5 years back at the same point dont read this if ur struggling to control urself

Hi loose cannon, welcome back . I know where your coming from when you refer to the mechanics of gambling on certain sports but if I were coming back here again I'd prob struggle to call myself a " Seriously good modern day gambler " , I'm not being disrepectfull to you but it doesn't really add up in my book . A good gambler if there is such a thing has control over the choices of bets he makes and is very selective over what he bets on and if it's one thing that we all have in common on here and that's the fact just like you we have no control , so maybe time for a reality check ? .

If youv'e been here before then not a lot of point in preaching or giving a lecture on what you have to do or put in place but that being said you know were all here for support at any time .

Looking forward to hearing more from you soon .

Best wishes for now and welcome back to recovery ............................Alan

Hi alan thanks for ur reply its difficult to put into words that makes sense but this is how my days go yesterday knew there were two football games of interest to me englands fame and the copa del ra final so at four o clock i turned my lap top to gain enough funds to trade both games risk free i subscribe to two dedicated software specific sites which give me an edge they dont give tips within forty mins i got my 100 quid for the games went to walk the dog and got back in time for football kick made 300 hundred from both games as a combined total turned off the lap top had a bath all very proffessional then three hours later had a drink an turned back on the lap top and lost it all random punting on usa horse racin i seriously good at what i know i can turn on my pc anytime of the day and turn a profit it ranges from 50 -300 depending on how things go u can believe this or not i dont care as i know its what i do thats why i say im good unfortunately come the evening may be the same night maybe a week later i just turn on the lap top and start playing bingo or lotto only its with horses im not disputing i have a problem thats why im here but its deeply frustrating as i know i xan go home tonight turn on the pc and make a few quid the trouble is i just dont stop there i dont even withdraw it i know it sounds totally insane but im not lying half of me is a money making machine the other half is a complete and utter lunatic

Your posts are an example of why the gambling industry will always ultimately win. Took me a long time to accept i couldn't win in the end.

Hi again LC , I really do understand what your saying regarding how you can turn a profit but you sound so enthusiastic regarding your betting acomplishments that I'm questioning if your here to stop gambling, or maybe it's just more about gaining control to continue to gamble ? again I'm not having a pop but there's a huge difference between the two !

Controlled/skilled gambling? Equivalent to the Loch Ness Monster. Rumoured sightings but no one has been able to prove it. Because it doesn't exist. Sorry.

CW

Truth is alan i dont know why im here i think thats why im here because i cant work it out for myself sadly i lived 35 years of an addiction which ultimately cut the life short of the greatest person ever to grace this planet i know i dont fit there as i for some reason i can seperate bills and important money as in money for clothes and stuff for the mrs n kids its just my own pesrsonal money that goes up the shoot plus anythin that i have won i hovered around the site reading various forum posts and i sympathise with their situation but i dont see myself as being in as deep as they r so thats why im here i wanna know if there is no seperation and basically we r all just addicts and secondly im a very placid man and have a live and let live approach to life i lost the dearest person to me to alchol and i myself had a bottle of cidre last night the first one since feb and its been in the fridge 6 weeks but i dont have a problem with others drinkin as a past time i think im to blame for my bad habbits to many seem to blame the industry on here and not themselves i know where my blame lies nobody makes me do what i do its down to me but i so confused as to what im supposed to be or think i am its very eye opening reading the other users posts and i feel very sorry for them but cant work out weather or not im kidfing myself im not one of them when really i am or could well be so for now im lookin for advice as if im honest i told myself i wont bet from now on but half of me disappointed in that which brings me back to being an addict so i guess thats why im here

Cynical wife ur user name is spot on

Cynical wife if i asked my mrs for 100 quid for a bet she would hand it over theres no hiding here she asked me last year to replace her car i paid 4k for it i made three of it doin what i do not everybodies here to hide and lie and sneak about i would prefer people not comment if they have nothing in advice to give ur basically calling me a liar to which i dont take to kindly to

I again understand where your coming from , I'm of the same feeling that Nobody held a gun to my head and said Gamble , it was a choice everytime I did it but for me it became a habit that was costing me dearly and nearly made me take my life , Your no different as I think youv'e already answered your own question about if you need to be here just by that act alone , if you can't controll what your gambling on then in my honest opinion your a Compulsive gambler who cannot win and hold on to any winnings because you gamble on other things that you have no knowledge of until youv'e blown the lot , regardless of weather you could open the laptop and make more money on what you claim to be good at !.

There is no them and us on here because were all the same , you gamble or you don't ! I f your reapeating the same thing with the same outcome each time , which is hurting you financially / emotionally , then you have a problem in my opinion .

Blaming the industry and all it's advertising mindgames is just a big copout as far as I'm concerned , it's just a business like any other , cleverly designed to extract as much money , over a short as time as possible and without any care or consideration for what it does to those left in it's wake .

I 'm just off to work soon but I'll catch up soon !

Take care buddy !

Hi LC , ref CW's post , I don't think your being called a liar but on here it's very unusuall to get someone that claims to be a successfull gambler , CW is on the other side of the fence as the wife of a CG and gives some great but blunt advice at times , it's always well meaning but us CG's are often in denial and don't take kindly to the no nonsense approach , in my opinion of course !

Alan ur a very nice guy thanks for ur replies i think ur getting thru to me im a compulsive gambler im not hurting anybody finacially apart from my o

Own fun money its hobby money i dont do the rent i wouldnt take my own life even if i done my money ur money and anybody elses money but im agreeing with u im very compulsive have a great day at work im done in three hours cheers and thanks again

Ok mate , your right it's not about the money , I suppose it stops being about the money a long time before we realise we have a problem , it's great that financially for you it doesn't hurt but obviously emotionally it is taking it's toll and that's something you don't want to ignore my friend ,.

Talk to you soon and have a good one .

Im not in denial alan and its reading ur posts and ones very simular that make me feel like i have no place here im very sorry to hear that u felt so low but ur obviously on the mend and congratulations i know its sounds very weird to claim what im saying but i could walk in tonight say im just poppin out for a bet and the mrs wouldnt bat an eyelid my concerns r purely selfish reasons as to why i come on here as i suppose im trying to make sure i dont get to the point in life where u did and many others on here anyway im day one and no betting cus i brought no money out with me