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Hello,
I am 34 years old from New York. My life is in ruins. I’ve gambled my life away. I got a Corporate job out of college and moved up to being a manager. I started gambling without too much consequence at the age of 21. I went to casinos every few months and lost a few hunderd dollars here and there. My gambling went out of control when online poker became very popular and ESPN started promoting Chris Moneymaker in 2003. I started playing poker online. I’ve lost approx $150,000 to online poker. I stopped playing online poker about 3 years ago, but then started betting on sports online. I think I lost another $40,000 to sportsbetting. Then last June, I said I just need to gamble and play poker live. I quit my job and cashed out my 401k. I took $40,000 and lived in Vegas trying to make it as a poker pro. Well, I had no dicipline and lost all my money to craps and sports. I got my tax return of $3,000 last month and tried again to make it as a poker pro in Atlantic City, but I lost the money on craps and horses. I just have no control. I went homeless and was surviving on my "diamond card" from the casino for food. I was sleeping at the casino bus terminal. Two days ago, I got enough desire to come back home to mom and dad and try to start all over. I was suicidal and hopeless when I was was homeless in Atlatic City.
So, I’m here on this forum now….trying to get some help. Any suggestions would be most appreciated.I will try