[HopefulQuitter]

Feeling very good tonight. Watched some hockey and baseball with no desire to wager.

Thank you for the message TheOne12221. I have not “self-excluded” from any online sites. How would you recommend doing something like that? I have read that there is software I could install but I don’t think I’m going to put that on my work computer. Anytime I install something our I.T. guys know/see it. Can I message my SportsBook and tell them to block me? Seems a bit weird but would they actually do it?

[HopefulQuitter]

Now keep it going into Day 2!

I’m at three days and I am feeling great!

[HopefulQuitter]

I must admit, I feel a little silly stopping in here everyday and typing something but, at the same time, in an odd way, it makes me feel more accountable.

Last night wasn’t easy. Over the past two years I have turned into a LIVE bettor. This means that I bet on games as they are being played. So, for me, it is much, much tougher to watch a game/event without playing betting scenarios in my head.

For example, I was watching the Washington Capitals vs. the Pittsburgh Penguins last night. The score was Pittsburgh 3 to Washington 1 going into the last period. I felt like the game was destined for OVERTIME. In the past I would have thrown 250.00 or 500.00 on the +850 odds before the third period or right after it started (hoping to catch a few more dollars). Long story short, the Capitals went on to tie the game. I would have won 2125.00 or 4250.00.

I’m not going to lie. I was sick to my stomach and pist off because I knew that was coming. I guess I have to think about all the other times that I thought “I knew” something was coming but it never came.

So far, this has been a tough, jagged pill to swallow.

[HopefulQuitter]

This is the longest I have gone without placing a bet in a very long time. According the time between my initial post and now I am one day and nine hours free. You know, this doesn’t seem like much but I, kind of, feel like it is a mini victory (so far).

Though I have been bored for a good portion of the past three hours I am still going to refrain. The next twenty minutes or so are usually the toughest for me since that is when all of the west coast sports begin. Living on the east side of the U.S. I am always salivating to put money on west coast games because I can watch the games in their entirety.

The fight/push continues…

[HopefulQuitter]

I am going to be as active as I can possibly be from here on out.

I think it is awesome that you have gone one day without. I am not close to one full day (yet) but I’m going to get there. Then I’m going to keep going just like you. Lead me to consecutive days abstaining by doing it yourself.

We can both do this!

Thank you (ahead of time)!

[HopefulQuitter]

You and I are both in the same boat. Literally! (This is my first post by the way. You brought me out of the proverbial shell and I thank you for that.)

– I am exclusively a sports bettor.

– Hockey is my best sport with political betting my second (which is going to make the upcoming months very tough for me).

– One of my largest bets was the Super Bowl on the Broncos (+ and ML) but my largest win EVER was GAME 7 of the Stanley Cup when the Penguins beat the Red Wings 2 – 1. Granted my win wasn’t as sweet as twenty grand but it was substantial (especially at that time).

– My account is down to the last few dollars (which gives me major anxiety).

– My last wager for this cycle of my account goes off tonight but it is not on the Royals. Instead it is on the early game, Giants -1.5.

– I have the same dreams/nightmares which is why, I guess, I try to sleep as little as possible.

– I want to stop and, kind of, hope that this is my last bet too.

We differ with these though:

– I have an income of one hundred grand a year plus/minus a few thousand depending on the year but my wife monitors it like a hawk which has pushed me to bet behind her back even though I committed to quitting quite a few years ago. Which I did for about a year only to come back and get much crazier.

– Until three weeks ago I was up quite a lot this year but am now “in the hole”. For me it is about five grand. Which, I realize, is nothing compared to many on here but if I don’t stop now I am going to spiral into a whole world of BAD/WORSE. Especially knowing that I have more than eighty grand of open credit sitting in my wallet and on a shelf at home. I have done everything within myself to not tap into it over the past two days.

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