Highschool Kid graduating Next

Hi, my name is David.

For the past seven years, since I was in about 10 years old, I have always have an obssessive interest into gaming, whether it be playing games on the phone as a kid or watching minecraft videos for hours and hours. During my primary school years, I had a generally healthy lifestyle of having other interests such as reading, doing sports and playing instruments. However, upon entering highschool and getting access to a phone and laptop. Things started to spiral from then. Having way more freedom and access to the internet as I got older, I became completely, self-absorbed into gaming to the extent that I was thinking about gaming during school and rushing home to play some video games for hours, neglecting my responsibilities as a student to do my homework. and a growing kid to sleep early. However, it didn't just end there. When we forced to stay home due to COVID for an extended period of time, I was at my lowest state. I had became a complete shut-in and a cavemen, I stayed in my room almost everyday without ever going outside to the point that my bones felts weak from the lack of vitamin D. Everyday was an endless cycle of waking up and calling my friends to play more games until I slept again and woke up at the most random times, that I was pretty sure I was nocturnal at that point. During, this I time, I had neglected prettty much all my school work, I had fallen  so behind in nearly all my subjects that it felt impossible to catch up and then I fell into temptation to being able to cheat for my exams. and so I did. The following year, my gaming addiction had continued and so did all the negative habits that manifested from my obseession with gaming. The year was no different from the previous year, I was still struggling during school and I still neglected my studies, that I cheated again but this time, I was caught. Until now, nothing has really changed, but I'm afraid that I'm going to lose some of my best friends due to my gaming obsession and I want to fix my relationship with my parents and really show that I am able to change myself and living the life I want.