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?
Maybe wait for 21. November for the autumn sale? Maybe they discount it too.
I got mine used locally. But you could also look at the refurbished at steam shop and use your steam wallet. If you have a lot of steam trading cards you can also sell them on the market before that’s what I did to get the Docking station cheaper.
Congrats on 4months! I wasn’t an alcoholic but I stopped drinking alcohol in 2011 because i always blacked out and did crazy stuff. One time it was just enough because it was connected to my spouse. So I stopped totally. One reason for me was I want to be in full control of my doings and senses.
Steam sale is just 9 days to wait. Also if you want to get games you can try Steamgifts website. I use this since 8 years. You can also pm me if you want steam friends or just tipps about the stuff I wrote. (Same nickname on steam)
Best wishes from Austria!