Joined: Apr '09
Location: Australia
Age: 40 (M)
Posts: 6483
Depends how serious you are talking about. If really serious, you need help outside of BRM. You need to talk to family/friends/counseller.
If not that serious.. Well, you need to try and find ways to not give your self access the the means whilst drunk.. If you're gambling out (not online) then don't take any plastic (cards) with you, just take small amount of cash. If you're gambling too much online drunk.. well, you need to find a way to limit your computer access whilst drunk.. Possibly get someone else to put a password on that you don't know. Or I'm not sure.
Anyway, you really haven't provided much information here.
Joined: Feb '09
Location: Portugal
Age: 36 (M)
Posts: 703
LOL? interesting thread... well if u re that addicted that u can't really go straight to bed then i think your best option should give ur account to a friend that u really trust so he'll change the password. I did this yesterday for a friend of mine no biggie
Posted by bombo12345: Can someone please tell me how to stop? This is getting to be a serious problem.
---------------- When I was younger a much older neighbor of mine told there are two things you don't want to be in life. A drunk and a gambler, which at one point in my life I was both. He said in the end you will have no friends, family and money. He died a few years ago. He did quit drinking so he gained some friends toward the end of his life. He did quit the hard gambling so he died being a retired man. The only sad thing is, I don't know whatever happened between him and his family, but they didn't go to his funeral but they were all there fighting over the sale of his estate. This brought back a memory when I saw this thread.
Joined: Jan '08
Location: Croatia
Age: 47 (M)
Posts: 1308
Posted by bombo12345: Can someone please tell me how to stop? This is getting to be a serious problem.
I`m guessing drinking is bigger problem than gambling in your case. Unless you really decide to stop drinking nobody can help you, not even professionals.
Joined: Nov '08
Location: Sweden
Age: 39 (M)
Posts: 94
Posted by Predobar:
Posted by bombo12345: Can someone please tell me how to stop? This is getting to be a serious problem.
I`m guessing drinking is bigger problem than gambling in your case. Unless you really decide to stop drinking nobody can help you, not even professionals.
Nah not really, I do enjoy the occasional beer ^^ But the drinking part isnt really a problem since i dont drink at weekdays anymore and work/school is going just fine. Its the part that i really really dont know when to stop when im drunk. Yesterday for instance. I did cash out before I started drinking but i still managed to lose the rest of my online bankroll, however after a few extra beers i bought back in and doubled my money. 9 times out of 10 I do lose when im drunk and im just guessing here but i thought that might be a pretty normal problem for poker players.
Joined: Mar '08
Location: United Kingdom
Age: 44 (M)
Posts: 6714
No its not normall, you should at least win 3/10 drunk sessions. Seriously if you have no self controll then dont play with money, or if you do go micro and forget what you lose just have fun losing it. And if you must get drunk then play HORSE
