Alcoholic here. Was drinking everyday since I was a teen (around 16) for almost ten years. Went down a really dark path of almost being homeless, and having to sell my PC to drink and pay rent.

Thankfully nearly all my games were purchased thru Steam and couldn’t be sold or I probably would have lost them too. And my saves are hopefully still out there in the cloud somewhere.

Anyways after almost killing myself, I started to get help and started attending AA though, I was still drinking and fucking up. Then I met another chick who happened to bring her Steamdeck one day and I was amazed. I had heard of it before but seeing it and playing with it in person was something else.

That night I did a lot of research, and being able to access my library again – and saves, I had to have one. I eventually wanted to get a PC again but this seemed like a much more obtainable goal – and was absolutely worth the price. I then set a goal to stop drinking completely, and put every dime I saved from not buying alcohol into a separate savings. This was the first real goal I set in a long time. And I haven’t had a single drink since setting that goal. I know it isn’t much but I am proud of it, and I’m going to more meetings than ever. Being over 4 months sober is the best I’ve felt in a long time.

So now, I am just $50 shy from the cheapest model and had a couple questions.

(1) Can I use my wallet funds with a debt card to purchase it? I have about $20 in my Steam wallet.

(2) I’ve made it this long…and I’M DYING to play Rimworld and my old Stardew farm again… but should I just save a bit longer for a bigger storage model? I was set on the 64GB because I play mostly smaller size games. But I don’t want to regret that later. But I miss my games :( is the 64GB really that bad?

  • Taido_Inukai@alien.topB
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    10 months ago

    Wish I had extra cash to send you.

    Keep going! The deck is awesome and playing it is a much more productive use of your time than getting drunk.

    Imagine what other goals you could accomplish? Have fun and enjoy dreaming again!

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      10 months ago

      Me too, and that you were Bill Gates so I could get that OLED real quick lol. Kidding.

      Yes I agree! I’ll need to set a higher goal as soon as I get it, but just having to occupy my time will help too.