Life With Sports Bets Only

No worries captain..anytime ...figured from your latest criticisms about how we should all post in a small sound bytes that you may be jealous of people on the site who get more attention than you ..

nb..

re: your previous critical post about how we should all write on here ..

May I draw your attention to the left hand side of your screen :

Overcoming Problem Gambling :

For anyone suffering through a gambling problem ,share support and ideas with others hoping to regain control .

Recovery Diaries :

Want to start your own journal? To record your journey ...

I think that rather than police and slate people on this section of the forum perhaps what you are looking for is better served by the former topic. "Overcoming Problem Gambling "

Cap,

Thank you for your reply on my diary. Your diary is becoming a little like the Coronation Street/Eastenders of the forum with plenty of daily drama. I have only just logged on and don't know what has been happening but my post is purely in reply to your previous message to me.

We have all found our way here through experiencing troubles in our lives with gambling. We participate in our own diaries because it helps us with recovery and takes us closer to the happiness and peace that we all desire. You are no different. Your approach is certainly different which is specific to you, which in no way affects me. If you honestly feel happier with your chosen route and believe that you have found a better way to control your gambling and life then good for you. In a way you are very lucky because I, like many others, need to go the whole way by never gambling again to gain control and experience more consistent happiness. You, on the other hand, are going half way but still believe you are experiencing all the benefits you set out to achieve. Good for you.

I don't know about you but I have yet to read a diary on this site where someone has arrived here in gambling tatters through betting on football only. Just about everyone who bets on football seems to be troubled in other areas i.e. horses, dogs, roulette etc. I often think about myself and my relationship with football betting. I don't think I have ever bet any more than 20 bucks on an accumulator whereas I have put 900 quid into a roulette machine. How much money was I trying to win that day because I would be more confident about taking a 900 pound bet on a team in the higher reaches of a league winning away from home against a team struggling down the bottom and I would probably double my money. Of course, I would never bet that much and would think that amount of money on one bet is crazy yet time after time I would put a quarter of this into a roulette machine as my starting balance. Having said all of this, I don't miss betting on football. The gambling trade has taken too much from me and I don't mean in terms of money. I simply don't need the stress anymore.

I have to finish by saying the following and I apologise in advance for the smoking example again but if you ask most smokers why they smoke they will tell you that they enjoy it. They don't. They are lying to themselves. If they can convince themselves that they enjoy it it is purely because they have not opened their minds yet. They think it releases stress, anxiety, boredom etc when in actual fact it creates these feelings. Same with gambling. You have went so long jumping from one emotional high to the next you have forgotten how to be content. That is why we are all continuing with our diaries because we seek contentment. At first we think it is abut the money but we realise through time that there are other more important issues.

Take care.

Tomso.

Still smiling in bewilderment at how over sensitive people get on here just based on me expressing an opinion. Possibly help required for them beyond what this Forum can offer.

Suggest a truce and those who have posted aggresively against me today do not post on my diary any more and I won't post on yours. Not healthy for other Forum users to read.

Still smiling at your arrogance!

Have begrudgingly followed your diary and truthfully understand your delusion. Am guessing by reading your diary from day dot that your no doubt a smart chap who was unfortunately bullied at school and have a few hangs ups from the past. As of many of us, but the difference is some face the truth and some dont.

Strong believer in who's to say whats wrong or whats right? but you my friend, i get! and my simpathy goes out to you.

Wishing you well and hope one day you'll change the broken record since jan 10.

One question, are you a GC stooge?

I would like to add to my last post and bear in mind that I have not read all other diaries so do not know what you have posted previously. I am sure you may have been a naughty boy tonight or yesterday but I hope that people will now lay off you for the rest of the night. Posts appear to be getting more and more personal and I think that we would all agree that we have enough s*i* in our lives without coming on here to feel even worse about ourselves. As I said, I am sure you have not covered yourself in glory but hopefully we can all go back to supporting each other.

Tomso.

Your arrogance breeds aggression. What do you expect when you get on here and start dictating what people should write or not write on their own threads..

You're not recovering from gambling , you are still gambling and from what i can see you still have all the arrogance that goes with that...you don't even want to stop.

Hi Captain,

I don't mean for this to be in a bad way or anything but reading your diary some of your points are insulting to a lot of people on here me included and i think your very rude and disrespectful. You seem a very intelligent person and you should rethink some of your posts. I think your very delluded and if you think it is OK to sports bet then you shouldn't be on this site because you aren't trying to stop gambling.

But the thing annoyed me was where you say people talking about their day to day lives shouldn't mention it well why not? it is their personal diary and of course it is related to their recovery or journey without any gambling in their lives. So i don't understand why they shouldn't write it down on here. It can inspire others or give ideas to do something different because you know and I know boredom can be a big trigger for gambling. But you going on about sports bets and thinking you can control gambling really isn't helpful to others trust me if you want to stop gambling it's all or nothing. You can't control it if your a compulsive gambler. I hope one day you see sense. All the best

Ricky

Thanks for the reply post. I understand what you saying and well don for coming so far but I just think for someone new to this site or someone struggling seeing your diary would encourage them or give the wrong impression to stop gambling. I go GA and have read a lot about gambling and know a lot of people who have stopped for a few months think they are cured and try betting again but end up going down the same hell hole. I just think it gives the wrong impression that is all. But like you said GC try help any compulsive gambler and i apologise for sounding harsh on my last post. Just seeing a title like yours just gives the wrong impression and especially when you have been on here a very long time.

I just thought it was funny how you thought it irrelevant for people to post about there day to day lives when you post about controlling gambling and giving people false hope.

But I do understand people can control gambling but only a handful or very small percentage of people could. Thanks anyways and all the best

Ricky

Mornin captain

Some meaty posts with difference of opinions, its a real fine line not to overstep the mark on here but if it was Gamcare would intervene and remove the post which they did with u with regards to one that gave other urges to gamble which is fair enough

As I av always said ur diary brings great debate and stimulates the brain very thought provoking the reason I read it is it intrigues me with what ur doin in ur recovery and want to see if it works or setting urself up for a bigger fall whatever happens it won't affect my recovery I fully understand what I need to do

As I said b4 ur diary actually helped me and stopped a relapse as random gambling would av played a part in that and it steered me away from the dangers, yes the controlled gambling side could av influenced my decision but as always that would be my fault on one else's not at least yours

Been on here 18 months now and in that time I av struggled so much to find use motivation to keep reading and posting so for me debating is a great way to keep me comin on and whatever people think ur diary brings that, for me it help me and in truth that's all that matters and the same applies to u

Castle2

I note that some of the abusive posts on my thread have been removed. Good. No reason why people cant communicate, debate and disagree without resorting to personal attacks.

One day at a time and day by day counting has never helped my recovery, been counting in weeks recently but there are certain day milestones worth acknowledging and tomorrow will be 50 days free of random gambling.

If you remove your patronising and judgemental post on the 13th August @ 12.45pm I shall also remove my responses .

Oh captain causing a stir, putting that to one side i genuinely hope you are well, aint posted on your diary for quite a long time, last time i actually thought nice post, got me thinking. Aint read all the posts on your diary from others but i give credit where credits due and nice one of the 50 days tomorrow.

take care, ands

Hi Captain... I don't agree with some of what you say, but your thoughts certainly add a vibrancy to proceedings. I wish you well in whatever you decide is the way forward for you. Regards.. S.A