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Originally Posted by rickroll
ignore the inevitable trolls who will complain about not losing your house or getting a title loan, that's awesome you've made so much progress man, you should really start a thread on that process here - I'm sure a lot of people would be interested and could benefit from reading about that journey
part of it was getting out of jobs which were so brutal that I felt like big scores were the only way I could get extended time off, mostly really bad labour jobs I used to do. Starting a landscaping business which has done well and provides enough money to feel like I am ok without trying to win money gambling.
I started going to the casino for the 1/3 game again, but leave all cards with my wife and only take 1 buy in for 100 bb.
Other than having a house and wife now which I can easily lose, the intense lows of losing 25% of a years salary in one night when it was barely enough to live on, was enough to tone it back a lot. Getting out of my 20s helped too.
I have a trip report on here from 7 years ago called trying not to bust this summer where I high hiked to Vegas from California after my truck broke down, and lost $30,000 (half of credit) after grinding for about a week at 2/5