I can't quit gambling

[djeffectz]

have anyone gambled for years but can't stop doing it?


I know gambling is bad, it ruin my relationship with my girlfriends, I've been gambling since I was 21, I'm 28 now, I do good during football season, but once the football season ends, I look for something else to bet on, like NBA, MLB, and sometimes the AFL, even dough I know nothing about it..

I tell myself to stop, but I end up betting anyway, I might just call my bank and tell them to block my debit and credit card, but I figure it might be stupid cause gambling is illegal online....

What's the best cure for my gambling addiction?

[donjuan]

Develop a meth habit.

[The HG]

Sorry to hear that. Go to Gamblers Anonymous. Sports gambling should be either a form of entertainment or a form of investment.

[pico]

sad, but i feel the same way. try to stop for a week...play lotto if you get the jitters.

[diogee]

I wanted to stop after football as well but decided to try learning basketball and play it small. I hope that you can rid yourself of the addiction.

[pico]

i think the best way to fight addiction is with a different addiction. when i was hooked on weed, i started drinking. when i got hooked on alcohol, i started doing coke. when i got hooked on coke, i start doing meth. when i got hooked on meth, i start doing speedball. when i got hooked on speedball, i started gambling.

[donjuan]

I would think getting "hooked" on weed might be a little different than coke or meth, in particular.

[purecarnagge]

double up on the lakers

[SBR Lou]

Accept yourself for who you are. If you're unwilling to conform to societal standards or be less of a gambling fiend and it's costing you relationships, so be it. Decide for yourself what's important to you, if it's the addiction, so be it. So long as you're not sleeping in a cardboard box because of it then you don't have to answer to anyone.

[rake922]

http://www.gamblersanonymous.org/qna.html

[buztah]

You're just a lowlife phucking degenerate like the rest of us. Enjoy it and have fun because some day we are all going to end up phucking buried in the ground with worms gnawing out our eyeballs and feasting on our liver. Take a risk while you have the opportunity to do so.

[Deuce]

I am this way with masturbation. I just adapt and it's part of everyday life now.

[rake922]

I am this way with masturbation. I just adapt and it's part of everyday life now.

masturbation is pretty much harmless... gambling will ruin his life at this rate

[Deuce]

masturbation is pretty much harmless... gambling will ruin his life at this rate

Touche

[SBR Lou]

You're just a lowlife phucking degenerate like the rest of us. Enjoy it and have fun because some day we are all going to end up phucking buried in the ground with worms gnawing out our eyeballs and feasting on our liver. Take a risk while you have the opportunity to do so.

What a great imagination you have. Must be quite the romantic.

[WileOut]

Here is how I rid myself of my compulsive gambling. I realized that my need for money far outweighed my need for a gambling fix. Maybe this is not the case for everyone, but once I figured out that compulsive gambling = losing lots of money, I started being able to control myself. I realized that the whole reason for gambling is to gain money. Thats the reason people start gambling. Then people get sidetracked with the action thrill part of it and thats where it goes bad. When I dont gamble for a couple of days then I get that 1 game that I was waiting for and win it, its a great feeling. Spot betting 101. Wait for a pick you really feel good about, and if you aint sure then dont bet. It doesn't matter if it takes months before that game comes. Wait on it.

[hoopster42]

masturbation is pretty much harmless... gambling will ruin his life at this rate

actually masturbation causes hair on the palm of hands and blindness, lol

[Publicsmoney]

Here is how I rid myself of my compulsive gambling. I realized that my need for money far outweighed my need for a gambling fix. Maybe this is not the case for everyone, but once I figured out that compulsive gambling = losing lots of money, I started being able to control myself. I realized that the whole reason for gambling is to gain money. Thats the reason people start gambling. Then people get sidetracked with the action thrill part of it and thats where it goes bad. When I dont gamble for a couple of days then I get that 1 game that I was waiting for and win it, its a great feeling. Spot betting 101. Wait for a pick you really feel good about, and if you aint sure then dont bet. It doesn't matter if it takes months before that game comes. Wait on it.

Great advice.

[BigBollocks]

DJ---you've admitted step #1. You have a problem. You're a compulsive gambler. You should leave this and all forums immediately. I would strongly advise you to go to GA meetings as well. I worked in the casino business most of my life, and can tell you that GA has worked wonders on many people. They'll make you own up to who you are, and some of the process will no doubt be painful.

Compulsive gambling is not a problem that is ever cured as such. You'll always be tempted to lapses and such, and in 99.9999% of cases it will always wind up bad for the compulsive gambler. For now, however, I'd strongly urge you to avoid here and all gaming temptations, and enroll in a GA program.

I've been around gambling my whole life, and am well aware of the seriousness of compulsive gambling. I might have scoffed and called someone names years ago, but have been around for such a long time that I actually commend you for trying to better yourself. I've known three people who have committed suicide over gambling, seen countless marriages/relationships ruined, too many bankruptcies to name, jobs lost, etc. I might argue that compulsive gambling is just as bad, if not worse, than an alcohol or drug addiction.

Best wishes sir

[idontlikerocks]

exercise daily until you are exhausted. when your body is calm, the things that you think you should do will become what you do. your mind is soft because your body is soft. stop calling it an addiction, it is just laziness on your part.

[treece]

i think i'm addicted to sportsbetting. but i make money off it so i guess that doesn't count as an addiction. someone said they were addicted to weed. let me tell you there is no way you can be addicted to weed.

[BigBollocks]

exercise daily until you are exhausted. when your body is calm, the things that you think you should do will become what you do. your mind is soft because your body is soft. stop calling it an addiction, it is just laziness on your part.

That's an EXCELLENT suggestion sir. Personal exercise enhances your daily life in a myriad of ways

[Quebb Diesel]

bet extremely small and moderately...find some new hobbies...read a book...play a sport...ive never considered myself to have a problem gambling but i can only imagine coping w/ the problem and finding new ways to get that "thrill" of gambling by doing other activities is one of the only ways to kick the habit...

[Quebb Diesel]

i think i'm addicted to sportsbetting. but i make money off it so i guess that doesn't count as an addiction. someone said they were addicted to weed. let me tell you there is no way you can be addicted to weed.

you can be mentally

[hoopster42]

there is so much more to life than betting, allow yourself to realize this and you will either stop betting altogether or it will be a small part of your life, there is just so much to do out there, play sports, play a musical instrument, go hiking, go bicycling, socialize, go to the beach, go to the movies, the list just goes and goes

[armyoflovers]

Dude,

As long as you have enough cash to buy a 50lb bag of rice and some toilet paper, who gives a f u c k? In the end its you against you, but **** man do what makes you happy and stop worrying about losing money or fitting the staus quo. Youre in here with a bunch of f u c k i n g freaks man. When in Rome, do as the Romans do.

[SBR Lou]

As long as you have enough cash to buy a 50lb bag of rice and some toilet paper, who gives a f u c k? In the end its you against you, but **** man do what makes you happy and stop worrying about losing money or fitting the staus quo. Youre in here with a bunch of f u c k i n g freaks man. When in Rome, do as the Romans do.

Solid post. I wholeheartedly agree.

[gm2022]

Well heres a question, are u addicted or our you just flat out losing. Cause I doubt your posting this up on the week, month, or year. Losing will come it has with me, only thing I have done(because this has been my way of income 100% for 5 years now) is just make sure you have everything in life set bills paid ex amount of months in advance food, rent/mortage, make sure you never ever tap into money you cant lose. Never put money into an acount you cant lose. Basically Bank roll Mangment. I in my 5 years have never had more than 5% of my sports betting money(which is not the same as my bank money for life) on one game. I have had more than 5% out in different bets though. I understand the need for the rush, the need to bet big to feel like theres something on the line. But there our more games the next day the next week the next year. Last but not least if you are every betting on credit, just stop until you have your life back on track, I have a bud who still owes me 2k but that was before I found out he maxed out His Credit Card 7k on betus and has many othe debts and something like 110 bucks all together in is bank. He still ask me everyday who I like and who to go with? Ive tried to help him but he just cant be helped. Good luck to you and be safe and smart gm2022

[SBR Lou]

I have a bud who still owes me 2k but that was before I found out he maxed out His Credit Card 7k on betus and has many othe debts and something like 110 bucks all together in is bank. He still ask me everyday who I like and who to go with? Ive tried to help him but he just cant be helped.

I thought we agreed you wouldn't take this public?

You really do hit below the belt, Gm2002. I'll be reporting your post to a moderator.

[gm2022]

I thought we agreed you wouldn't take this public?

You really do hit below the belt, Gm2002. I'll be reporting your post to a moderator.

Hahahaha, you wish Id let you borrow 2k lol, if he wasnt my friend the juice based on the time would have ran up to about 4k by now lol o well money is money

[LVHerbie]

you might also try to telling some real people that you trust that you have a problem... I would think it would help to be accountable to people outside of us degenerates on a message board...

[gm2022]

you might also try to telling some real people that you trust that you have a problem... I would think it would help to be accountable to people outside of us degenerates on a message board...

Easier said than done but the best thing you can do, just was trying to give some kinda of meet in the middle solution though.

[armyoflovers]

I just lost $845 in god damn video black jack on www.sportfanatik.com, even though I know that the casino is rigged. Im a sick m o t h e r f u c k e r and cant be helped. Only being institutionalized will save me from myself. But I dont care man, Its almost as if losing is the same stimulus as winning. I fear the playing has nothing to do with winning or losing, rather a manifestation within. I owe 84k in cc debts plus 45k in school loans. And I am so poor I cant even pay attention. But **** it - when I get paid those bills will get paid.

[armyoflovers]

Its better to burn out than to fade away.....

[gm2022]

I just lost $845 in god damn video black jack on www.sportfanatik.com, even though I know that the casino is rigged. Im a sick m o t h e r f u c k e r and cant be helped. Only being institutionalized will save me from myself. But I dont care man, Its almost as if losing is the same stimulus as winning. I fear the playing has nothing to do with winning or losing, rather a manifestation within. I owe 84k in cc debts plus 45k in school loans. And I am so poor I cant even pay attention. But **** it - when I get paid those bills will get paid.

Dont know how much truth is to this, but if so man thats a good amount of debt you have, but seem like you have that I dont give a **** about shit towards it which does work. Playing any internet casino for even a penny is got to be the worst thing a person can do.(No one comes out+ in there life I can promise, anyone who has I d love to know your way lol). I have just witnessed over the years gambling and debts seem to hurt many of our significant others. Money is what makes the world go round, and is what cause divorce rates go up and up.(aka gambling) But its our lives to live the way we want it no matter how short or long they may be. gm2022