Man, I feel you. I used to have sleepless nights and knots in my stomach wondering how I let myself get so out of control after going on ridiculous losing streaks, chasing losses, and digging myself into even deeper holes. As you said, it's amazing when you're dialed in, and you're pulling crazy amounts of cash and you're living like a king. But it's awful when you can't pick a winner to save your life, and it feels like you're freakin cursed and everything you touch is pretty much guaranteed to find a way to lose...no matter how improbable.
I think bad beats have taken years off of all our lives haha. I can't even describe how infuriating/deflating it is when you have a big $$$ bet on the line and you lose it at the very end on some bullshit call by the refs or dumbass clock management by the coaches, or some ridiculous turnover, or hail mary at the end that doesn't even affect the outcome of the game- but it fukks your spread. My heart can't take that shit. And needless to say, I am not a very pleasant person to be around when I lose. I've done some really stupid shit when I've lost in the past, like broken multiple laptops and kicked a hole through my wall
...so not only would I lose 1000s of dollars betting over a weekend, but I'd also cost myself even more money because I'm an emotional toddler who has no self control/anger management.
Obviously, the problem with me is that I just hate losing way too much. I could go 4-1 in a day but that 1 loss would hurt way more than the satisfaction I got from all those wins combined. It's all one big mind fukk and ego-trip. Constantly thinking about how much money you "should" have won each week and not being satisfied with anything less.
And I don't know about you, but I've never been able to bet big on a game and not watch it. And I never felt it was worth it to just bet 10-20 bucks on a game (other than when I first started betting). For me, it's pretty much always been go big or go home. Needless to say, when football season rolls around, my weekends left little time for anything other than sports betting. It's a lot easier to justify it when you're raking in nice amounts of dough and you can treat your girl like a queen, but when you have a losing weekend, your entire perspective changes. It's like dude...not only did my bank account take a beating, but I wasted my whole weekend away, my girl is pissed cause I was more focused on watching football instead of showing her a good time, and now I feel like complete dog shit and I hate everyone haha. In the end, the lows just aren't worth the highs...at least for me.
SBR has actually been instrumental in helping me curb my sports betting addiction because all I have to do is give $100 to charity each year or renew my pro membership for 3k points, and then I get to be a degenerate while putting safeguards on my bank account. And the best part is you're practically guaranteed to make money- unless you're like me and occasionally can't help but give all your points to the
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Don't get me wrong though, it's definitely a tough transition going from betting big $ to betting points in hopes of winning $25-$100 gift cards, but I have comfort in knowing that I will never put myself or my family in a bad situation as a result of sports betting. Anyway, I've already written a damn novel here so I'm just gonna leave you with a few questions that I think would be helpful for you to reflect on...at least they were helpful for me in gaining insights with my gambling.
1) Why do you bet? Is it for leisure. Is it because you want to make some nice side income? Or are you trying to make big time money to where you don't have to work anymore? Of course it can be a combo of these things so I guess here is a different way of putting it.
2) What is your end goal with betting...is there ever a certain amount of money you could attain that would be enough for you not to bet anymore?
3) Do you know anyone who is consistently making money betting on sports (weekly, monthly, annually)?
Just think about these and see what your true motivation is for betting and how realistic you think it is that you can make consistent $$ doing this stuff over the long haul.
Now for some bad advice...but perhaps inspirational given your situation. Even with everything I've said here, sometimes your only shot at getting out of a hole is to bet and try and go on a streak. I can recall several instances where I was barely hanging on by a thread, and it seemed like all hope was lost, but I somehow pulled some miraculous comebacks out of my ass to get out of some pretty dire situations. The most ridiculous comeback I ever made happened a few years back when I was hooked up with a bookie who gave me a 5k weekly limit. I remember being down 4900 after Thursday Night Football and just figured I was fukked, but then I went on a streak for the ages over the weekend. I pretty much just pounded and doubled down on 2nd half bets all day Sat/Sun and won every one of them- which resulted in me turning my last 100 available into 5k so I ended up breaking even for the week. I've never been so happy to win nothing my entire life haha. I was just ridiculously lucky though- never had anything like that happen before.
Most of my big comebacks prior to that involved being down 3-4k and still having 1-2k to work with in order to turn it around. It's a lot different when you play on credit vs. normal sportsbooks where you gotta deposit first. Obviously you can't put money on something that will take food from your kid's mouth and if you owe friends or family, then work it off and pay them back first. It all depends on your situation. But yeah, usually the best option is to cut your losses and walk away. Discipline in this game has never been one of my strong suits.
Sorry for making this such a long response...I think I'll be taking a short vacation from SBR after this post haha. Your situation just brought back a lot of memories of all the craziness, stress, and mind fukkery that used to be a normal part of my daily life. I truly hope you find a way out of this hole though so you can focus on what's most important: enjoying that beautiful wife and baby boy of yours as much as possible. Good luck bud!
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