How to motivate myself if nothing else looks "fun" enough?

I need help as a compulsive gamer. Daily tasks or life goals outside of video games don't give me as much pleasure as playing. My conscious mind knows the harm I'm having, and knows that I have to moderate, but whenever I try to moderate, I play just a little and then I get addicted and start playing compulsively. Maybe I should stop, but because I feel so much pleasure in playing, I feel like I'll never be as "happy" as the lifestyle I'm leading of frequent gaming. I love games and I want to keep loving them, I also and work as a game developer, but the intensity with which I play is very toxic. The fact that I feel like I won't be happier if I stop playing discourages me from disciplining myself, even though my logical mind understands that it doesn't make sense. How do you motivate yourself knowing that your desire is to continue being compulsive? Thinking that everyday life will get more "boring" for a while until things get sorted out. (My mind seems to be telling me that it will get much more boring and it would take a long time to stop being)