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Careers (gambling addiction and a half) need tips?

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Hugs For Drugs

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ok i dont have a gambling addiction, i actually take $100 and gamble my way through hours and hours of betting on like a $1 side bet at a nearby casino

but at one point i have $1000 in my hand, and i just cant seem to ever cash out those $1000 and leave with the $$

i some how always leave with like $450 regretting all my decisions, thinking i was gonna double my money

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again, i dont think of this as a gambling addiction, since its not garnishing my wages, and or im not going homeless, i just invenst $100 from my profit wallet of $$ that i make from vending in real life

how do i force my self, into cashing out ahead of time


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jhjhsdi said:
I dont think there is a way. If you haven't been able to do it all the other times I don't think you'll be able to start doing it
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ah damn i should have known

its ok

thanks for the advice + positive rep *thumbs up*
 
Cash really triggers me to use drugs.

And it used to be gambling.

I'd try to throw that shit into a bank account ASAP.
 
Instead of a gambling addiction I have/had a trading addiction that was cured by setting targets, same could be applied to gambling. Set your target before you start a session and when you hit it cash out and walk away no matter how well you feel about continuing.
 
thujone said:
Instead of a gambling addiction I have/had a trading addiction that was cured by setting targets, same could be applied to gambling. Set your target before you start a session and when you hit it cash out and walk away no matter how well you feel about continuing.
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This is me, now. Finally instead of throwing money away on drugs and drug collecting, I'm throwing most of my disposable income at investing, Mostly mutual funds, also stocks, and crypto, trying to diversify with s mix of low risk, medium risk, and high risk. I find it rather addictive, investing and watching my money grow. But well worth it to me, since I would like to be at least somewhat wealthy in years/decades from now.
 
In my 20s I would often lose my pay packet the same day I got it. All went into the poker machines. I shudder to think how much I lost over the years.

Then one day I happenned on an article discussing poker machine returns on investment. For every dollar I spend, I will get 80 cents back............. I stopped playing from that moment on.

I did take up Hold em poker and after going through an intense learning phase, I did pretty well until some idiot in government decided it was gambling and stopped us playing. Hold em is a game of skill, not a game of chance like the slots.

Anyways to add to the advice already offerred...........Give yourself an insentive to stop.......... Make a decision that instead of gambling. you spend that money on something that would make you really happy...........A new super sized TV or trip away etc.

By doing so it helps to reinforce what you were missing out on as well as providing a guaranteed pleasure hit unlike gambling which always left me shitty with myself afterwards.

Good luck
 
I play blackjack at the casinos and walk away to cash out every time I've wone 3-4 hands within a few minutes. Then I come back and keep going until I feel like leaving or am out of cash in my wallet that was allocated for that evening's gambling.

Sports betting, I just pool winnings and gamble only with those. If I get to zero, I start a new pool with up to 20$ in bets. Small steps. Rents here are too high to pay for with gambling winnings anyway.
 
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