How to Break a Neopets Addiction
Breaking a Neopets addiction is hard because Neopets is a very addictive virtual community. The games are fun and you can earn Neopoints playing them. You can contact other users via Neomail, message boards and guilds. You can earn and spend Neopoints on the Trading Post and in the Auction House. You can even customize your Neopets and open a Shop. With all that available, it can be difficult to stop and come back to the real world. Read on to learn how to break a Neopets addiction.
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Instructions
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Set a time limit for playing on Neopets. Buy a timer or set an alarm to make sure that you stop playing when time is up.
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Remove Neopets from your list of favorites. This will make it harder to navigate to Neopets.
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Turn off all Neopets notification emails. You can do this by going to the account management section of the Neopets site.
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Delete all of your Neofriends, block Neofriend requests and Neomails. If you are in a guild, quit the guild. This will stop other users from being able to contact you.
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Put your Neopets in the Neolodge so you don't think about feeding them or caring for them. You can also put them up for adoption by disowning them.
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Find new hobbies that don't involve the computer. If you aren't on the computer, you can't get on Neopets.
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Disable or delete your account if you feel that you can't control yourself. You can also block Neopets on your computer so you won't be tempted to create a new account.
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Tips & Warnings
Remember that even if your pet's hunger level says dying, your pet will never actually die, they will only lose hit points.
Neopets is merely a game. Don't feel bad about spending less time playing.
