I actually am doing the same thing. I gave it up at the first of the year and 8 days in I feel great. I was in the same spot as you. 30 years old sick of the highs and lows. I had my most profitable year ever but again I lost another long time girlfriend over it. This was the second one in the past 7 years who I was serious with who left me over gambling.
The sports betting wasn't really the problem it has been the fucking casinos. I did a lot of reflecting over the holidays and just ran some numbers and saw I was dropping 10's of thousands of dollars in casinos. I look at the money blown and what it could have been used on and I got sick to my stomach and knew a change needed to be made.
I needed to grow up and realize that the stress and everything wasn't worth it. I want to own a home and not piss my money away with rent. I want to some day have a family or atleast somebody to enjoy life with and not be 60 with no family left except my little sister.
It sucks that it took a break up for me to reflect on all this but it has made me a more enjoyable person to be around. I took each loss hard as it was the competive nature of myself (former college athelete)
As others have said, the most difficult part is finding something to do with the free time. I still enjoy reading covers and getting a read on what the public thinks and then watching the games and laughing at the bullshit that would piss me off when I was betting the games.
I am getting back into running with my free time and I am looking into big brothers and big sisters to be a sports buddy for some kid which requires a 6 month commitment for 2 weekends out of the month.
Best of luck to you and feel free to pm me if you need any advice on things. A lot of it is mind over matter and you need to set goals and remind yourself why you don't want to do it any longer. I am sure after awhile it will be a laughing point for us to look back and see how dumb we were and why we really cared so much about entertainment which is called sports.
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I actually am doing the same thing. I gave it up at the first of the year and 8 days in I feel great. I was in the same spot as you. 30 years old sick of the highs and lows. I had my most profitable year ever but again I lost another long time girlfriend over it. This was the second one in the past 7 years who I was serious with who left me over gambling.
The sports betting wasn't really the problem it has been the fucking casinos. I did a lot of reflecting over the holidays and just ran some numbers and saw I was dropping 10's of thousands of dollars in casinos. I look at the money blown and what it could have been used on and I got sick to my stomach and knew a change needed to be made.
I needed to grow up and realize that the stress and everything wasn't worth it. I want to own a home and not piss my money away with rent. I want to some day have a family or atleast somebody to enjoy life with and not be 60 with no family left except my little sister.
It sucks that it took a break up for me to reflect on all this but it has made me a more enjoyable person to be around. I took each loss hard as it was the competive nature of myself (former college athelete)
As others have said, the most difficult part is finding something to do with the free time. I still enjoy reading covers and getting a read on what the public thinks and then watching the games and laughing at the bullshit that would piss me off when I was betting the games.
I am getting back into running with my free time and I am looking into big brothers and big sisters to be a sports buddy for some kid which requires a 6 month commitment for 2 weekends out of the month.
Best of luck to you and feel free to pm me if you need any advice on things. A lot of it is mind over matter and you need to set goals and remind yourself why you don't want to do it any longer. I am sure after awhile it will be a laughing point for us to look back and see how dumb we were and why we really cared so much about entertainment which is called sports.
I actually am doing the same thing. I gave it up at the first of the year and 8 days in I feel great. I was in the same spot as you. 30 years old sick of the highs and lows. I had my most profitable year ever but again I lost another long time girlfriend over it. This was the second one in the past 7 years who I was serious with who left me over gambling.
The sports betting wasn't really the problem it has been the fucking casinos. I did a lot of reflecting over the holidays and just ran some numbers and saw I was dropping 10's of thousands of dollars in casinos. I look at the money blown and what it could have been used on and I got sick to my stomach and knew a change needed to be made.
I needed to grow up and realize that the stress and everything wasn't worth it. I want to own a home and not piss my money away with rent. I want to some day have a family or atleast somebody to enjoy life with and not be 60 with no family left except my little sister.
It sucks that it took a break up for me to reflect on all this but it has made me a more enjoyable person to be around. I took each loss hard as it was the competive nature of myself (former college athelete)
As others have said, the most difficult part is finding something to do with the free time. I still enjoy reading covers and getting a read on what the public thinks and then watching the games and laughing at the bullshit that would piss me off when I was betting the games.
I am getting back into running with my free time and I am looking into big brothers and big sisters to be a sports buddy for some kid which requires a 6 month commitment for 2 weekends out of the month.
Best of luck to you and feel free to pm me if you need any advice on things. A lot of it is mind over matter and you need to set goals and remind yourself why you don't want to do it any longer. I am sure after awhile it will be a laughing point for us to look back and see how dumb we were and why we really cared so much about entertainment which is called sports.
Good On ya! Been a big bro for four years. 3 years prior to service and 1 year after.
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Quote Originally Posted by wolffer12:
I actually am doing the same thing. I gave it up at the first of the year and 8 days in I feel great. I was in the same spot as you. 30 years old sick of the highs and lows. I had my most profitable year ever but again I lost another long time girlfriend over it. This was the second one in the past 7 years who I was serious with who left me over gambling.
The sports betting wasn't really the problem it has been the fucking casinos. I did a lot of reflecting over the holidays and just ran some numbers and saw I was dropping 10's of thousands of dollars in casinos. I look at the money blown and what it could have been used on and I got sick to my stomach and knew a change needed to be made.
I needed to grow up and realize that the stress and everything wasn't worth it. I want to own a home and not piss my money away with rent. I want to some day have a family or atleast somebody to enjoy life with and not be 60 with no family left except my little sister.
It sucks that it took a break up for me to reflect on all this but it has made me a more enjoyable person to be around. I took each loss hard as it was the competive nature of myself (former college athelete)
As others have said, the most difficult part is finding something to do with the free time. I still enjoy reading covers and getting a read on what the public thinks and then watching the games and laughing at the bullshit that would piss me off when I was betting the games.
I am getting back into running with my free time and I am looking into big brothers and big sisters to be a sports buddy for some kid which requires a 6 month commitment for 2 weekends out of the month.
Best of luck to you and feel free to pm me if you need any advice on things. A lot of it is mind over matter and you need to set goals and remind yourself why you don't want to do it any longer. I am sure after awhile it will be a laughing point for us to look back and see how dumb we were and why we really cared so much about entertainment which is called sports.
Good On ya! Been a big bro for four years. 3 years prior to service and 1 year after.
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