Hello everyone, today I spent 16 hours in the games arcade and made 2800 euros in the process. It was particularly brutal at the Magic, where I had 8 breaks without having played any games and when 1.20 to 60 cents. after that I never played again and this month I gambled away a total of almost 8300 euros and I'm pretty mentally exhausted because the constant losing takes its toll. That was the worst day in my life technically and I'm mentally freaking out because of my stupidity. I have to draw a line now because I have lost just over 40000 in 5 months. I'm talking about casinos, online casino, oddset. The constant losing is destroying me, i.e. never winning anything and then you never stop. I'm trying to stop gambling for at least 1 year now and make a cut because it's destroying me mentally. I just wanted to be honest... I've just come out of the casino broken
needle34 wrote on 17.12.2023 at 03:16: Hello everyone, today I spent 16 hours in the arcade and made 2800 euros. At the magic it was particularly brutal because I had 8 breaks without having had games and when 1.20 to 60 cents. after that I never played again and this month I gambled away a total of almost 8300 euros and I'm pretty mentally exhausted because the constant losing takes its toll. That was the worst day in my life technically and I'm mentally freaking out because of my stupidity. I have to draw a line now because I have lost just over 40000 in 5 months. I'm talking gambling shops, online casino, oddset. The constant losing is destroying me, i.e. never winning anything and then you never stop. I'm trying to stop gambling for at least 1 year now and make a cut because it's destroying me mentally. I just wanted to be honest... I've just come out of the arcade broken
I'm sure you've been banging left and right, haven't you?
Fierce and sick.
There's not much advice I can give you in situations like this
can give you. Of course you can try to be strong in such situations
to be strong......
You come out of the game mentally down and full of adrenaline,
you resolve not to do it again......
but then the addiction drags you back in.
So: ONLY PROFESSIONAL HELP HELPS!!!
I also had similar phases,
many years ago, one day I went in at 9 a.m. and
and left the Spielo again at 10 pm...
It was a mid 4 digit amount.
If I hadn't had my parents/grandparents to support me financially
financially supported me, I would probably still be paying today.
With the amount you're paying, you definitely need to get professional help.
The best thing would probably be inpatient therapy.
I moved to a small village during my bad phase,
i worked there, then joined the army, which was 5 years without gambling.
I still gamble today, but sometimes with longer breaks in between.
I realize that sports betting is slowly becoming too much for me, and I'm thinking about
about a ban......
Hello needle34, that sounds bad and I also think that you should definitely pull the ripcord now. Not primarily because of your financial losses, but because of your psyche. You seem to be suffering mentally from the addiction and the compulsion to gamble. What else in your life do you enjoy apart from gambling? Do you have a family, good friends you can confide in or do you manage everything on your own? I don't have any clever tips apart from the usual ones such as blocking, accepting losses and not running after them, talking to someone etc. But in any case, I wish you all the best and that you take action against the addiction. I once heard that you should always think in small steps, so don't want to quit for a year, but for one day first. You can do it, every day. All the best!!!
bruffl wrote on 17.12.2023 at 09:04: Fierce and sick.
There's not much advice I can give you in situations like this
can give you. Of course you can try to be strong in such situations
to be strong......
You come out of the game mentally down and full of adrenaline,
you resolve not to do it again......
but then the addiction drags you back in.
So: ONLY PROFESSIONAL HELP HELPS!!!
I also had similar phases,
many years ago, one day I went in at 9 a.m. and
and left the Spielo again at 10 pm...
It was a mid 4 digit amount.
If I hadn't had my parents/grandparents to support me financially
financially supported me, I would probably still be paying today.
With the amount you're paying, you definitely need to get professional help.
The best thing would probably be inpatient therapy.
I moved to a small village during my bad phase,
i worked there, then joined the army, which was 5 years without gambling.
I still gamble today, but sometimes with longer breaks in between.
I realize that sports betting is slowly becoming too much for me, and I'm thinking about
about a ban......
Good luck and strength......
Thank you for your words. I barely slept that night because of it and my first thought was go to the gym, it couldn't be worse. I have to be strong now. It's going to be difficult enough I'm trying to make a definitive cut, I have to stop otherwise it will get much worse at some point.
needle34 wrote on 17.12.2023 at 03:16: I just wanted to be honest... I've just come out of the toy store broken
You have already recognized the most important thing yourself and can also name and say it clearly, take that as something positive.
This self-awareness alone means you are already much further ahead than others.
What you do with it now is entirely up to you. I believe you when you write that you want to take a one-year break from all gambling and hope that this decision was not just made out of initial anger and frustration and will last beyond this phase.
You write that you have lost 40,000 euros in the last 5 months, that's not exactly a small amount and I don't know your financial situation, if the money is assets, tick it off, because that's exactly where your trigger lies, you are chasing after your losses, purely rationally this cannot succeed, but you are acting out of emotion.
If the lost money is borrowed money, it is not a sum that cannot be managed, provided you have a medium, regular income in combination with the implementation of your plans regarding your gambling break of at least one year.
If you earn a little less, the sum would also be manageable, but it would then take longer and would certainly be a friendly reminder every month, when looking at what is left over from your salary and the consequences this has on your lifestyle, that you can only lose in the long term when gambling.
Don't look at what you no longer have and don't try to make those losses even bigger in the mistaken belief that it will work.
Look at what you do have.
Are you in a stable and happy relationship? Great.
Do you have real friends? Great
Do you have a good relationship with your family? Also important.
Do you have a permanent job? Nice and not to be taken for granted.
Are you and your loved ones healthy? If so, be grateful for that.
If several of the points apply to you and you continue to play so excessively, then sooner or later and little by little you can say goodbye to them.
The price you're paying now is "only" money, the other would certainly be more stressful in the long run, especially as you yourself write that you're mentally distressed at the moment.
I have always found you to be a nice and communicative user here and at least self-reflective enough to recognize your own problem.
Everything else is now in your hands and if you don't want to go through it alone, you should choose someone close to you and possibly let them in on your plans. "Simply" saying in general that you want to change something in your life and that you have realized that you have behaviors in yourself that you would like to get rid of/change.
I wish you with all my heart that you can "quickly" change the current situation yourself and, more importantly, that you want to do so permanently.
I hope that despite all the current grief and after you have slept on it a few times, you can still celebrate a wonderful Christmas with your loved ones, knowing that what you really need has been around you for a long time.
SunSun13 wrote on 17.12.2023 at 10:35 am: Hello needle34, that sounds bad and I also think that you should definitely pull a ripcord now. Not primarily because of your financial losses, but because of your psyche. You seem to be suffering a lot mentally from the addiction and the compulsion to gamble. What else in your life do you enjoy apart from gambling? Do you have a family, good friends you can confide in or do you manage everything on your own? I don't have any clever tips apart from the usual ones such as blocking, accepting losses and not running after them, talking to someone etc. But I wish you all the best in any case and that you take action against the addiction. I once heard that you should always think in small steps, so don't want to quit for a year, but for a day at first. You can do it, every day. All the best!!!
They all know that I'm playing and always just say you've got it, what are you getting upset about? The problem is that it breaks me mentally that I can't lose and keep going. That was the fourth time this month I've been in a hall for over 15 hours without winning anything and just booking and waiting and waiting. I haven't slept all night now and just have this stupid thought go and get it back. That's the worst struggle for me right now. So these thoughts. Thank you for your words.
You have already recognized the most important thing yourself and can also name and say it clearly, take that as something positive.
Through this self-knowledge alone, you are already much further ahead than others.
What you do with it now is entirely up to you. I believe you when you write that you want to take a one-year break from all gambling and I hope that this decision was not just made out of initial anger and frustration and will last beyond this phase.
You write that you have lost 40,000 euros in the last 5 months, that's not exactly a small amount and I don't know your financial situation, if the money is assets, tick it off, because that's exactly where your trigger lies, you are chasing after your losses, purely rationally this cannot succeed, but you are acting out of emotion.
If the lost money is borrowed money, it is not a sum that cannot be managed, provided you have a medium, regular income in combination with the implementation of your plans regarding your gambling break of at least one year.
If you earn a little less, the sum would also be manageable, but it would then take longer and would certainly be a friendly reminder every month, when looking at what is left over from your salary and the consequences this has on your lifestyle, that you can only lose in the long term when gambling.
Don't look at what you no longer have and don't try to make those losses even bigger in the mistaken belief that it will work.
Look at what you do have.
Are you in a stable and happy relationship? Great.
Do you have real friends? Great
Do you have a good relationship with your family? Also important.
Do you have a permanent job? Nice and not to be taken for granted.
Are you and your loved ones healthy? If so, be grateful for that.
If several of the points apply to you and you continue to play so excessively, then sooner or later and little by little you can say goodbye to them.
The price you're paying now is "only" money, the other would certainly be more stressful in the long run, especially as you yourself write that you're mentally distressed at the moment.
I have always found you to be a nice and communicative user here and at least self-reflective enough to recognize your own problem.
Everything else is now in your hands and if you don't want to go through it alone, you should choose someone close to you and possibly let them in on your plans. "Just" saying in general that you want to change something in your life and that you have realized that you have behaviors in you that you would like to get rid of/change.
I wish you with all my heart that you can "quickly" change the current situation yourself and, more importantly, that you want to do so permanently.
I hope that despite all the current grief and after you have slept on it a few times, you can still celebrate a wonderful Christmas with your loved ones, knowing that what you really need has been around you for a long time.
I just have this compulsion to win, that's my biggest struggle, if I go ten times and lose ten times it gets worse. I'm just generally unhappy with my life, I'm not in a partnership, my friends are there but I have my own family. No, I'm not broke, but when you've gambled away two million in 16 years and haven't played for three years, it's very hard to stop playing at all. I don't set myself a limit either and always take too much money with me. Instead of taking 100 with you, you take a lot more. You see others winning and then you only see yourself losing and losing. You're just put off. At some point you lose track. You kill a fifty in 5 minutes, you play several machines. Then you end up with 2800 euros without a win and no fun. You look like a zombie afterwards, I didn't even eat anything that day. I then only focused on one machine and sat on it alone for about 8-9 hours. Then there was also a Novoline that threw nothing. As I said, my problem is that nothing comes up and I can't lose. If I'd had more with me I would have played through the night. Thanks for your words, it's going to be a tough time now.... I have to mentally get myself together, which will be very difficult after the last few days and mega losses of 8k.
Your text reads as if you are giving the game a face. You against the machine. The machine is your opponent.
But since this machine is programmed and trained to win against you, you will always lose against it.
It's like you're in a boss fight in a video game. You're level 10, the boss (the machine) is level 50 and you can't win.
If losing hurts so much for you, always keep this thought in mind - level 10 against 50!
Try using the addiction counseling contacts here on GJ (streetworksusi, for example). You'll still be quite anonymous and they'll certainly have enough knowledge to help you get started. However, there seems to be no way around therapy.
There's nothing that can help now. You have to put up with it. If you really want to change something, you have to break your own patterns, preferably with professional support. GUTS !
schwede666 wrote on 17.12.2023 at 11:56 am: There's nothing that can help now. You have to endure it. If you really want to change something, you have to break your own patterns, preferably with professional support. GUTS !
Yes, the money is definitely gone, I know that, but this constant losing is so bad. You sit there like a zombie for 16 hours and win nothing. Plus a minimum of over ten booking breaks. If you think about how sick it is to invest 1000+ in a device and not win 10 euros. That is sick yes. I don't want to go to gambling halls anymore, that's completely my goal now and to be gambling-free for the next few months
Yes definitely the money is gone, I know that anyway this constant losing is so bad. You sit there like a zombie for 16 hours and win nothing. Plus a minimum of ten booking breaks. If you think about how sick it is to invest 1000+ in a device and not win 10 euros. That is sick yes. I don't want to go to gambling halls anymore, that's completely my goal now and to be gambling-free for the next few months
To put it bluntly: why would you go to an arcade with so much money? The wins are totally limited there anyway. If something comes up, then you usually win 3-4k and that feels really rare. Regardless of your Gambling addiction, gambling halls should be at the bottom of the list. Lotto and Scratch cards at the bottom, of course.
It's by no means a motivation to invest in OC, because there's a Risk of losing more, but in my eyes gambling halls are so unattractive.
I just have this compulsion to win that's my biggest struggle, if I go ten times and lose ten times it gets worse. I'm just generally unhappy with my life, I'm not in a partnership, my friends are there but I have my own family. No, I'm not broke, but when you've gambled away two million in 16 years and haven't played for three years, it's very hard to stop playing at all. I don't set myself a limit either and always take too much money with me. Instead of taking 100 with you, you take a lot more. You see others winning and then you only see yourself losing and losing. You're just put off. At some point you lose track. You kill a fifty in 5 minutes, you play several machines. Then you end up with 2800 euros without a win and no fun. You look like a zombie afterwards, I didn't even eat anything that day. I then only focused on one machine and sat on it alone for about 8-9 hours. Then there was also a Novoline that threw nothing. As I said, my problem is that nothing comes up and I can't lose. If I'd had more with me I would have played through the night. Thanks for your words, it's going to be a tough time now.... I have to mentally get myself together, which will be very difficult after the last few days and mega losses of 8k.
Winston Churchill's hobby was bricklaying
it's a cool hobby, takes up all your time, looks easy and shocks you at the end to see that the day wasn't pointless
frapi07 wrote on 17.12.2023 at 12:20 pm:
Let's ask stupidly: why do you go to an arcade with so much money? The wins are totally limited there anyway. If something comes up, you usually win 3-4k and that feels really rare. Regardless of your Gambling addiction, gambling halls should be at the bottom of the list. Lotto and Scratch cards at the bottom, of course.
It's by no means a motivation to invest in OC, because there's a Risk of losing more, but in my eyes gambling halls are so unattractive.
Because I can't lose? And at some point the thought that doesn't matter comes, then the wallet is empty and you feel bad and liberated. As I mentioned, I had that more than once in December and lost a lot of money. I had no wins nothing. This month was very very expensive 8k or almost 9 is a lot of money in the end. I am honest as mentioned I have to stop doing this. Even now my thoughts only revolve around the gambling hall I have to get the money back which never happens anyway. What triggers me is that others are constantly winning and I never do. You start thinking that can't be true, the machine has to give. I don't even feel like Christmas anymore because of that...
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There's not much advice I can give you in situations like this
can give you. Of course you can try to be strong in such situations
to be strong......
You come out of the game mentally down and full of adrenaline,
you resolve not to do it again......
but then the addiction drags you back in.
So: ONLY PROFESSIONAL HELP HELPS!!!
I also had similar phases,
many years ago, one day I went in at 9 a.m. and
and left the Spielo again at 10 pm...
It was a mid 4 digit amount.
If I hadn't had my parents/grandparents to support me financially
financially supported me, I would probably still be paying today.
With the amount you're paying, you definitely need to get professional help.
The best thing would probably be inpatient therapy.
I moved to a small village during my bad phase,
i worked there, then joined the army, which was 5 years without gambling.
I still gamble today, but sometimes with longer breaks in between.
I realize that sports betting is slowly becoming too much for me, and I'm thinking about
about a ban......
Good luck and strength......
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Thank you for your words. I barely slept that night because of it and my first thought was go to the gym, it couldn't be worse. I have to be strong now. It's going to be difficult enough I'm trying to make a definitive cut, I have to stop otherwise it will get much worse at some point.
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You have already recognized the most important thing yourself and can also name and say it clearly, take that as something positive.
This self-awareness alone means you are already much further ahead than others.
What you do with it now is entirely up to you. I believe you when you write that you want to take a one-year break from all gambling and hope that this decision was not just made out of initial anger and frustration and will last beyond this phase.
You write that you have lost 40,000 euros in the last 5 months, that's not exactly a small amount and I don't know your financial situation, if the money is assets, tick it off, because that's exactly where your trigger lies, you are chasing after your losses, purely rationally this cannot succeed, but you are acting out of emotion.
If the lost money is borrowed money, it is not a sum that cannot be managed, provided you have a medium, regular income in combination with the implementation of your plans regarding your gambling break of at least one year.
If you earn a little less, the sum would also be manageable, but it would then take longer and would certainly be a friendly reminder every month, when looking at what is left over from your salary and the consequences this has on your lifestyle, that you can only lose in the long term when gambling.
Don't look at what you no longer have and don't try to make those losses even bigger in the mistaken belief that it will work.
Look at what you do have.
Are you in a stable and happy relationship? Great.
Do you have real friends? Great
Do you have a good relationship with your family? Also important.
Do you have a permanent job? Nice and not to be taken for granted.
Are you and your loved ones healthy? If so, be grateful for that.
If several of the points apply to you and you continue to play so excessively, then sooner or later and little by little you can say goodbye to them.
The price you're paying now is "only" money, the other would certainly be more stressful in the long run, especially as you yourself write that you're mentally distressed at the moment.
I have always found you to be a nice and communicative user here and at least self-reflective enough to recognize your own problem.
Everything else is now in your hands and if you don't want to go through it alone, you should choose someone close to you and possibly let them in on your plans. "Simply" saying in general that you want to change something in your life and that you have realized that you have behaviors in yourself that you would like to get rid of/change.
I wish you with all my heart that you can "quickly" change the current situation yourself and, more importantly, that you want to do so permanently.
I hope that despite all the current grief and after you have slept on it a few times, you can still celebrate a wonderful Christmas with your loved ones, knowing that what you really need has been around you for a long time.
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They all know that I'm playing and always just say you've got it, what are you getting upset about? The problem is that it breaks me mentally that I can't lose and keep going. That was the fourth time this month I've been in a hall for over 15 hours without winning anything and just booking and waiting and waiting. I haven't slept all night now and just have this stupid thought go and get it back. That's the worst struggle for me right now. So these thoughts. Thank you for your words.
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I just have this compulsion to win, that's my biggest struggle, if I go ten times and lose ten times it gets worse. I'm just generally unhappy with my life, I'm not in a partnership, my friends are there but I have my own family. No, I'm not broke, but when you've gambled away two million in 16 years and haven't played for three years, it's very hard to stop playing at all. I don't set myself a limit either and always take too much money with me. Instead of taking 100 with you, you take a lot more. You see others winning and then you only see yourself losing and losing. You're just put off. At some point you lose track. You kill a fifty in 5 minutes, you play several machines. Then you end up with 2800 euros without a win and no fun. You look like a zombie afterwards, I didn't even eat anything that day. I then only focused on one machine and sat on it alone for about 8-9 hours. Then there was also a Novoline that threw nothing. As I said, my problem is that nothing comes up and I can't lose. If I'd had more with me I would have played through the night. Thanks for your words, it's going to be a tough time now.... I have to mentally get myself together, which will be very difficult after the last few days and mega losses of 8k.
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But since this machine is programmed and trained to win against you, you will always lose against it.
It's like you're in a boss fight in a video game. You're level 10, the boss (the machine) is level 50 and you can't win.
If losing hurts so much for you, always keep this thought in mind - level 10 against 50!
Try using the addiction counseling contacts here on GJ (streetworksusi, for example). You'll still be quite anonymous and they'll certainly have enough knowledge to help you get started. However, there seems to be no way around therapy.
Good luck!
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Yes, the money is definitely gone, I know that, but this constant losing is so bad. You sit there like a zombie for 16 hours and win nothing. Plus a minimum of over ten booking breaks. If you think about how sick it is to invest 1000+ in a device and not win 10 euros. That is sick yes. I don't want to go to gambling halls anymore, that's completely my goal now and to be gambling-free for the next few months
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To put it bluntly: why would you go to an arcade with so much money? The wins are totally limited there anyway. If something comes up, then you usually win 3-4k and that feels really rare. Regardless of your Gambling addiction, gambling halls should be at the bottom of the list. Lotto and Scratch cards at the bottom, of course.
It's by no means a motivation to invest in OC, because there's a Risk of losing more, but in my eyes gambling halls are so unattractive.
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Because I can't lose? And at some point the thought that doesn't matter comes, then the wallet is empty and you feel bad and liberated. As I mentioned, I had that more than once in December and lost a lot of money. I had no wins nothing. This month was very very expensive 8k or almost 9 is a lot of money in the end. I am honest as mentioned I have to stop doing this. Even now my thoughts only revolve around the gambling hall I have to get the money back which never happens anyway. What triggers me is that others are constantly winning and I never do. You start thinking that can't be true, the machine has to give. I don't even feel like Christmas anymore because of that...
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