I hope everyone is doing well with their quest of staying gambling free today. There are a lot of powerful statements that were made that I had thoughts on. First, Tango you are so right we have to admit we are powerless over gambling. Oh how so true that is. I have always felt like I was good at sports betting because I absolutely love sports. I enjoy watching the games and I feel like I’m okay with number a which leads me yo believe I can win at sports gambling. However, I have come to realize I am not good at it and that’s the case partly because I’m powerless over gambling. I can go 2 or 3 weeks and win every day but I can’t stop and take a day off. I’m powerless and have to keep betting which causes me to lose all my money plus more. So to sit here and believe I could win at sports betting is a complete lie because I’ve proven that thought to be false.
Now if I can back track a little to a statement I made earlier which makes my quit so difficult and that statement was “I love sports.” I could sit back and watch sports for hours without having any action/bets on the game but as soon as I started making wagers on games I watch, well that took it to a new level and a new thrill that is unaparrell to any other rush. I will get back on this topic after I point out the fact that relapsing is not an option for me. Not this time. That doesn’t mean this will not be tough but it means I refuse to give my life back to gambling. I say that as a serial relapesor. I dipped for 15 years and tried to quit over hundreds of times without any success until I had enough. I’ve been sports betting for 10 years and several times over the last 3 years have I placed my last wager only to fail. I mention this because I want this time to be it. All the problems and the financial troubles all the time away from family has me rethinking that life I had lived. I don’t want to live that way and I’m going to do everything I can each and every day to stay gambling free. Which leads me back to one last comment I want to make before I go spend time with my family and that is the biggest challenge I have faced is when I stop gambling on sports I completely shut sports out of my life because I don’t want to face that urge; and its difficult yo close out something that I have so much love for. But I think having a break from sports and finding positive thing to occupy my time will help with this challenge.
I thank you all for the support and encouragement. Lets make today great !
