction long term after the initial battle is what to do with all the free time and the boredom.

I would think some kind of time consuming, non-digital hobby would be best as a replacement.

Maybe try reading too about other people going through gambling addictions or other types of non-substance addictions to see how what you are asking is almost stereotypical in a sense with addictions.