Social and Environmental Factors in Recovery from Problematic Gaming: A Qualitative Study of 30 Narrative Interviews with Adult Men

Despite increasing attention to problematic gaming, its recovery pathways remain underexplored, especially qualitatively and through a social lens. This study examined recovery from problematic gaming through narrative interviews with 30 adult men (ages 18–46) from diverse regions, professional backgrounds, and of different relationship statuses, recruited from the r/stopgaming subreddit. As part of a broader inquiry, participants were asked to share the histories of their gaming habits, with a