Hidden Reason Why You Gamble??

[jjgold]

For many we are hiding from something or doing it to replace something we are missing. I am really doing it because I am lonely and this soothes the hurt. I hate to admit it but that is the reason and I think many of you will not have the balls like me and admit your doing it for other reasons that ust for action, fun and to win money .

[SlickFazzer]

You could argue that many of JJ's videos are made up "make believe", if you will, but there is a common theme that continues to present itself, that cannot be ignored.

He is at a point in his life where he is ready to settle down with a nice girl, and give up some of this gambling. The stress and day-to-day grind is no longer worth it for him.

JJ, hang in there. She will present herself when you least expect it.

[Nicky Santoro]

jj, people in general gamble because it's a way to avoid reality and everyday life.. it's like coke addicts. they get high so they can be in their own world and not have to face everyday problems. same with the gambler..we stay home and gamble so we dont have to face this shitty world and face people, and by gambling, it means we can be home and live in our own fantasy world..

there is no difference between an alcoholic who drinks everyday to get drunk or a gambler. we both are only trying to forget our sorrows and displeasure of society and everyday life.

this is very true..

look at richie, you think he really enjoys crack, or boozing it up or gambling..i bet you richie is hurt deep inside from his past or maybe his past marriage and by him getting drunk everyday, gambling and smoking, it only weakens the pain, just like gambling does to us.

we hate this world and hate life, so we gamble.. JJ, i will bet -670 that if you fell deeply in love with a woman, you wouldn't even care about gambling as much.. you'd still do it, but you wouldn't care too much because you'd be happy.. and you might even quit, who knows?

[SlickFazzer]

For me i am in a relationship that is not wife material. Its fukked.

[SlickFazzer]

jj, people in general gamble because it's a way to avoid reality and everyday life.. it's like coke addicts. they get high so they can be in their own world and not have to face everyday problems. same with the gambler..we stay home and gamble so we dont have to face this shitty world and face people, and by gambling, it means we can be home and live in our own fantasy world..

there is no difference between an alcoholic who drinks everyday to get drunk or a gambler. we both are only trying to forget our sorrows and displeasure of society and everyday life.

this is very true..

look at richie, you think he really enjoys crack, or boozing it up or gambling..i bet you richie is hurt deep inside from his past or maybe his past marriage and by him getting drunk everyday, gambling and smoking, it only weakens the pain, just like gambling does to us.

we hate this world and hate life, so we gamble.. JJ, i will bet -670 that if you fell deeply in love with a woman, you wouldn't even care about gambling as much.. you'd still do it, but you wouldn't care too much because you'd be happy.. and you might even quit, who knows?

Nicky do you have a PhD in Psychology you haven't told us about?

[wtf]

i just love the feeling when i win

chasing that feeling, no other reason

[Kingctb27]

I need the excitement.

[Salcas]

I get a rush off the cake

[Nicky Santoro]

Nicky do you have a PhD in Psychology you haven't told us about?

yes




alright, i dont.. but i've heard this many times and it's common sense. also, we gamblers have nothing to do at night.. what else you want us to do, watch re runs on tv land, or nick at nite.. or boring shows like the biggest loser or some reality show? sports makes the night go by faster cause there's nothing to do at night, so watching sports and gambling on it makes the night go by quicker and adds excitement to our lives by making us live on the edge and get that high..

[jjgold]

My high is winding down tonight and now getting depressed and thinking about everything. Nicky do you think I like going to bed alone for the 13 consecutive year??

I want to cuddle at night instead of talking to 355 pound degenerates on the internet.

I will have a video tomorrow

[Salcas]

I'm thinking about quitting boys..I'm only 18 and all I do now is gamble..I have little social life anymore

[fiveteamer]

LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLZ

JJ wants to cuddle.

[SlickFazzer]

JJ wants to cuddle and make love, not pay for dirty sex anymore.

[BeatTheJerk]

Look let me be frank here guys. I started gambling with real money when I was 19 years old and what was the cause of me starting to gamble was working for sportsline.com doing the live scoring for them, so basically I was traped in a social gambling environment. There was a Local there within the company I started to lay bets with this scumbag prick which I ended up finding out he had little or no pockets, but to make a long story short because I don't wanna give you a longwinded reason here. I love the action and I love the risk factor because money won is that much sweeter than money earned quote me !

[Nicky Santoro]

I love the risk part because money won is that much sweeter than money earned quote me !

very true, but it doesn't always work that way.. what about when you lose 2400 in one weekend.. how shit do you feel now when you know you have to work a long time just to recuperate that 2400.. and you have a family to boot, too and you feel like shit now and feel guilty for gambling and you have a family.

it's sweet when it's won, but hurts as hell when you lose.. especially if you could have used that money to good use.

gambling is a major disease.. it's a great way to have no social life.. gamblers have terrible social skills. they have a hard time communicating with everyday people. they are selfish, inconsiderate, bad listeners, egotistical, and make bad boyfriends. we have shit listening skills cause we just dont care about anything but our gambling..

women in general dont like us.. very hard for them to really fall in love with us if we are controlled by our gambling.. which is 96% of us here.

[BeatTheJerk]

Your right Nick ................. your 100 % completely right I can't disagree with anything you said. I have a disease and we all do, The only time we feel like we don't have a problem is when we are winning and for most of us this is not a reality.

[RealSlimShady]

My high is winding down tonight and now getting depressed and thinking about everything. Nicky do you think I like going to bed alone for the 13 consecutive year??

I want to cuddle at night instead of talking to 355 pound degenerates on the internet.

I will have a video tomorrow

I think JJ will have a meltdown and cry like a baby in the video tomorrow.....just like the one he made months ago when he couldnt take the teasing from the girls anymore.

[Chi_archie]

I've been trying to self-analyze myself with this question for the past 6 weeks.

I do have a Masters Degree in Counseling, and space/time prevent me from going into some of more deeper stuff here.

But beyond the Action, Distraction, Avoidance of crappy things in life that nicky mentioned, the rush, desire for money ect..

for me is a deep down desire to beat the odds, in a cliche and gambling sense.

So everytime that Nicky makes one of his posts about not being able to beat the books ect, how over time 99.4% of people are gonna lose money ect.

I nod my head in agreement and say "Amen Brotha".... and say I won't fall into that trap, I'll keep playing for fun, for recreation, for entertainment.

but deep down inside I whisper to myself.... "but not me, I'll be one of the big shots that figures it out"

Its a search for significance in some sense... I'm 31 I've been successful in sports through-out my life... But i'm now at a place where i'm seeing my skills diminish. I can't keep up with the HS/college kids at the park anymore... heck a 15 year old i've been playing with for 4 years beat me for the first time 2 months ago.

I'm trying to regain some of my past glory on the field...but pretending I can figure out what will happen with others on the field before it happens.


The self-medicating piece is there too... I have pain, from living where I live the past 4 years that I soothe by escaping into sports/gambling as well.

tomorrow I'll talk about the pros and cons of this forum and how it has become our "community", which while is can be as welcoming and accepting as a 12 step group in some ways.... really serves to mire us deeper into our addictions and further from facing reality, a bunch of enablers we are...proud of our degeneracy. Half the posts on here aren't about sports, we come here for social interaction, comfort, and to be with fellow addicts.

[pico]

my first bet was GW win 2004. it started off as easy way to win money, but then i got into sportsbetting. this is bad because there are so many games on everyday. if you just stick to current events, then it is pretty much guranteed money, but tradesports has so many sports contracts listed. can';t help myself betting those mlb games. got trapped ever since.

with neteller, it was so easy to transfer money to pinnacle, so i am getting all these nice odds on every single possible thing you can imagine. it is pretty easy to overbet with pinnacle because they got everything.

i like gambling though. it really keep my mind sharp. now i am much better at making quick informative decisions. this applies to everyday life. i no longer panic under crisis, but rather calmly looking for the best estimated solution by going over facts and situation one by one. it seems like gambling really train your mind to be better at solving problems under stress.

gambling also change the way you see the world. you no longer see everything as yes/no, but in probabilities.

[thadchr]

Look let me be frank here guys. I started gambling with real money when I was 19 years old and what was the cause of me starting to gamble was working for sportsline.com doing the live scoring for them, so basically I was traped in a social gambling environment. There was a Local there within the company I started to lay bets with this scumbag prick which I ended up finding out he had little or no pockets, but to make a long story short because I don't wanna give you a longwinded reason here. I love the action and I love the risk factor because money won is that much sweeter than money earned quote me !

Kinda off topic, but how did you get a job with Sportsline? I've always kinda wanted to do that...

[reno cool]

You're all right in your own way. People are complicated. Why oversimplify?

Another theory that I find interesting is that people gamble to create a disaster for themselves and live through it.

Yet another idea is a great winning gambler is highly skilled, pretty unique and a true superstar. Now, how many jobs can make one a superstar?

[Bullajami]

Je pense, donc je suis.

[jjgold]

The only positive of gambling is it does keep your mind sharp

I will never forget what gambling did to Sick Gambler sooooooo sad

[Fiasco]

It's a challenge and obviously anyone who strives to to be successful won't back down from a challenge...

There's also a money aspect involved but lets face it, most people get in it for the money and then fall in love (or addiction) to the idea and would play without money...

[CaneDawg]

hobby

life is what u make of it

[Gemoka]

I will be honest and say gambling has ****ed up the best thing I had ever had in my life. the most amazing gilr you can imagine, hot sweet, kind, great in bed and I ****ed it up cos of gambling
Its been 3 years since she left and no one else has come close so it makes no odds to me, I`m gladly on the road to ruin I couldnt give a ****. It serves me right. I have nothing.

Plus like the OP says you can escape.

[pico]

jj is right for the most part. gambling is not a good thing. otherwise why would books pay you bonus.

[RageWizard]

For me I have an addictive trait that I can't shake. I drink too much, smoke too much ganja, and when it comes to gambling, I got hooked early when I was 17. I was total in awe of the fact that all you got to do is pick who is going to win and you can almost double your money. Then I discovered the stock market, which is like the same thing as gambling, except for some reason they call it investing. Right now I am totally kicking ass in the stock market after years of developing a method to handicap that sport. Eventually I will develop a method that is just as effective for the NFL. So I guess the real reason that I gamble on sports, is the challenge of picking correctly. The money that I have on a game is secondary thanks to a real paying job.

[Chi_archie]

gambling is a risk, a danger, playing with fire...... men want to test themselves and put their balls/wallet on the line.... We wanna see if we can play with that fire stoically and not come out burned...

I was gonna take up snake handling, sword swallowing, fire-eating..... but that all sounded SO gay....

[HAPPY BOY]

Im very good at it and i only do it part time.

[pico]

HB is happy because he does it part time

[HAPPY BOY]

HB is happy because he does it part time

Pico your not kidding. Dude by the time Football ends in february I need a good 5 month lay off to recover from the stress. said it before, I dont know how u guys do it year round.

[BeatTheJerk]

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[fiveteamer]

Because it's fun?

Gives me something to do?

Makes sports more interesting?

No hidden reason here.

[power100]

I enjoy sport so placing money on it adds to that and there is also the challenge of beating something that more than 99% of people fail at in the long term.

Nicky that is an interesting point about losing and it does make you sick to lose. However it can be a positive experience as it makes you look at your mistakes and can make you a better more disciplined handicapper.