[Jay2K]

Hello everyone , its been a while since I’ve posted on here. You can just call me Jay. I have been gambling for a few years now, and I always knew I would wake up one day and not want to do it anymore. I have spent so much of my youth chasing after a big pay day that I kind of just let these years pass me by. I just turned 22 this month, and I want to bring in the new year a new me. I am still a college student and I will be graduating in 2020 , I am still young and I have not lost a insane amount of money, I am also not in debt so I am good in that regard. The only thing I want is sort of like a fresh start but I noticed how much I have changed. I miss the way I use to be before I started gambling, the way a person is suppose to live. I started gambling when I got to college, which was 3 years ago . These past 3 years I have pretty much distanced myself from real human interaction, while also concluding that im just money hungry and greedy. My gambling is all about money , most days I dont even care how much I make as long as im profiting which is sad. Im not even all that bad at gambling honestly, its just the effect that it has on my life that I hate the most. I am a sports gambling by the way which only makes matters worse. I am constantly checking my phone for sports, I open sports apps more than I text or call people. I sleep late because I feel there is time left in the day and that is an opportunity to make more money. Essentially all ive done these past years is make money only to eventually gamble it. The reason I wanted to create this post was in an effort to find others who have been in the same situation as me and found a way to become a better person. I don’t want to be the guy I once was but a better version of myself . I want to find interests and motivation to do things again. I honestly feel like a bot whose only purpose in life is to gamble as if it’s the only thing im good at. I always tell myself whenever I want to stop gambling, “ if I didn’t gamble , what would I do ? “ . These days I honestly don’t know what I would do. I cant even go a whole day without thinking about gambling, I don’t even know what normal is anymore. I use to be able to chill and enjoy a good TV series or something here and there but now it seems like the only thing I desire is money, and nothing else. I don’t want to be this way, because I know there are other things in this world that are more important than money, and I want to cherish those things again!

[Dunc]

Hello and thanks for starting a thread in the Gambling Therapy forums

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[TurningMyLifeAround]

I’m 23 to my friend , it all started my 21st in Vegas. Got that big win on a roulette table walking through a casino and thought I found a get rich quick scheme.. got up 20k just to lose it all in a week… started sports gambling from my phone a couple months later and it’s been hell since then. I’m like you I’m good at it! I can get my account up to 1,000 off 200 just to lose it because of greed! I’l spend all day on my phone away from my family girlfriend and I just had a 3 month old son. I hate the effects it has on me! I use to take trips and do fun things with my loved ones.. I haven’t done anything or been anywhere in 2 and a half years. Everyday it’s like a rat race to that next dollar. A dollar I don’t even value. Yesterday I lost another $500 and I decided to quit. Today is my first day and I found this site to be quite reliving .. seeing others with the same story I know I’m not alone.. we can do this .. life is more then this crap!

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