Joined: May '08
Location: United Kingdom
Age: 46 (M)
Posts: 6
i recently sabotaged most of my poker accounts in a bid to take control of my addiction.... only to find myself re-installing all the clients the next day. Ive done this three times over the last three months! Time for gamblers annonymous? Any suggestions? Is there anyone else suffering this terrible affliction?
Joined: Mar '08
Location: Latvia
Age: 38 (M)
Posts: 27
I feel sorry for You... Can't even imagin how it is to be addicted with poker??? I think You should find something else to do beside poker. Do some sports! Poker is not life - I play to enjoy not to win but if i win thats very good if loose than it's not a tragedy. I usualy deposit 25$ when recieve sallary and try to play with this bankroll for a month. If I loose it I'm looking for some freerolls. Don't know if it helps but thats how I do... Hope You'll get over it
Joined: Mar '08
Location: United Kingdom
Age: 44 (M)
Posts: 6714
most sites will let you self exclude, I sometimes feel like i play to much but I have no problems walking away from poker, like the bigbossman says find somthing else to do (not a casino) take up a hobby you always wanted to try, or just set aside a day when you allow youself to play poker and stick to it, breaking a habit is hard to do replacing it with anouther is easyer, make you next habit a good one and GL
Joined: Mar '08
Location: Australia
Age: 49 (M)
Posts: 1158
theres a fine balance with losing it with poker.. but poker will be around forever and you wont so plaay as much as you can. money talks b******t walks.
Joined: Feb '08
Location: United Kingdom
Age: 35 (M)
Posts: 1886
i think im slightly addicted. i sometimes play poker when i should be doing other things. like important university work for eg. and i have a few times refused to go out with my friends because i had a big freeroll that nite. im not proud of it.
but i think if i wanted to give up i could. i just enjoy playing. i havnt lost more money than iv won, my bankroll is very healthy. i hvnt lost most of my no deposit bonuses and if i ever lost it i wouldn't make a deposit cos iv got plenty of no deposit offers unused. the problem is i think i waste too much time playing. im sure im not the only one here who needs a life