stop gambling

Yea, u guys remind me of my bad times I am a sick gambler too. I have lost so much in my life that hopefully I have learned this time not to go in the hole. I am still gambling on sports even though I know i shouldnt be. I am only one bad streak of screwing myself over again, but I can not do this got to stay strong.

it started with all that ESPN World series of poker BULLSHIT..

i hate poker. i hate gambling.

gambling is an illness.. and it sucks cuz when we (compulsive gamblers, gambling addicts) go to a friend’s house or turn on the TV we see Poker on TV or friends playing cards for some money and having a great time. and then they ask you to play.. we are surrounded by it and every little thing is like teasing us to think back on when we’ve won before thru gambling and the thrills.

fuck gambling.

i am 20 and i was addicted to hell with internet poker when i was in high school. i am thankful to hell that ive gone thru this addiction and awareness of my problem at a very young age, when the amounts of money i was losing was small and i had no real responsibilities yet, like family or bills.
my addiction DID however manage to alienate myself from my family to a large extent that i can now feel pretty well.
once again, fuck gambling. it is horrible.

fuck the poker “professionals” like daniel negranu or however the fuck you spell that guy’s name. those guys and state-taxed casinos and revenues are the reason we’ll never, and i do mean NEVER, get gambling to be illegal, even tho it CLEARLY, oh so clearly, should be made illegal for OBVIOUS reasons:

it DESTROYS people. once an addict, always an addict. just like any other addiction to drugs, alcohol, etc, once uve fallen ur NEVER the same. yes, you CAN stop; however, you are ALWAYS going to be a RECOVERING gamble-holic. legislators and politicians are completely clueless when it comes to gambling problems in our society. they ban cocaine and meth and all that shit becuz its “addicting” and “ruins lives”. jeez, sounds alot like something ive been talking about.. GAMBLING

$money.. money drives the world and its vices.. cocaine costs pennies to make from coca leaves.. and one full bag of that shit will go for $100,000..$

the real reason though, why gambling addicts cannot stop gambling is because.. well, there are alot of factors..

gambling “problems” are HEAVILY, HEAVILY frowned upon. and thats exactly how ppl see gambling addicts.. they have a ‘problem’. its THEIR fault. what is wrong with them? how could u possibly spend money that u need to pay bills and support ur family? YOU are the most degenerate thing to be called a human. you are PATHETIC.

thus, gamblers keep their addiction a secret. its .. so. so. so. embarrassing.. it really is.

so think about it. you are gambling nonstop. and u CANT stop. plus, uve alienated ur wife and kids away from u. ur also going into debt now. uve tried to speak about it a couple times, but ppl shoot u down and call u an idiot. so, u continue to keep it a secret. and one day uve used up all ur loans and money and its game over. you are fucked. have a great life being known among ur family and friends as pathetic.

i once opened up to one of my best friends and told him “i think i might have a gambling problem. i feel like im getting addicted”
his response of course was “dude.. just dont play as much”
i of course had unlimited access to play thru internet. but the point is: his response was so.. cavalier.. as if my “problem”, one that i was embarrassed about and took huge amount of my courage to reveal to him, and i was obviously asking for his support, and yet he dismissed me as if i were just plain stupid and that gambling can be stopped just like THAT.

Gambling is .. an… ADDICTION. addiction in EVERY sense of the word.

since then i have told a couple of my best friends of my gambling issues and that i REALLY really want to STOP. FOREVER. yet, they still ask me and successfully convince me to go to the casino with them. its not their fault. it really is just that they are not informed about the problems of gambling and how deep it really is.. just as the rest of the world.

The only people that know how much of a problem gambling really is are gambling addicts and their families. okay and also “specialists” and whatnot. but thats it. no one else. every other person just sees it as the gambler making poor moral decisions.

the day i hit a year without gambling, and i have absolutely NO urge to gamble, and i pass by a casino and i can play ONE hand of blackjack for 2 dollars, and i just got my paycheck for 200,000 becuz somehow i landed some great CEO job, and i say “No, its okay. i dont gamble”.. THAT will be the day… i tell you, i will never have been prouder of myself.

i have gone 17 days without gambling.. i dont have an intense urge to go back. as i already explained my addiction was 2-3 years ago. and i yell at myself everytime i think about gambling. but still, i do have urges. the thought of gambling comes to my mind.. probably at LEAST once a day. i am so so happy that they passed that law banning many major internet gambling sites in the US.. God Bless America..

17 days. thats it. and the true test isnt even close to here yet. im on summer break right now. when i go back to college for the Fall.. ill be getting many many calls from friends wanting to play poker and gamble and shit and hit up the casino.

the other day my ex-roommate asked me to go to the casino. and you know what? i almost said yes. i had to thnik long and hard and eventually i was like “are you stupid? (to myself).

Well anyways, enough on that.
if you have gambling issues maybe we can create some sort of internet support group to help us through it together.
if you dont have gambling issues then thanks for reading and i hope you spread my words and also smack anyone that doesnt take gambling problems seriously.

sincerely yours

I have blew way too much money!!!!! I need to not even go to the casinos. There is just one game I play and think I am going to win my losses back. I am done. I could have so much money if I would just save it. Any advice??? How to quit this addiction. I have a problem

I’ve been a gambler since I was 16. I cannot seem to stop. I have a wife who is currently trying to divorce me and we have a beautiful 4 year old girl. I am losing both of these amazing people because I cant stop betting on many different things. I have large credit card debts and I’ve defaulted on loans from various companies. I’ve tried to end it all twice in the past three years but ultimately I know I’m just crying out for help when I do this. I write this entry no more than 30 minutes after I have just lost another £100 on online roulette. My withdrawal limit on my card is £100 a day but for the last 5 days thats what i’ve spent. I have now taken a day off work just to do that very thing and within 20 minutes of going online I have lost the money again. I currently dont live with my wife and I’m staying with my dad. He has never been very supportive and i cant blame him really. I’m 26 and always have to go to him with muy begging bowl to borrow money and pay debts off. He has just lent me £700 to pay off a credit card and yet less than 5 days later I have already reached my limit again. I feel lost and physically sick. I want to take an overdose but I cannot leave my daughter as she is such a daddys girl and it is not her fault I’m like this so why should she suffer. My wife and I have always had a torrid relationship with arguing etc but this is because se has been more like a mother to me, paying my way and looking after me. I lost my mother when I was 13, she was very depressed with work and her relationship with my father and quickly became an alcoholic. She died just 6 months after hitting the drink because of liver failure. I was a complete mummies boy and I miss her terribly. I have never really bee emotionally involved with my dad and I’m scared that he will disown me after this latest gambling stint. I want to stop so bad yet I never seem to be able to. When I have no money I dont crave gambling or miss it at all, in fact
I have my happiest times when I have no money, its crazy!!! I need to stop and want to stop so why cant I stop. I cannot walk past a bookies without going in if I have money. I have self excluded myself from the local bookies but just find myself either online or biking miles to the next available one. I just want to be out of debt so I can start to build a future for my daughter and hopefully with my wife. I need to talk to people and i have to accomplish this. It has affected my social life for years now as either I’ll have no money or I’ll be craving to spend it when I have money. I must beat this, I have to, I cannot go on like this anymore and I want a better life. My head hurts with all the worry of debt. I must be a man, stand on my own feet and somehow become mentally strong and say no more. This is day one and I feel scared and weak, I just want my family back, I miss them so much.

IM A GAMBLER AN I WANT TO STOP NOW

I have been playing the fruit machines for some time, i do not lose large amounts of money. I do not want to play them anymore. i cant stop and i am losing all the spare money i have. Help please this is doing my head in.

I quit for a while then the cheltenham festival (biggest horse racing event of the year in the uk) came and on thursday i stopped in to the bookie after work. i picked two of the last three races and was up about 150.00. then i went and played poker and lost it all and then the next day I played the horses again and i didn’t pick a single winner and i lost about 70. i am so mad at myself because now I have about 50.00 to last me the next two weeks and if if would have just quit while i was ahead or never even went to the bookie i would have 200.00. and the whole reason i am always living paycheck to paycheck is I cant quit but i am really serious about it now. i am praying to god to help me overcome it.
i just saw this quote on here
“You can’t dig a hole in a new place by digging the same hole deeper.”
- Edward de Bono

very true.

I dont even know where to begin. I have lost so much money. I am so humiliated and embarrased. I cant tell anyone. My husband will leave me if he finds out but I am hurting and lying to so many people. I dont know how to stop!!!

I have been a regular gambler for the last 6 years. This is a progressive addiction that eventually will lead to financial ruin or worse. A little personal antidote, at 21 years of age I gambled for the time. I remember the rush I felt the first night, I got lucky. That first evening I made well over $800, I was in heaven. I could make money and all I had to do was push the button, watch the machine spin and collect. Wow, this was too good to be true. I felt like I was robbing the place. This streak of good luck carried for well over a year. Than one day my luck truly ran out, I lost 2 grand in one sitting. I needed this money back so I got a cash advance off a credit card. Took 4 grand to the table and in a series of successive bets continuing for more than an hour I had made my money back. This was the worst thing that could have happened to me. I wish I had lost that money, I would have learned. Fast forward, as time has gone on I gambled to celebrate wins, mourn gambling losses, when I am depressed, when I am happy, if I am broke I gamble to make money, if I have money I gamble for fun. We all know how this story ends, I am about to lose my wife, daughter, and friends. I have amassed credit card debts well an excess of $40,000. The banks will be suing me soon. I am having trouble getting a job because of my credit report and can barley afford the essentials of life. The only bright spot in my life is my decision to quit and quit for good. I have contacted the appropriate agencies and have started a program. If your reading this and contemplating quitting, quit before it gets worse. A day and a time will come when stopping will seem impossible. Please know that I will be ok, I hope that someone will read this and know they need to stop. Please, if you match any of the criteria for gamblers anonymous you have a problem and need to be treated. If you think you might be a problem gambler, you are. Good luck to all, I pray that each of you can break away from this habit before it ruins you.

Lately i’ve been doing some sports betting online. They also have poker and a casino on the site. Every weekend with the football season I’ve been putting 20-50$ online through my bank account. I’ll put on 20 bucks and just try and make alittle playing blackjack…just try and win 10-20 bucks. If i do that, i’ll either win more or keep playing and lose it all.

I really enjoy betting on sports because most of my friends do it and it makes me feel really cool and it gives us something to talk about when we do well. I’ll deposit again mostly on sundays to place me bets for that day. For the most part, i can win my bets and usually double up what i had deposited. But then later that night or the following day(s). I’ll play blackjack and lose it all.

It’s not that I’m wagering my life savings, but it just frustrates me that I can win, but then lose those winnings playing blackjack. I just wish that I could quit cold turkey for a few months. Hopefully I can save up more money to pay off some college loans to my parents and start looking for a place to live on my own. Please give me some feedback, I need someone to help me!