[igor1984]

Thanks for the encouraging words, bottom line is addiction is terrible and it can hit all people from all walks off life. It doesn’t discriminate, I have seen many people in jail who were good people and upstanding citizens their whole lives, some prominent people in their communities, and than they got addicted to something and wound up in the same place I did. If you got a gambling problem or any other addiction please join GA,AA or some other group because very few people can do it alone. If your thinking you can chase your losses and get it all back you are fooling yourself, please seek help immediately because you it will be never ending torture for you like it was for me, and you will wake up when it’s to late like me. THe only solution if you are addicted to this crappy disease is not to gamble at all, because if you start again you can be up a million dollars, but you won’t stop till you lose it all and than a million more. And than the next day you will think you can get it all back again, it is sickening the grasp it takes on you.

[igor1984]

Also forget to mention Working out really kept me sane in prison and I traded the very negative hobby of gambling for the very positive hobby of working out. I now eat very healthy workout 6 times a week even on the outside and I am not there yet but I am rebuilding my life. I am in good shape for 35 and people always think I am younger. Just rebuilding my life 1 day at a time. Although what scares me is that since I have been away Gambling is no longer secluded, casino’s popped up everywhere, so I hope I do not relapse. All I can do is take it one day at a time and not dwell on the past because dwelling over spilled milk is the worst thing you can do guys  I can sit here and dwell after being a millionare both legally and illegaly and now not having $10 to my name and begging people for work at minimum wage but I choose not to because I put myself in this position and once I get back up I will never let this disease destroy me again. Just get over how much you lost(you won’t get it back so stop trying, you will never break the casino but the casino will break you), the people you hurt(the only way you can make it better is by never doing it again), etc. and move foward and make sure you never repeat the same mistakes again. This is a tough disease but its beatable. Please stop now while it’s not to late.  Unfortunately it took me absolutely rock bottom to stop, hopefully for some of you, you can stop before hitting your absolute rock bottom.

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