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...........quiters...........

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gl on your path in sobriety. self control.....

 

 
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I stopped for awhile recently and what made me stay away was starting a group with buddies from work for ESPN's Streak for the Cash.  10$ a person, winner take all for the longest win streak for the month.  It helped me out a lot because there was some sort of action throughout the day everyday.  I've just recently started gambling online again and hating myself for getting back into it.  Day One for me starts tomorrow.  BOL KUD
 
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Quote Originally Posted by kuddish:

Hey guys,

I'm not going to give you some sad story that I lost my entire bankroll, or my house, etc. Last night I was doing my usual looking up what I wanted. Made a few bets won a couple, lost a couple. Got my rush and went about my day.

Later on in that night I just found myself asking why the fuck do I do this? Why do I allow myself to be stressed out in close games and curse that shit out of people who do stupid shit. I mean it's my fault for putting myself in this situation. Not the coach of a bball team, or a kid playing. It's all on me.

I kept saying to myself the house alway wins. As a gambler you have are nearly on a roller coaster all the time. Big wins, good weeks, then hit by bad ones. My feeling is that I just want to give it up all in all. I hate the way I feel after losing, and sometimes I stress myself out trying to make money that I end up losing. I do have a tendency once in a while to bet more then I should and that is what scares me. I'm a chaser and I know not too.

Any advice on how to quit? Starting today I'm seriously going to try, but know I will be hit by the bug to do it again, but in all honesty I don't want to. The addiction of gambling wants me too, but I don't. I have a decent job (with this shit ass economy) glad I have one, and have some money saved. I seriously feel that one day I will blow it on gambling and want to stop. I'm only 29 and have been gambling for 7 years. I don't want to go on like this. The highs and lows are not worth the stress to me anymore and hope I can quit, but know temptation will always be there.

Thanks for letting me rant,

Kuddish

 Just write down the top 5 reasons you do not want to gamble anymore and put it in your wallet.  everytime you consider gambling...read it.... if the reasons are sound enough, you will have a fighting chance.
 
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Also... find something productive (good) to replace it with that will take up a fair amount of your free time (study, research, pool league, or just pick one subject that you always wanted to know more about and begin spending hours a day researching that subject on the internet until you feel you are an expert on the subject ...months or years away)  GL
 
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Thanks for posting man I'm having the same feelings it's such a grind it isn't for everybody. Your always going to have good and bad days. No such thing as a consistent winner... 
 
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SEND ME ALL YOUR MONEY AND YOU WILL FEEL BETTER. I'LL PUT IT TO GOOD USE AND YOU WILL KNOW YOUR BUCKS WENT TO SOMETHING GOOD.....BEER, WOMEN, MORE BEER, MORE WOMEN.
 
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LOL @ asking a gambling forum for advice on quitting gambling..next crackhead i see i will tell them they need to go down the street to the crackhouse and talk to someone about quitting.
 
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Quote Originally Posted by gfinger:

The only way to really quit is to just stop watching sports on a regular basis. You will soon realize you are not keeping up with stats and research, etc. and then you will start to not even know the spread of games. Keep yourself busy with other things really. If you can't do that, just scale back the amount you bet. Like really scale down. GL

Some good advice here and overall in this thread.  I have been on a break for a while now.  I just lost the will to do the work so I started getting sloppy and started losing of course.  So I figure I'm done until I get the will to do the work again.  I have only watched one college basketball game (besides my Gophers) this year....the one on the aircraft carrier.  I watch a little hockey.  I do still watch football (it's probably the one sport you won't give up).

But it's amazing how little interest you'll have once you stop betting. 

 
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And find something else you enjoy doing.  I'm getting a lot more involved in firearms....just learning more about them.....gonna buy another handgun and also a .22 to take out and target practice (cheap ammo).  I also was involved in model rocketry as a kid and might get back into that. 

 
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don't quit , just keep betting if you have money.
 
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Go to a gambler's anonymous meeting. It won't help you quit gambling but you can meet some really skanky women that are probably as fucked up as you are. Listen to their stories and nod your head a few times and agree with them. If you play your cards right, they'll be blowing you after the meeting.

Try to go to an afternoon meeting so you can be home in time to sweat the night games.

 
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Quote Originally Posted by lovesoccer:

Go to a gambler's anonymous meeting. It won't help you quit gambling but you can meet some really skanky women that are probably as fucked up as you are. Listen to their stories and nod your head a few times and agree with them. If you play your cards right, they'll be blowing you after the meeting.

Try to go to an afternoon meeting so you can be home in time to sweat the night games.

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Www.centsports.com

Play there and cashout there
 
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I go thru streaks where I take months off at a time.I make sure to reward myself if I win.Also,when u bet on games u dont always have to watch them.I wouldnt bet credit w bookie..send a few hun off shore and if u lose take sometime off.It wears me out mentally..especially during basketball.I know the RUSH of winning is irreplaceable sometimes.Whenever gambling starts effecting your personal life to a step back.Women only like it when u WIN.My last wanted me to lose..dont lose a good woman over stupid ballgames.
 
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Quote Originally Posted by lovesoccer:

Go to a gambler's anonymous meeting. It won't help you quit gambling but you can meet some really skanky women that are probably as fucked up as you are. Listen to their stories and nod your head a few times and agree with them. If you play your cards right, they'll be blowing you after the meeting.

Try to go to an afternoon meeting so you can be home in time to sweat the night games.

 
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Find someone to quit with you.

I am very similar to you, 27, been gambling since 19...some crazy highs and some terrible lows. The types of feelings a young man should never have even had to handle in terms of an emotional rollercoaster created by addiction.

You're either in or your out, if you're out, you just have to find peace in the concept that you truly aren't missing out on anything and you'd be more miserable gambling. When you bet on things you think you are in control, but really that game controls you for 3 hours.

I find myself in the same mental back and forth as you described, ultimately, quitting will be the best for long term health. Finding some somewhat more stable ways to get a little "risk" in the life is my main objective when I think of a life without gambling. Nothing matches the risk of a all or nothing investment in such a short period of time, but it is an addiction, and life is so much more pure/clear without it.

 
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Gamblers anonymous is a great option.....  Lowering your bets will not help whatsoever, you said your a chaser, and eventually youll just be back betting over your head...  Time is the key, every day you go without gambling it will become easier and easier to keep going without gambling.. 

  Posting that you want to quit gambling is a step in the right direction.. You might not want to hang out in this forum though.. I myself am a recovering alcoholic, so I dont hang out at bars or liquor stores :)
 
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quitters NEVER WIN!!!!!
 
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The 1st step
run outta dough
it gets easy after that
 
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bet small enough that the stress isn't causing you problems... if you are overly stressed about the game its a sign you've likely bet too much friend
 
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Lower your bet amounts. You should never ever stress out over a single game. In fact you should be able to shrug off a 10 game losing streak.
 
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we always want the "high", for the "low" I log onto Covers.

no worries, mate.  get 'em back next round.  there's always another chance.
 
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Quote Originally Posted by KScapping:

 Just write down the top 5 reasons you do not want to gamble anymore and put it in your wallet.  everytime you consider gambling...read it.... if the reasons are sound enough, you will have a fighting chance.


Haha nice! I did this with drugs. Did 5 years ago and sheet is still folded in my wallet! Wasn't ever addictied but when blow was becoming a bit of a problem or an every wkd thing it really helped. For example Kuddish here is my list because lots would apply to gambling too...

1. Remember who you are (I was raised never to be into that and respect myself)

2. Think of your family and friends (These people always supposted me and I would never want to seems like a junkie to them)

3. Think if you got busted. (Would be a huge embarassment to my family)

4. Think of where you want to be in life. (Though of keeping my job, house and starting a family with the girl and keeping her too)

5. Think of what you would lose (My girl, my house, my family, my great job, my potential kids down the line, ect.)

6. Always remember who's watching. (I was struggling with my christian life and if you're a christian, you always believe/know christ's watching so sneaking away to a washroom to do lines was harder after reading this. Plus it is said everything will be repeated at the gates and you and everyone else will have to watch what you did. I'm sure doing line of a girls you know what is not going to go down too well! lol)

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i recommend hookers and cocaine

or forex - less risk but still like gambling

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