Sure but with work if you escape the cycle you are left with money and skills that are useful in real life. Games are just a temporary sedative that can lead to depression and anxiety about the real world while not providing anything truly useful. At least they are for me. I had health problems a year ago that lasted for about 4 months so I had an excuse to start playing again so instead of losing 4 months I lost 6 or 7 and then another 2 months to adjust to real life again when I realized I'm wasting my life in a video game and was becoming really depressed