This sucks.

onlooker · 01-11-09, 12:42 AM

Must not suck to bad, your are getting kudos for starting great threads.

Nicky Santoro · 01-11-09, 12:43 AM

panner, i have news for you buddy.. even the winners who make 200k a year gambling are miserable.. panner, this is no life.. we gamblers are not acccepted in society. no one likes a gambler. we are no different than a criminal drug dealer. gamblers are known to be losers in life. when i go to a wedding and a cousin asks me what i do, and i say gambler, they all look at me funny and think i am a degenerate. gamblers in general are anti social, we dont like people, we like to be alone. we dont want to be out. it's an addiction.

so even the successful gamblers are not happy. it's not a life. it's an empty life. we have no ambition. all we care about are games. we're mostly self centered people, bad listeners, we just dont care. no woman wants to be around a gambler. my GF thinks i am selfish and only think of myself because i nver want to do anything and only be in front of pc and never listen to her. it's very sad.

if i can start my life again, i swear i would not gamble and get a good paying job, get married, have 2 kids and be in a happy life filled with love.. i would love to come home and see my son run up to me and say.. daddddddddddddddddddyyyyyyyy, i miss you.. instead of coming home and running to your pc to check lines and see if any new threads came out worth reading.

Panic · 01-11-09, 12:45 AM

Thats even worse, onlooker. Growing up, my family would not be proud of me making good threads on a gambling forum. I dont think yours would either.

diogee · 01-11-09, 12:45 AM

Originally posted by Panic

At what point did my life make a bad turn and I end up posting on a gambling forum? This has to be the worse shit ever. We are all in the same boat. We have no life. I wanna see one poster that says his life is all it can be. Anyone wanna bet? In the 4 years that SBR has been here, there has never been a poster that says..."My life is the best ever, gambling is the be all to end all, there is no better vice," Wont happen.

Gotta be true...I blame my old bookie that I worked with for getting me started into this gambling shit. I probably would have never found this site if I didn't get tired of losing big the first few months with him.

diogee · 01-11-09, 12:47 AM

My brother was asking questions about gambling as well last month and I refused to let him get started. He is bad with money as is and would gamble away his house payment.

Panic · 01-11-09, 12:49 AM

Originally posted by Nicky Santoro

panner, i have news for you buddy.. even the winners who make 200k a year gambling are miserable.. panner, this is no life.. we gamblers are not acccepted in society. no one likes a gambler. we are no different than a criminal drug dealer. gamblers are known to be losers in life. when i go to a wedding and a cousin asks me what i do, and i say gambler, they all look at me funny and think i am a degenerate. gamblers in general are anti social, we dont like people, we like to be alone. we dont want to be out. it's an addiction.

so even the successful gamblers are not happy. it's not a life. it's an empty life. we have no ambition. all we care about are games. we're mostly self centered people, bad listeners, we just dont care. no woman wants to be around a gambler. my GF thinks i am selfish and only think of myself because i nver want to do anything and only be in front of pc and never listen to her. it's very sad.

if i can start my life again, i swear i would not gamble and get a good paying job, get married, have 2 kids and be in a happy life filled with love.. i would love to come home and see my son run up to me and say.. daddddddddddddddddddyyyyyyyy, i miss you.. instead of coming home and running to your pc to check lines and see if any new threads came out worth reading.

Nicky, this might be the best post I have seen. This is what I am saying. To all the youngsters....THIS SHIT SUCKS! Stop while you can. This is the worse vice known to man.

Todd2122 · 01-11-09, 12:51 AM

I have a beautiful 5 month old daughter who always knows when I enter the room. She stares and smiles at me constantly. It is the best feeling ever, yet it still has no affect on my gambling. I accept this will always be with me. I learn to live with it. If I make $30,000 a year, I really make $25,000 a year. If I make $100,000 a year, I really make $90,000. All due to gambling juice/losses, but really, not much I can do about it. I have tried softball, golf, flag football, bowling, rock climbing, stocks, politics, reading, movies. Nothing compares to gambling in terms of interest, excitement, emotional swings etc.

Panic · 01-11-09, 12:53 AM

Originally posted by diogee

My brother was asking questions about gambling as well last month and I refused to let him get started. He is bad with money as is and would gamble away his house payment.

dio, how old are you? 23...maybe 24? You have your entire life in front of you. You are not old like myself, Nicky, JJ,.....all of us burn out gamblers. You still have a chance. Take it. Get out while you can.

SlickFazzer · 01-11-09, 12:54 AM

diogee · 01-11-09, 01:00 AM

Originally posted by Panic

dio, how old are you? 23...maybe 24? You have your entire life in front of you. You are not old like myself, Nicky, JJ,.....all of us burn out gamblers. You still have a chance. Take it. Get out while you can.

24...Was thinking about making an attempt to quit once I get recalled back to work in a couple of months but not sure. I'm addicted to the action. I've always loved sports and numbers so once I started looking in depth at games I got sucked in. I love the action and I love winning...I am as cheap as they come so I'm sure if everything went south for a while I could walk away. Trying to break my habit of scoreboard watching as we speak...seems like half the battle.

Panic · 01-11-09, 01:03 AM

Originally posted by diogee

24...Was thinking about making an attempt to quit once I get recalled back to work in a couple of months but not sure. I'm addicted to the action. I've always loved sports and numbers so once I started looking in depth at games I got sucked in. I love the action and I love winning...I am as cheap as they come so I'm sure if everything went south for a while I could walk away. Trying to break my habit of scoreboard watching as we speak...seems like half the battle.

See, i hit it on the mark. 24. Dio, trust me. Get the hell ot of this shit. It will wreck your life. Look at guys like JJ, Nicky, myself. We are sitting on a gambling forum at the age of 40. Our life has taken the worse possible turn there is. No lie. Dont end up like us. Life is to short.

flyingillini · 01-11-09, 01:04 AM

Listen to Panic!

tullamore · 01-11-09, 01:05 AM

Originally posted by Panic

At what point did my life make a bad turn and I end up posting on a gambling forum? This has to be the worse shit ever. We are all in the same boat. We have no life. I wanna see one poster that says his life is all it can be. Anyone wanna bet? In the 4 years that SBR has been here, there has never been a poster that says..."My life is the best ever, gambling is the be all to end all, there is no better vice," Wont happen.

Well said.

onlooker · 01-11-09, 01:05 AM

I am 31, should I stop too? Or am I in between and should just keep going?

I bet, post my plays, then do what I need to do through out the day. Check scores in the evening and catch the late games on tv if they are on.

Tsoprano · 01-11-09, 01:07 AM

I love gambling.

icsky3 · 01-11-09, 01:07 AM

Hm. Willpower?? I've done this for 4 years now (i know that's not a LONG time to most) but i never gamble more than what i can afford each week from each paycheck. I still get the rush and the excitment and if im up then it's that much better. Can't be mad over money your willing to lose.......money managment.. don't do it for a "living" more as a "hobby" it's easy if you ask me... =) You lose some money on carolina tonight?? lol.

Panic · 01-11-09, 01:08 AM

Originally posted by onlòóker

I am 31, should I stop too? Or am I in between and should just keep going?

I bet, post my plays, then do what I need to do through out the day. Check scores in the evening and catch the late games on tv if they are on.

Your over 30. Tell me you are happy with your life, onlooker. I bet you cant do it with a straight face.

RogueScholar · 01-11-09, 01:08 AM

Hey Nicky, is it the double whammy if you're a daily gambler and a criminal drug dealer?

tullamore · 01-11-09, 01:09 AM

Panic, I was thinking earlier today about this crap. I sit around all day watching games, looking at lines. I would better off buying an 8 ball and going out with my friends and being social, instead of pissing away my money away because some smuck cant hit a FT.

bigboydan · 01-11-09, 01:11 AM

Originally posted by diogee

24...Was thinking about making an attempt to quit once I get recalled back to work in a couple of months but not sure. I'm addicted to the action. I've always loved sports and numbers so once I started looking in depth at games I got sucked in. I love the action and I love winning...I am as cheap as they come so I'm sure if everything went south for a while I could walk away. Trying to break my habit of scoreboard watching as we speak...seems like half the battle.

I found the perfect new hobby for you Diogee.

diogee · 01-11-09, 01:11 AM

Originally posted by Panic

See, i hit it on the mark. 24. Dio, trust me. Get the hell ot of this shit. It will wreck your life. Look at guys like JJ, Nicky, myself. We are sitting on a gambling forum at the age of 40. Our life has taken the worse possible turn there is. No lie. Dont end up like us. Life is to short.

I know that I won't be able to do that if gambling this winter doesn't go sour. I still have a decent paying job and just put in my plays and don't worry about it when work is halfway busy. I worked a lot, gambled a bit, and had a ton of fun this summer. Work hits a wall once winter rolls around and in WY there isn't a whole lot of better things to do than gamble and go snowboarding every now and then.

Panic · 01-11-09, 01:11 AM

Originally posted by tullamore

Panic, I was thinking earlier today about this crap. I sit around all day watching games, looking at lines. I would better off buying an 8 ball and going out with my friends and being social, instead of pissing away my money away because some smuck cant hit a FT.

There it is, tull. Look how sick we are. When we get to a point that doing an 8 ball and hanging out with friends is way better than what we are doing now....then you know things are bad.

diogee · 01-11-09, 01:14 AM

Originally posted by bigboydan

I found the perfect new hobby for you Diogee.

Nicky Santoro · 01-11-09, 01:17 AM

rogie, you're an all rounder. you're blessed.

boys, the problem is that us gamblers are wasting our lives.. there's a beautiful world out there and we are wasting it by staying home and rotting by watching games from 1 pm till 2 am.. 13 hrs, we stay home and just gamble, post, gamble, post.. gamble post.. stare at a screen, stare at a screen, gamble, post.. etc..

this is not healthy. like i said, life is great and the world is great and we are wasting it.. we could be out there socializing with people, meeting new people, working and getting to know people, going out to eat in some places and maybe meet new people, travel.. life is great and we are all not seeing it and my advice to you all kids, life goes by very very fast and you're all wasting it. i've missed out on life alot.. i can't believe how life goes by so fast and i feel like i am still 20 cause i have missed out on alot on acct of gambling.

my whole life has been gambling and nothing but.. was a bookie for the whole 90's and a gambler from 2000 and up. very sad.. i wish i can start over again and get the full life back again.

don't waste your lives boys. get out and go enjoy life.. cause it goes by very very fast.

Panic · 01-11-09, 01:21 AM

Nicky is right on with his post. I would give everything I have to be 24 again.

dio, do you hear what I am saying? You may be losing but you have your whole life ahead of you. If i could I would buy it fom you.(with the very simple condition that I never gamble again). dio, you have life by the balls. Quit fvcking around with gambling.

icsky3 · 01-11-09, 01:23 AM

Sad sad sad.

tullamore · 01-11-09, 01:23 AM

The worst part about this thread is most will read this and go Nicky is right I could do other things, but then we all be back here tomorrow posting, watching lines, and being hermits in our homes.

Panic · 01-11-09, 01:25 AM

Originally posted by tullamore

The worst part about this thread is most will read this and go Nicky is right I could do other things, but then we all be back here tomorrow posting, watching lines, and being hermits in our homes.

This Sucks.

diogee · 01-11-09, 01:33 AM

Originally posted by Panic

Nicky is right on with his post. I would give everything I have to be 24 again.

dio, do you hear what I am saying? You may be losing but you have your whole life ahead of you. If i could I would buy it fom you.(with the very simple condition that I never gamble again). dio, you have life by the balls. Quit fvcking around with gambling.

I know Panic but truth is if I had a choice between working and gambling I would take gambling in a heartbeat. I don't like how it consumes my life but that is something to work on. If I could just look over the games, put in my bets, and be done with it until late evening it would be great.

Todd2122 · 01-11-09, 01:43 AM

No one here has kids, do they? Probably good as the degenerate gamble gene may eventually fade away....

tullamore · 01-11-09, 01:44 AM

Originally posted by Todd2122

No one here has kids, do they? Probably good as the degenerate gamble gene may eventually fade away....

Not that I know of

Panic · 01-11-09, 01:46 AM

I think 50% of the posters here have kids.

flyingillini · 01-11-09, 01:52 AM

No kids here and never gonna have em.

RogueScholar · 01-11-09, 01:52 AM

Pavy claims to have kids, but I'm convinced he has neither kids or a wife. Too many holes in that story.