It's Nice To Be In Control

[snoopy1239]

TightEnd's latest blog entry (uploaded as a news item) is now on the main site.

Please click the following link to read the article.

'It's Nice To Be In Control' by TightEnd


If you wish to leave feedback on either TightEnd's views or just the dangers of gambling in general, then please feel free post your thoughts on this thread.

[Ginger]

Snoops, you need to fix the link to remove the  /edit part.

[Wardonkey]

Thanks Richard, excellent piece.

I've been in the gambling business all my working life and have seen, and felt, the damage that a gambling addiction can do, it is not pretty.

Although addictions are very powerful, they can be beaten. Your piece is full of good advice to get the compulsive gambler on the road to recovery.

[I, Zimbra]

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[bobby1]

Great piece Richard.

[TightEnd]

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try this


http://www.blondepoker.com/index.php?q=node/2264

[I, Zimbra]

Thanks - I got there through the front page.

On a related issue (compulsive gambling), I recently saw the film "In America", which contains a truly amazing scene about gambling and its effects on a family. It's just one scene in the movie, but I found it really hard to watch... I was curled up in a ball on my sofa watching through my fingers, if you see what I mean - just desperately hoping it would all work out.

For those people that don't know the film I mean, it stars Samantha Morton, and is about a young family who move from Ireland to New York in the early eighties to start a new life.

The set up for the scene in question is so simple: the family is having a day out at the fair, and the father is trying to win an E.T. doll for his daughter. Somehow the simplicity adds to the power of it, and the acting from all involved is just spot on.

Highly recommended.

[suzanne]

Great read Tighty  

I used to be totally hooked on slot machines in my younger days, it was a total nightmare.

It started when i was 13/14 and got a job working in a small hotel waitressing/washing up etc. I started off just working at weekends for a few hours for pocket money. Over time I worked more and more hours till I was literally living there over the weekend.

The problem was that my mother had no idea I was working so many hours so I had to get "rid" of the evidence. So after the bar was shut I would sit there and feed all my wages into the slot machine. This led to an obsession to earn more money to feed my habit.

That went on for years and even though I knew I could never beat the machine I still couldnt stop.

The day I found out I was pregnant with my oldest boy I stopped....just like that.

Poker is my addiction now but we all know thats not gambling  

[londonpokergirl]

Excellent article. 

I think most people know when they have an addiction, but its the facing up to facts when it becomes a problem that is when the problems can start.

Thankfully I'm a sit on the bench person.  I love poker and hate poker so at any point could give it up. But at the mement I enjoy it, so why give up doing something thats enjoyable and profitable.

I'm quite lucky I don't have an addictive personality, but i'm sure theres 1000's out there that have.

If you need a shoulder or a willing ear to listen  let me know....

[Royal Flush]

Another fantastic piece by Tighty.

[Tonji]

Excellent advice Tighty, a must read for all.

I've known for many years, that I have an addictive personality. When I was younger, it showed in my foolish Drug & Drink problems, consequently relationships suffered, I was on a downward spiral, but help from some close friends helped me turn it around. As Tighty says Help is the Key to any sort of addiction.

[bhoywonder]

great piece


and it gets you thinking

people have said that i have a problem with gambling

however i only play poker for fun and profits (occasionally )

I dont do horse,dog,fruit m/c's,coupons etc...


i just hope i aint in denail


but poker is skill rite...that aint gambling   

ahem

edit:- typing this in  the middle of a mtt with 4 hours till my shift starts.doh

[turny]

great writing as always tighty on a subject very close to my heart.