Eventually, my psychotherapist Steve Pope started to make me realise that I had a genuine problem. He said that I was still high from gaming, over 24 hours after my last session. My thumbs were twitching like mad. I was slouching and had bloodshot eyes, dilated pupils. He told me that two hours on the console had the same effect that a line of cocaine has on the neuro-receptors in the brain. That really shook me up. I’d been playing for 15-20 hours, not just two!