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?
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Congrats on the changes and enjoy gaming!
You already got your answers about the steam deck but just wanted to tell you I’m about your age and over a year sober and it’s fucking awesome. Keep it up and check out /r/stopdrinking, it’s a dope place. Congrats on 4 months!
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!
❤️ congrats on the change 😜 decks are fun since you can carry them anywhere and play your fav games hope you have fun. i have 2tb ssd on my deck
- Yes you can use your wallet and debit card for the transaction. Think of it as your buying a game on Steam, they let you use funds and a card to add more to complete the transaction.
- Extra storage doesn’t hurt, but I think some people either add storage through a micro sd or add more storage manually by taking apart their deck and putting it in. Wouldn’t recommend taking apart your deck unless you know what you’re doing. It’s completely your call for storage
Perfect timing! I’d definitely recommend getting a 256 gb deck, especially the 400 dollar OLED. It has a better battery, and the hard drive space is worth the headache, trust me.
Nice work. I’m attempting to not drink as well. Currently I’m at the stage where I’m just laying here on my nights off because I don’t know what to do with myself.
Depending on your location, I actually happen to have a brand new, never opened 512 model.
I just wanna say congrats on getting sober that’s a huge achievement! In regards to your questions. Yes you can use steam credit in your wallet to pay for a deck and also they just released an oled deck and made the lcd 256 gb deck $400 now so I would grab that instead!
Recovering alcoholic here and want to say you are awesome and amazing! Keep up the great work and soon you will be rocking a new Deck!!
Tomorrow is always brighter then the day before!
That is amazing and congrats!! PM me your steam name, I have 2 steam gift card codes I can send your way.
Unlike Ras Al Goul the Deck will love you back
If you have any csgo/cs2 cases/skins you could put them up on the community market for a bit of extra dollar
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!
Congrats dude!
Hey!
Congrats on everything!! You will love the deck and I’m super happy to see this path for you!
I actually have no idea how to make a steam gift card without adding you as a friend so do you have PayPal so I can send some to help out?
Sorry, no Venmo in the UK
Awe thank you! Do stores have Steam giftcards there? Because I do know that EU Steamcards work in the US. I used to do a site that I did surveys on and could get steam cards from. It sucked but I got like $20 out of it after 45 days or so. But it paid on EU steam cards.
It was actually nice though because I’d get a $10 EU Steam card but when I redeemed it was give me like $11.50 USD.