You know you're a fucking idiot when you have a gambling problem.

boatBurner is a good guy. i respect him for posting this thread, admitting his shit out in the public regardless of whether or not this may hurt him in the future. just about every single person either {had, is experiencing, or will experience} situations like this in one context or another. to me, that's "keeping it real"
 


Spend a fortnight in the woods with me. No more gambling problems.

In all seriousness, are you feeling a lack of success and are trying to gain that (feeling) through the possibility of hitting it big?

Working + school + family = a lot of work stress and sometimes the rewards are not as obvious as 10 G's in your pocket. Smoke a J, take a walk, reflect on the good in your life and picture where your successes will be with your family/school/business in 5 years. Also, your friends and family love you and what you bring to the table besides money first and foremost.
 
Telling your wife and posting here for starters (you fucking clown) giving your wife

control of your finances (no,no.no.no) your a grown man, for some reason if this isn't a bullshit

thread there is a feeling of either complete innocence/or cover up to a bigger problem

that you don't want to face only you know the true answer to that life is about choices

you either face the shit and get on with it, if you want to be the guy who loses his

wife/kids/friends to gambling by all means go for it but when you boil it down it was your

choice to begin with, people can make all the excuses they want about an addiction,

who doesn't have one in some shape or form, its your choice not the bookies/off

licence/local dealer ect. But from my take on this gamblers are

sneaky and don't admit to it and definitely wouldn't post on a public forum have a look

here to see if you can relate Quick facts about PTSD

If not make your choice, choose life.
 
OK OP. I am also a Gambling addict, and I once lost all that I owned and then some more.
One thing about gamblers is that, they all think they can win back all and then some :P
Never happens. But it is hard to convince myself.

Then I read a bunch of stuff on how winning gamblers work, how do these champs walk away with million dollar pots etc. ANd I learnt that Gamblers never ever win. NEVER. You'd be better off buying lotto.


So, to indulge in my guilty pleasure, I still gamble. But I only gamble with my gamble monies. I have a separate bank account where I put aside a few bucks now and then. I write them off as I put money in there.

Because I have never fucking won. Never will. Been doing it for 15 odd years and I have never been on the positive except maybe on a lucky day but I party with the winnings anyway. But for the past 5-6 years, I have never, will never ever gamble more than what I have in my Gambling Account. I just walk out. And good thing is I don't want to Gamble except on occasions anymore. And also I like my gambling account to grow so that I have a bigger pocket to gamble with :-)

This may not be a good solution, but it works for me. You can start small.

Also learn Poker :D
Poker is not quite Gambling but it as much fun as any Gambling and you can win with Skills.

If you quit cold Turkey without learning to control your emotions, you may one day give in to old temptations and gamble everything away. Learn to control yourself.


Or maybe you need Therapy. I don't know.

I don't even know what the fuck I am talking about.
 
dgerryd said:
Telling your wife and posting here for starters (you fucking clown) giving your wife

control of your finances (no,no.no.no) your a grown man, for some reason if this isn't a bullshit

thread there is a feeling of either complete innocence/or cover up to a bigger problem

that you don't want to face only you know the true answer to that life is about choices

you either face the shit and get on with it, if you want to be the guy who loses his

wife/kids/friends to gambling by all means go for it but when you boil it down it was your

choice to begin with, people can make all the excuses they want about an addiction,

who doesn't have one in some shape or form, its your choice not the bookies/off

licence/local dealer ect. But from my take on this gamblers are

sneaky and don't admit to it and definitely wouldn't post on a public forum have a look

here to see if you can relate Quick facts about PTSD

If not make your choice, choose life.
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^-this whole paragraph formatting bullshit you have going I'd say is more "fucking clown."
 
dgerryd said:
here to see if you can relate Quick facts about PTSD

If not make your choice, choose life.
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Not sure that I can relate to PTSD. I have buddies with legitimate cases of stress from combat, and I just don't fit that description.

But stress is stress, and I'm definitely stressed. Need to eat better. Need to get my head out of my ass long enough to breathe an oxygen-fueled thought.
 
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That's gotta be the funniest fucking thing I've seen here in a looong time. Jeebus gonna save them little lambikins, fo sho.

But seriously, boat- I think your problem may not be so much a gambling problem as a boredom problem. Think about it.

Ex-military myself, I been there, done that. Out of that environment, and into a family.

You gotta find out how to recreate the rush, but you gotta do it in a healthy and socially responsible way that doesn't hurt the people around you, and that's different for everyone.

What works for me, is partnering with my son on projects- we build shit together. Cars, bikes, fucking gizmos of all kinds. I prolly spend more on welding shit that you do on gambling, but it's A) Productive, and B) Honorable.

I don't know what's gonna work for you, but you gotta find something. PM me if you want, and I'll be happy to bullshit with you about it.

But whatever you do, the time to act is NOW, before this shit goes any further. You've identified the objective, now fucking execute, Marine.

Good Luck Bro.
 
boatBurner said:
Not sure that I can relate to PTSD. I have buddies with legitimate cases of stress from combat, and I just don't fit that description.

But stress is stress, and I'm definitely stressed. Need to eat better. Need to get my head out of my ass long enough to breathe an oxygen-fueled thought.
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Either way I was only trying to be helpful good luck.
 
galacon said:
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That's gotta be the funniest fucking thing I've seen here in a looong time. Jeebus gonna save them little lambikins, fo sho.

But seriously, boat- I think your problem may not be so much a gambling problem as a boredom problem. Think about it.

Ex-military myself, I been there, done that. Out of that environment, and into a family.

You gotta find out how to recreate the rush, but you gotta do it in a healthy and socially responsible way that doesn't hurt the people around you, and that's different for everyone.

What works for me, is partnering with my son on projects- we build shit together. Cars, bikes, fucking gizmos of all kinds. I prolly spend more on welding shit that you do on gambling, but it's A) Productive, and B) Honorable.

I don't know what's gonna work for you, but you gotta find something. PM me if you want, and I'll be happy to bullshit with you about it.

But whatever you do, the time to act is NOW, before this shit goes any further. You've identified the objective, now fucking execute, Marine.

Good Luck Bro.
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I would sig this entire response because I'm fairly certain this is the first positive reply I've heard from you. Thanks for the input and I'll take you up on the offer.
 
Tempted to post a peasant spotted gift must resist!!!!!!



I was in the same crap years back before I started online marketing. If I did not have this online marketing then I think I would still be screwing myself. One thing I have learned is everything is a gamble. Life in general, PPC, SEO, Media Buys, Spamming Facebook... the list goes on and on.

Sure you can do things to make sure you make out but a good amount of this online crap is one huge gamble. That is sometimes I think how I feed and prevent my addiction. Nothing like that feeling of making $10k in one day.


$6k is not much and you should be able to recover. Just grind, and stop with the list shit, be you and do you. All you are doing everyday is beating yourself up. Do what G said one thing a day and leave it at that.
 
So, you've got a ton of stress and need to get rid of a potentially bankrupting habit huh?

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Replacing one addiction with another isn't always the smartest decision ... but I've never sucked dick for a quarter bag. Gambling debts tend to leave mofos without kneecaps. Whatever happens, you've gotta do something to get your mind off that downward spiral you seem to be convinced you're headed down.

I'm sure you'd prefer some great words of wisdom from a keyboard warrior that will help you kick all your addictions, make you rich and get your dick grow a few inches overnight ... I'm afraid motivational posts from wf'ers just aren't going to fill that hole my man.

Sincerely, good luck with your problem. I've never been down that particular road although I've gambled a ton.
 
erect said:
So, you've got a ton of stress and need to get rid of a potentially bankrupting habit huh?

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Replacing one addiction with another isn't always the smartest decision ... but I've never sucked dick for a quarter bag. Gambling debts tend to leave mofos without kneecaps. Whatever happens, you've gotta do something to get your mind off that downward spiral you seem to be convinced you're headed down.

I'm sure you'd prefer some great words of wisdom from a keyboard warrior that will help you kick all your addictions, make you rich and get your dick grow a few inches overnight ... I'm afraid motivational posts from wf'ers just aren't going to fill that hole my man.

Sincerely, good luck with your problem. I've never been down that particular road although I've gambled a ton.
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I appreciate it.

I just recently started smoking after the kids go down. Not a lot, just a small sneak-a-toke and it usually helps me work more and think a little less wound up. I'm kicking tobacco and alcohol, though. I started smoking a lot, drinking more frequently than I liked, and eating like shit (no fitness this entire year). Those are things that need to change.

Any other day, I'd say I was smart enough than to seek the fix-all piece of advice from a mostly well-written forum comment. But mainly, I was looking for a little moral support. And I've gotten more than I expected. I'm appreciative of that. It's encouraging.
 
You're running a Ponzi scheme on your life. You pull time from each of three priorities in your life to apply to the one that is the highest priority at that time. That's stressful. Gambling was just a way to escape stress. My concern is that sooner or later, your life is going to implode just like a Ponzi scheme. I can only assume that the order of your priorities are family first, work second and school third. Personally I would put school on hold until you're able to put more time towards your family and work because school or work won't mean anything without your family.
 
Sinking boat, lol funny tags.

I love the action of gambling too. I just turned 21, birthday in Vegas, and even when I was blacked out drunk I never lost more than I could handle, despite having a pocket full of cash.

Gambling is stupid as fuck... Start buying bitcoins instead of gambling. Lol
 
hehejo said:
OP aren't you the guy who killed a kid and doesn't even feel bad about it? So yeah... go fuck yourself and your stupid problems.
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I don't know how you associate me with the death of the child in the thread you're referring to, and I can tell you aren't willing to listen, but go fuck yourself.

You could use a little perspective.

You remind me of a blabbering version of myself as a teenager when I used to think I understood everything.
 
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