Online Poker Losses: £1,000

Overview
Kaboom! £1,000 added to my online Poker account. Played some high stakes; with no bankroll management. Lost the lot in under 5 minutes! Totally gutted!


Venue: Online
Buy in: £1,000
Session: 10:30 - 10:35
Duration: 5 minutes
Lost: £1,000
Profit per hour: -£1,000

Online Gambling Addiction

My Online Gambling Addiction continues to cause me serious problems and my compulsion to gamble has once again spiralled out of control. Having stopped gambling for 127 days I relapsed during December 2013 and January 2014. Despite having self-excluded from many online gambling operators, they had no record of my request for indefinite self-exclusion, and I was able to create new accounts or

Online Poker Losses: £250

Overview
Added another £250 into my Online Poker, which subsequently dwindled down to a balance of 'nothing', over a period of 12 hours.


Venue: Online
Buy in: £250
Session: 18:00 - 06:00
Duration: 12 hours
Lost: £250
Profit per hour: -£20

Online Poker Losses: £500

Overview
Loaded £500 into my Online Poker account and spent a couple of days spiralling downwards. Ended up losing all my original buy in. I played at stakes that were too high and I was far too aggressive with my poker chips.


Venue: Online
Buy in: £500
Session: Not Logged
Duration: Not Logged
Lost: £500
Profit per hour: Not Logged

Live Poker Losses: £200

OverviewNormally my girlfriend hangs on to all my credit and debit cards, but today was an exception; I needed to pay my balance and my card came along for the ride. The payment resulted in delaying a couple of big guys from visiting my home, brandishing a baseball bat swinging it in my direction, while demanding their money back. However unfortunately the temptation of a gamble was too great and

Live Poker Losses: £50

Overview
My best recovery to date, was abstaining for a total of 140 days approx. 4 and a half months, beating my previous best by one and a half months. Having relapsed, all of that good work can seem like a distant memory, but I must not forget that my recovery is not cyclical but in fact a spiral leading upwards and having relapsed I may have temporarily slipped back down, but I do not lose

Live Poker Losses: £50

Venue: Live
Buy in £50
Session: 18:00 - 18:40
Duration: 40 minutes
Lost: -£50
Profit per hour: -£50


Summary
Held AK and had the best hand on flop, and turn, with two pair, Kings and 9s. Villain managed to hit his straight by the river as he flipped over 10-8 on a K9976 board. So annoyed with this bad beat, Felt deflated, disappointed, annoyed and frustrated; basically extremely angry with

Online Poker Losses: £400 Fuck Poker Stars!

Overview
Fuck Poker Stars! Yes That's right! Played on mobile device at Poker Stars, ending up self-excluding for life. I am not the only poker playing seeing this Poker scam for what it really is i.e. a scam! Take a look at the website Fuck Pokerstars and all the people claiming that Online Poker, including Poker Stars is nothing but a Poker Scam!


Venue: Online
Buy in: £400
Session: 17:30 - 22

Roger Radler's 365 Days Beating My Addiction, Gambling Prevention Tips

Roger Radler ex-gambler and author of 365 Days Beating My Addiction approached me yesterday to ask if I would like to contribute to a small project he is working on to heighten the awareness of problem gambling and lack of support for gambling addict in the UK. In Roger's words,

"Each story would be totally unedited....your words not mine. And sure write about the horrific side....we have to .

Gambling Addiction Recovery

As I write this gambling recovery blog post, I haven't gambled for 68 days! That in itself has been both an incredible journey and achievement! Admittedly I have come close to playing the little devil of a card game, poker and at times the urge to gamble has overwhelmed me, but I have chosen not to gamble.

Instead of playing poker and gambling my time and money away, I have:
Created my own luck

Stop Gambling Forever for Everyone!

Abstinence is the only viable treatment option or goal to recover from addiction.
Today marks a four-week abstinence.  It is my intention to stop gambling forever. Not just for me, but for everyone, including my family, friends, partner and future clients.

Five weeks ago I gambled more than £6,000 playing online poker, wiping out a single credit card in a couple of days. I have an even deeper

Live Poker Losses: £50

Overview
Only had £50 to my name and without a win in sight from this session, I soon had nothing!


Venue: LiveBuy in: £50Session: 10:30 - 10:50 a.m.Duration: 20 minsLost: £50Profit per hour: -£50

Summary

First hand Q9, playable but folded; going to war with only my premium hands today


Second hand, folded K7, weak unplayable hand


Third hand, dealt Aces, raised the limpers from medium

Gambling News: Gambling Does Not Pay

Gambling News is a brand new community on Google Plus that I have created to help gambling addicts question whether they have a gambling problem and question their own gambling addiction to help them stop their gambling addiction. Some gamblers do not even realise that poker is gambling and that a poker gambler can be addicted. Gambling News will highlight how destructive gambling is and that

Self-exclusion letter for gambling addiction

If you are a problem gambler and have a gambling addiction, having a responsible approach to gambling by self-excluding is one of a number of relapse prevention techniques that can help mitigate a gambling relapse.

To assist, a template for self-exclusion has been written and provided. This will help you self-exclude from online casinos, poker rooms etc. as quickly as possible. Simply cut and

What is Self-exclusion | Responsible Gambling?

Self-exclusion is a fantastic method for responsible gambling, preventing addicted gamblers from developing further problems. Self-exclusion allows vulnerable people the opportunity to block access to gambling providers whether they are offline casinos or online casinos.

Self-exclusion has really helped me. My need to gamble is insatiable, and as a result, the act of gambling has been extremely

Gambling with Time

Spent hundreds of pounds on my gambling addiction by playing online poker over the past two days, that is on top of the tens of thousands of pounds I have lost since I started gambling.

This is the reality of being a compulsive gambling addict, completely addicted to poker. The reality is: so long as I gamble nothing positive will change in my life. I have won hundreds, but lost thousands, and

Live Poker Winnings: £53

The highs and lows of a live poker cash game. How do you know when to call it a day, to lock in profits or prevent further losses?Session
Venue:Live
Buy in:£50
Date:Tues April 23rd, 2013
Time:18:30 - 22:30
Duration:4 hours
Won:£53
Profit per hour:£10.60
Overview
The first hour was profitable; the subsequent four hours were a waste of time. During the downward spiral, I could not find the

It is time to spring clean my poker addiction blog

Wednesday, March 20th is the first day of Spring, but a blanket of snow covers the hills, trees and rooftops. Perfect timing then to keep myself warm while I spring clean my website.
Change the entire website layout so it looks neater and information is easier to access
Update the left hand nav to include new categories, update existing ones and include recovery links
Update my Google+ profile

Resisting the urge to gamble despite obsessive gambling thoughts

Over the past week,  my gambling thoughts have been so excessive that they have interfered with my daily life. The good news is I have not succumbed to these thoughts.

There is a very fine line between gambling and not gambling which makes me feel very anxious and vulnerable. My brain is getting stuck on a particular thought e.g., "I don't have enough money" this thought morphs into a gambling

The dark path of a Poker Gambling Addict

At the end of March 2013 I will have reached an important milestone i.e. I have not gambled for three months. It has been hard to stop gambling, harder than I ever imagined. I absolutely love poker -- and therein lies the problem. My compulsion for poker can never be enough and in wake of that enlightenment, a game that I thoroughly enjoy, enough to say that I love it, also has the power to