Thank you for the feedback!

I cannot agree with you more about helping parents deal with something like this.
If I'm honest, I wish my Mother would have done more to keep me away from video games, but I can't blame her, at the time there was very little information out there about video game addiction and there still isn't much.

It's scary to see what the world is coming too.
Everywhere you go, people are on their phones playing games or texting and just so engulfed in this virtual world that isnt real!

And to answer your question, some of the friendships I managed to keep, because they are amazing people and forgave me for the time spent away from them.
But, some others I wasn't able to, and I if I'm being honest, I really regret that.
Our friends and family are more important than anything you could possibly have or want. I still struggle to live by that statement, but I'm working on it.

Thank you for the support man!