The first step to recovery is admitting you faults. You can start by telling close friends and family about your crippling Elden Ring addiction, and admit that there's healthier, objectively better games to be addicted to, like DS2.

Quitting may be difficult, but its easier to try to ween it off. Try less and less Elden Ring every day, and replace that time with DS2. You might even find yourself jonesing for DS2 already, or reccomending it to all of your friends.

And finally, once all of that Elden Ring has left your system, you an really sit back and appreciate the world of DS2. For example, the long winded running sections, where you actually get off your ass and do it instead of having a horse do it for you. You can also say hi to the NPCs, my personal favorite is the cat.