Stopping poker, and withdrawal

[ClaytonN]

Hey everyone.

Just a quick overview: I'm 18, going to college in a month. Started playing poker a year or so ago, got hooked. I have a very addictive personality, be it sports, games, or video games, etc.

With college a month away, my lifestyle is about to radically change, and I really need to focus on my education and my social life, since I'll be meeting so many new people.

So, I'm dumping poker for at least the first semester, maybe more. It will be tough, but I'm going to do it.

Unfortunately, my addictive personality is going to clash with getting rid of poker. Almost a "withdrawal" sort of thing.

Poker has been good to me, going into the summer I had less than $1k to my name and now I'll have more than $2k, more than enough for Freshman year at college. But, I really need to find a new hobby or something, because a) I don't want to get back into poker and have it screw with other things in my life first semester, and b) I could use a new hobby, bad.

So, I think what I'm going to do is go to the gym everyday and start running a lot, working on my benchpress and my jump shot. Maybe that will work, who knows.

Anyone have any comments or suggestions?