I think you should stop whining, and just play poker.

If poker makes you happier, you should play from time to time.

There is a place on venice blvd in the culver city/venice area that is a support group for gamblers. It is not GA, it is run by a big time doctor. the meeting are held in a synagogue, but you dont have to be jewish. The name of the place escapes me ( beit va shuva or something) but if you want I can get the name. They meet a few times a week. My attorney referred a guy there who had a major major gambling problem and blew like 30 million of his clients money. He went to their in patient program and is headed to the slammer. If you PM me I will get you the info.

Good luck whatever you do

so you relapsed today??

Is it possible for you to play play money only or do you only feel good playing with real money?

If playing with play money is ok then you probably just have Add

But if he plays all the time then he will be happy all the time.

Yeah, but if that hapiness leads to job problems\severe financial losses\etc... is it really hapiness?

Only one thing to do, start drinking heavily

obv level

LOL $8k.

if u had that much wouldn't be posting this thread!

o/u 1 month till life purpose questioning?

I'm avoiding the higher stakes so I think i'll be good.

I like the idea of going pro

start railing titties

You THINK? You should know.

add. How do you know you got it. I find i can obsess about things like op. For last two years it has been poker. Almost failed exams cos of it. Got a prof exam with acca tomorrow and on here posting. Is there anything online for it. Going to google it now. Normally good at finding stuff like that when i have to study

I don't get it. Addiction is only a problem if it impacts your life negatively. How has poker impacted your life negatively? Losing your job because you're reading 2p2 at work is not evidence of poker affecting your life negatively, but rather evidence of you being bored at work. Quitting poker won't suddenly make you more productive if you hate your job, something else will just fill the void.

Seriously, how is your poker "addiction" -EV? And if it's not, why are you worried about it?

titties, say no more

This? I mean if you successfully quit poker for 4 months, it seems like you do have some self-control. Unless of course you were still constantly thinking about poker the whole time, and that's why you were so unhappy?

I don't think anyone can really answer this for OP. Only he knows how much control he really has over his thoughts/actions in regards to poker.

And if you ARE able to concentrate at work when you actually have a job you like, can have a social life outside of it, and don't lose significant amounts of money when you play, then maybe the problem isn't really with poker.


edit: I would definitely consider myself "addicted" to poker right now, I play at least some pretty much every day and think about it a lot. I've made very nice money at it though, when I'm at work I concentrate on WORK, and I made sure to set aside blocks of time for social life/other pursuits. So I definitely wouldn't say I have a "problem." I very much enjoy poker as a part of my life, which is why I work to make sure it doesn't BECOME a problem.

my main concern is healthcare, if i dont have a job and I get sick, my bankroll will suffer.
last time I was unemployed, i caught STD from a chick I met in a bar here in LA and I had to spend a lot of money to recuperate from the disease, so i got to have a job.

The levels getting better. What STD you get op?

Come on. This guy couldn't be more full of sht if he were a fertilizer factory.

TJ Cloutier is the best

cocaine is a.....wait

U ADDICTED BRO time to go pro

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LTPRJqt2z4

This is the right place to say ban op i guess