Welcome!

We are On-Line Gamers Anonymous, a twelve-step, self-help organization and web site dedicated to helping those addicted to computer/video/console/on-line games. We also welcome the gamer’s friends and family, by offering our support and sympathy. Regardless of involvement or severity of addiction, these web pages and message board forums are always open to those in need.

"Excessive game playing can be a symptom of serious underlying mental/emotional problems. This board is not intended as a crusade against any particular game, but to alert people that excessive playing should be evaluated in context with any other symptoms a person may be displaying. Then, if there is still concern about the individual's state of mind, we recommend that he or she seek a professional evaluation." (Used by permission from Leucol)

Participating in OLGA/OLG-Anon is a healing journey. Please respect each other's privacy. Everyone who participates in ANY OLGA or OLG-Anon affairs agrees to this: WHO YOU SEE HERE, WHAT YOU HEAR HERE, WHEN YOU LEAVE HERE, LET IT STAY HERE! Thank you for your courtesy.

Our Mission

On-Line Gamers Anonymous is a fellowship of people sharing their experience, strengths and hope to help each other recover and heal from the problems caused by excessive game playing.

Our Message Boards

Here is a link to one of the tools that OLGA/OLG-Anon offers: Our Message Boards

Our Message Boards are the "Gold Nuggets" of our website. They were started in 2002, and contain messages asking for help, and messages of support from gamers and family members and friends. There is also a list of Professional References, and a section of articles and links about "Excessive Gaming Issues" from 2002 to the present, plus MUCH MORE!

There is a lot of very good, informative and historical information on Our Message Boards. You are welcome to browse through them, especially noting the "tacked" messages in each section. Also, feel free to share your story and ask or offer support to others who have come there because of excessive gaming issues.

The Twelve Steps and Principles of On-Line Gamers Anonymous

Note: The Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous have been adapted for OLGA/OLG-Anon with the permission of Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc. ("A.A.W.S."). A.A. is not affiliated with OLGA/OLG-Anon as A.A. is a program of recovery from alcoholism only.

These twelve steps and principles (the principles can also be used by athiests and agnostics) are guidelines for members of
On-Line Gamers Anonymous to live by.  We can recognize and overcome excessive gaming issues by using the twelve steps and/or principles in our lives.
 

1. We admitted we were powerless over gaming, and that our lives have become unmanageable. Principles - Honesty and Acceptance
 

2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. Principle - Hope
 

3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him. Principle - Faith
 

4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
Principles - Action and Courage
 

5. Admitted to God, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs. Principle - Integrity
 

6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character. Principle - Willingness
 

7. Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings. Principle - Humility
 

8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all. Principle - Brotherly love
 

9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure, them or others. Principle - Justice
 

10. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it. Principle - Perseverance
 

11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out. Principle - Spirituality
 

12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we carried this message to others who game excessively and practiced these principles in all our affairs. Principle - Service
 

Visit the twelve traditions of On-Line Gamers Anonymous

A note about one of our website design goals

Our website should be easily discovered by those performing related searches. We are using the keywords below, so if you know any additional keywords that are both relevant and appropriate, please e-mail the webmaster or our founder. Thank you.

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