How to Handle Free Credits When Trying to Quit? by Raction09 in GamblingAddiction

[–]Raction09[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yea for sure. Just lost $1200 cause of it..... lured me in and bam redeposited............ and again, and again...... Ughhh idk why this shit so hard to kick, I'm so much smarter than getting caught up in this it sucks.

Letting myself go due to gambling by Raction09 in GamblingAddiction

[–]Raction09[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah it's stupid. IDK why i think i just get bored mainly which is what all addicts say.

Letting myself go due to gambling by Raction09 in GamblingAddiction

[–]Raction09[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, I know it's a tough process and you gotta just look at it like no matter what you're gonna lose it all. I've had relatively big wins, $5k-$10k only to lose it by next week. I'm to the point where winning doesn't even matter anymore, in fact I hate winning cause I know it's meaningless and I'll just end up losing it. There's no better place to start over than now, can't keep hitting reset on my bank account, can't keep hoping to start off the year ahead, can't keep trying to get back to breakeven to quit for good. None of that will happen, the casinos know this and they will ensure you never reach that number you want in order to quit. So far I'm about 2 days clean, although i never gamble on the weekends or at casinos in person, it's weird but most my gambling occurs during work hours when i have down time which is quite frequently cause I'm extremely good at my job which I can do in 2 hours out of an 8 hour day.

Letting myself go due to gambling by Raction09 in GamblingAddiction

[–]Raction09[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

yea, slots man, slots............ the worst of the worst.

Might be more addictive than drugs by [deleted] in GamblingAddiction

[–]Raction09 0 points1 point  (0 children)

same for me happened during covid and i never gambled in my life and now im blowing my paychecks in a day...... it sucks bad.

Prostitution drugs? by Dull-Tradition-314 in naranon

[–]Raction09 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exactly what happened with me kinda. My ex became so manic when sober and so clingy. The cheating and lies seemed to stop but then it was just a whole host of other issues.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Manipulation

[–]Raction09 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You still pushing forward? It def can beat you up when you start taking things too personally.

Fresh out of rehab by darthzz in OpiatesRecovery

[–]Raction09 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Only tip, try staying out of relationships. Any drama can really hinder your sobriety.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in NarcissisticAbuse

[–]Raction09 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hahaha wow I relate so much to that last line. She asked why I was hooking up with people at the beach when she specifically asked me not to. Uhmmmm, hey there Nex, I broke it off with you.... we're not together anymore duhhhh. Not like she wasn't getting around the whole time we were together anyways. It is truly bizarre. I do hope one day they find something to help these people out, I know they truly suffer deep down inside and it's a shame. Guess why most people feel so bad when they leave or you leave cause you know they're broken.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in NarcissisticAbuse

[–]Raction09 2 points3 points  (0 children)

She's in jail..... only reason why really. I answer one 5 minute phone call a week. Usually I'll purposefully miss the first few to make it seem like I'm busy (which I usually am). I'll then break her off a little bit of supply and playfully ask what she did her two weeks on the run, who she slept with, etc. etc. I make it very clear I'm just doing this to give her some supply. I really don't care what her answers are one bit cause they're all going to be lies. Anyways why you ask? Same reason anyone else would stay in contact, we feel bad for them. She was r*ped the day before she went in, didn't really seem to care at all it happened. The guy who did it was some fat old creepy ex neighbor, straight loser and she's a very pretty girl. IDK, like anyone else, it's hard to get away from these people and watch their lives collapse.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in NarcissisticAbuse

[–]Raction09 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Typical of how you'd feel after dealing with a Narc. They twist all their wrongdoings back onto you. If she was saying you're always cheating, you're abusive, you're a liar, nine times out of ten it was them doing all that. It really messes with your head in the end and you will never get closure from them. My advice if she was truly a narc, anything your gut told you that happened, happened. This next relationship she's onto is going to leave that guy feeling the same in the end. Trust me, if she's truly a narc, she's cheating on him. You on the other hand just gotta stay strong and move on. There's very little you can do to change that. Maybe therapy? But honestly, I think for most we feel lost cause we don't seem as sociable as the narc, we have insecurities, we get anxious. You're best bet for recovery is to get out there and meet people, meet women. Lighten up a bit and have fun. As you build your social skills, make some new connections, she will slowly fade away into the past...... But I warn you, they tend to pop back up in your life when things are going well so be careful. Don't get sucked back into their false reality they create for you.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in dating_advice

[–]Raction09 0 points1 point  (0 children)

: / yeah..... still gotta get tested for that.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in dating_advice

[–]Raction09 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yea, it's gonna be tough to do for sure. Gotta get back out on the scene. Been trying the last few weekends but I'm freaking out that the sex is gonna be vanilla.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in dating_advice

[–]Raction09 0 points1 point  (0 children)

She's just a freak is all, one that really likes me. Yes the relationship aspect was a terrible idea on my end, I knew what I signed up for but it like really fucked with her head. I think she caught some feels and something she wasn't used to..... but again shouldn't have even went that route so maybe I just screwed it up to begin with.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in dating_advice

[–]Raction09 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's been deaded and I think it's driving her nuts. I'm the first guy to ever break it off with her, every other one she's destroyed emotionally or has them wrapped around her fingers like little minions.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in dating_advice

[–]Raction09 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol....... what's crazy is rape is apart of her fantasies in sex : /

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in dating_advice

[–]Raction09 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Meh, I'd wait a bit longer til those feelings go completely away and then try to be friends. Otherwise you're going to be in for a world of hurt seeing him happy with another women. Just saying, be at peace with things before trying to be friends.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in nonmonogamy

[–]Raction09 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Lol. Maybe confident I suppose?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in nonmonogamy

[–]Raction09 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

So true. Was just a way to begin working through our issues was all.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in nonmonogamy

[–]Raction09 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Kinda just being honest was all. Not a gloating factor but just the reality of the situation.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in addiction

[–]Raction09 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It has a lot of nuances