The only real way to win or become better is to be able to sit for ours, that in itself should be enough motivation to stop playing.

Not even close.
Also, many poker players are kind of dicks. They think it's fun to bring the pain. Like they got nothing else to bring.

If your not enjoying yourself then quit. Lifes to short to do something that sucks your soul away. I am a recreational player and I had to quit for 2 years while going through a divorce trust me it would of been easy to escape in gambling but I had to quit to take care of myself first and now years later I can go back to play with a renewed passion as a retiree but anytime I start to feel the game is no longer fun I take a long break

Can not believe I keep playing. Soul sucking game, just run super bad when I could have a good night. Closed all my money apps, can't buy in, hope this works! Unreal run last night....

Found an app called Bet Blocker, this could do the trick. Don't want to give any more of money to degen poker players. This game is addictive, I feel the same when I quit smoking, like I'm losing a friend or a break up. This is messed up, can't tell me poker is a healthy thing. At least not for me.

Maybe the problem is not poker, is that you didn't feel in love with this job and it just find, its cliche, but you need to find something that you love and fits your life style

I love playing poker, I get exicited everyday to improve and get better and I don't even seen as Job tbh

Either way, good luck on your path

I have a job I enjoy and will probably make me rich, poker is my life leek.
Some people can drink a beer and not go on a binder. That's not me and I believe there are many in poker that struggle too. Not all E Dogs, but most people can't afford to gamble really.

Thanks for the well wishes. I am struggling right now with idea that I can not play. Really is a sickness...

I struggled for 10 years with it buddy. Started online (and on here) around 2010, finally stopped 2020. I had delusions of being some sort of semi-professional (never needed the money, I already had it) but even it I had the IQ I never remotely had the commitment and determination to spend a big portion of my life nailed to a computer keyboard.

I still enjoyed the game as a break even rec, binked the occasional tourney, but eventually you start to realise its a **** way to spend your life. Not knocking the outliers who make a living out of it somehow, but its not for most of us.

Cold turkey finally got me out, switched off all my accounts, deleted all my logins and replaced the time spent on it with learning Spanish.

Now I don't miss it all, but I still follow a couple of PGCs, just out of curiosty to see just how much some folk have to sacrifice to follow their poker dreams. Interestingly the guy I have been following for a year and who looks a likely candidate for success (and who has dedicated his every wakening moment to poker!) has recently stopped posting??? Hence I stumbled on your PGC.

Good Luck.

Thank you.

Our stories sound similar, but I could use the money!😉
My time could be better spent on my business, that will make me money, and I do enjoy it from time to time. The depression I feel on a down swing is also just to much. Why do this to myself? I have worked to hard to give it away.

Thanks again, and good luck with life

Man, I really hate poker. It make me feel hate for all poker player and everyone involved. Feel like it's not different than drugs and alcohol. Nothing healthy about it in my opinion.

Try discussing it with your family or with a close friend who can support you to stop. If you don't enjoy it but can't stop doing it, then you clearly have a problem. It may not last forever, but for now it's destructive in your life. Whether or not you decide to return to it in the future when your circumstances change is an open question.

You don’t quit poker. Poker quits you.

Quit the poker for good for Christ sake . Its gambling its harmful (unless you win) and its addictive .

I do win from time to time, but it's just a terrible waste of one's time. At least for me, it's unhealthy. Hoping, this will help keep me in the right direction.

It isn't logical to expect a thread on a pro-gambling site to help you stop gambling. You ought to find a forum for people who are trying to quit gambling. A quick DuckDuckGo search turns up:

• Gambling Therapy - Support Forums
• PyschForums - Gambling Addiction Forum
• GamCare (UK)
• Gambling Help - Online Forums (Australia)

What is killing me is how accessible poker is through these damn apps and how addictive they are. Just like drugs after you've went through a benge, about 2 days later you're thinking it wasn't that bad. I've seen countless people just push it in with nothing. None of it seems healthy and the owners of these clubs are much like drug dealers for the most part. There are the exceptions there are people that truly love the game but for the most part they just want to make money. The fact that there is greed an individual gain as the primary motive to do these things, that may keep me from playing again. When I quit smoking it helped to remember that I was making people rich by killing myself. I got to remember that most of these club owners only care about the rake.

42nd!

Poker is just evil, gambling is the devil. Can never convince me otherwise.
Drug dealing is a job......

I used to have the same thought process. Is poker evil or is it our competitive emotions? When I realized its just a game I started to enjoy it again. I quit being hard on myself. I feel bad when I stack other players when they leave angry frustrating comments telling me they hope I die or get cancer. I want them to have fun too so I start playing a wider range to give them more action and give them a chance to win their money back. Being this way makes it more entertaining for my opponents and myself. If it stresses you out the best thing to do is move down in stakes so even if you lose, it wont ruin life off the felt and if you win its a nice little bonus for the rest of the day.

The most logical thing to do is just to quit. I am sure there are people that get entertainment value out of it but as a hole it seems like a miserable existence to be a poker player. I'm really just addicted like many other people. It's time consuming, not really that entertaining, I don't understand why I keep playing.
Honestly I felt bad when I took bills of money when playing bad especially. Other people seem to thrive on it which makes me not like the game even more.
Just doesn't seem like there's any healthy happy poker players out there in the world anymore, Maybe there never was.
I think not playing is key.

A whole day without playing, I feel good. But the devil is scratching at the back of mind....

Just amazed at the urge to want to play today. If I get my 25 k bonus today it's going to be really easy to justify playing again. It's like my brain hates me. Well I will live I suppose either way, just bummed.

Its a strategic game like chess. But if you see it as a gambling thing, simmilar to alcohol and drugs, maybe you should seek help.

The game survives through addiction and degens. The gambling addicts keep the games going. No chess player died alone and broke from the chess lifestyle. Not even a real comparison, the best player almost always wins in chess, poker is gambling.

You sure about that?