So my life the last year has been very focused around poker. I find my self going from parties and gathers with friends, just to play poker. Ive become ok with not hooking up with girls in the weekends, cuz i know i can just go home and enjoy/winning online.

I have no idea why it is like this, and im certain that im not an addict, nor a degen, cuz this has been my livelyhood for 6-7 months now. But its ****ing bugging me, that i really do not enjoy being around alot of people over time. I always want to go up and meet girls/boys from my school, but after a few hours, i just get tired/annoyed/bored, and walk home.

Wtf is my problem?

In this game the longer you play the more you win, it's not like other jobs with fixed sheldulle. You think every second worth money and even sleep worth money and when u put yourself into bed you want to fall asleep as soon as posible so you will wake up earlier and not lose time. Of course these things come to an extent.

A lot of times when I'm at a party or club I wana go home and play poker cause even if I always complain about how hard it is to grind, I still love the game and I love playing it on all kind of drugs. A lot of times I went home earlier cause I thaught it would be the same fun grinding on drugs than at the party and do something usetfull at the same time. I am not addicted, I can stay a lot withaught poker and would certanly prefer not to play a day again if I could get the same money by doing nothing but I like it, that's why I'm a poker player.

Marijuana is not a drug btw.
What else can you take and beat poker? Just curious because anything else seems too strong. I don't even play if I have a buzz going from a couple beers.

I would definitely agree with this. When you still enjoy it recreationally but are also making good money/a living from it, it becomes more difficult to "justify" other activities. "Yeah this is fun, but I could be having fun AND making money right now..."

I think the best way to handle it is to make a schedule. Set times to play, and also make sure to set times you WON'T play. It's not an option, at all, and you HAVE to do other things. Think about why you're trying to do things like socializing. You really don't want to be just sitting in front of your computer 24-7 with nothing else in your life. Maybe it's not 100% as exciting, but you never know what might happen or who you might meet. And you'll feel better later for having done it.

Plan breaks/outings into your schedule. Make plans with friends, go out for dinner, join a gym, whatever. It'll get much easier once you compartmentalize poker and keep it from taking over EVERYTHING.

I play my normal game whatever drugs I'm on or what mood I'm in. I play the same on: weed, dxm, pills, amphetamines and even benzidamina (psichadelic a lot more powerfull than lsd). I also played on coke just to see if I play better and it was fantastic, I did play a lot better, it's also a brain stimulant. Heard a guy on this forum that did a statistic about the better roi he had on coke and the profit did not cover the coke money cause he was playng lower-middle stakes.

On alcholl I can't play at all, not even after 2 beers as u said. I can lose a lot and not give a F when on booze. I prefer playng on absolutaly anything else than booze.

Anyway I can't multitable too good when on something, just 2 table or so, depends. On weed I can multitable 4-6 like I normaly do with no problem at all. Maby I got used to it.


This is a very hard thing to do at poker. If u do keep with the sheldule you will want to play in ur free time to make more and feel better and you will also not respect it some times and say you will play more another time. Anyway it's nice been ur own boss.

I would not enjoy playing on coke... Then again I don't enjoy coke very much at all.
It's weird how alcohol is the 1 thing that nobody can enjoy while playing.

Lol you enjoy it a lot, that's the problem, and don't care about the money. I am always was a respectable and responsible grinder, never did stupid things and I don't consume alcholl too often and when I do I get hope half dead and fall to sleep.

Some time ago I was in a bad period at poker, things were not going right and I worked like a slave to make some money there to finaly rise the stakes. One day I went into the kitchen to smoke a ciggarete and searched for some tea, juice etc. to drink while smoking, anything accept watter is good. All I found was a bottle of vodka so I said I'll drink just a glass but drinked the hole bottle and went at my computer very enthuziastic to make some money. Lost half my bankroll, but I really loved it.

A friend went in a casino to play some poker when he got 18 and cause of the fact that they don't serve soda in casinos he got drunk and lost 3k from his mother credit card at the roulette

Never drink while playng poker man, really it's not good.

Me too when I drink one glass cola/rum I don't play that night. When I play I am in perfect condition

I used to do it if someone was offering it for free, but after a couple sleepless nights I realized it wasn't that great. It's a dirty drug.

Well, OP, I think whats happening is that your life is changing. I can't say anything with confidence on this post since I don't know you, but I'll try to squeeze out as much as I can.

I can tell you from personal experience, with the years passed, I socialize less and less every day.Few years ago I threw a party at my house at lease twice a week for like a year straight. Met lots of people, mostly still people I knew well but met some cool people. I really liked being around other people back then. It slightly faded away tho.
I hardly ever drink and almost never party.

Your problem is that you think a problem exists. If you wanna stay home and earn a living with something you love... thats not a problem. Just accept that you don't wanna hang out that much anymore and wanna play more poker. You can also try going out less and the times you do, you are there to the end. Its better to have a good poker day and a good party night than a half poker day and half party night.

OP, you are in college right?
You should have a schedule, that way you aren't concerned with "should I be playing right now?" well, look at the piece of paper
Adjust it accordingly ofc

OP, I would be very interested to know if you have displayed this kind of behaviour before poker. Did you actually like going out before poker or was it more a forced thing that poker now lets you get away from and that you didn't really like doing all that much anyway.

Personally, I find 90% of clubs/parties boring and pointles, and the big 'party heads' don't really seem to be having a great time either. Maybe you need to find places you enjoy going out too...maybe it's a particular type of music, scene or group of friends, because if you are having a great time you shouldn't have that urge to go back to poker. Poker is fun, but in the end it is a job (if you take it seriously) so don't be too selective in your memory- think about all the grinding and the pots you lose and not just the money you win.

Hope that helps.

Grind to live, don't live to grind.

You put in the hours so that you have the freedom and security that money brings.

No need to feel guilty when you forgoe poker to do something else or forgoe something else to play poker. Just make sure that you're choosing what you want to do / will be best for you and not the path of least resistance - don't just choose the easiest thing when decide how to spend your time.

Do with your time what makes you happy but make sure you maintain meaningful friendships and enjoy yourself outside of poker when you feel the desire to.

No glory in getting burried with your roll.

That was my best attempt at evaluating your situation, I hope it helps.