My friends gambling addiction

Discussion in 'Real Life Stories' started by mystyclpork, May 2, 2013.

  1. Its not about me its about him. I used to love going to casinos with him and my buddies but we'd all lose almost every time, go figure.

    Now I got a job out of state and dont live at home any more, barely ever get to smoke weed and he still owes me a hundred dollars from the last time we hit up mohegan sun. and i played dice against him to try and lower his debt which its down to 60 now but its been a month and this kid doesnt have his priorities straightened out and im starting to get tired of it.

    Not really sure what I have to do to get my money cuz hes being a fuckin loser but now im just pissed off. Hes spiraling and I'm not home to do anything about it cuz i used to chill with him almost everyday and hes 20 still living at home and smoking in his garage when hes not at work (which isnt enough.) Should i just stop talking to the kid i mean he is my friend but he certainly hasnt helped me with much except hooking us up with the weed mostly.

    Theres not alot much else to this story other than im worried/pissed/annoyed/drained from all the bullshit.

    I almost wanna just grab my money and run and get out but the angel on my right shoulder is telling me to keep rethinking it..
     
  2. My bro owes me 1k at the moment. I know Ill get it. One way or the other lol. Hopefully your situation is similar.
     

  3. Well, one way to think of it he cant just run away cuz he is your bro, bro!
     
  4. Whether you want to stop talking to him or not is up to you, but certainly don't lend him money anymore.

    I had a friend who I let "borrow" money from me once, never got paid back, so every time she asked if she could borrow more, I'd tell her no. We were still friends, but she knew I wasn't giving her a damn dime.
     

  5. Good point even though we've all had those... I know hes hurting for money but at the same time he works and gets paid...60 dollars is nothing compared to what he smokes every week
     


  6. Yeah, it was the same situation with my friend. I know she had the ability to pay me back many times, but she'd always buy some weed or get a tattoo or a new piercing instead. :rolleyes:

    I probably should have just cut her out of my life but we'd known each other for years so I guess I just didn't feel right completely severing our friendship over $60.

    I just learned to never lend her any money, ever.

    We're not friends anymore these days anyway though, for reasons that aren't related to the money but definitely related to her lack of reliability and personal responsibility.
     
  7. Addiction controls peoples lives..wether it be drugs, gambling, sex, whatever is out there.. it still does. Just relax man, are you really hurting for the money? Who do you think hurts more..your pocket or his entire being. Think about living a life of addiction..it's prety damn horrible coming from experience. He needs help, not any more problems. Be the person to help him out and try and get him to stay away from gambling
     
  8. [quote name='"BlazinEls"']Addiction controls peoples lives..wether it be drugs, gambling, sex, whatever is out there.. it still does. Just relax man, are you really hurting for the money? Who do you think hurts more..your pocket or his entire being. Think about living a life of addiction..it's prety damn horrible coming from experience. He needs help, not any more problems. Be the person to help him out and try and get him to stay away from gambling[/quote]

    Spot on my friend
     
  9. Dude gambling addiction is no joke. Ive borrowed money from my mom and lied to her by telling her I wasnt gonna gamble with it then I never paid her back. Its not that I'm a horrible person cause I'm not, gambling does fucked up things to your brain and it makes u ignore the fact that over time u will lose 100% of the time. Ive gambled away the last money I had too many times to count and its a vicious cycle.

    Anyone who thinks gambling is not an addiction is ignorant, plain and simple
     
  10. Id be wiery of being around that dude...he may be a friend but dont get in too deep with em. I mean if they cant pay you back after so long WTF are they doing.

    I knew of a chick that smoked several hundred dollars of weed a week...just absolutely ridiculous stuff...If i ever had weed around her I wouldnt tell he but 1 out of 4 times cause shed smoke it all. Her one piece was like ceased shut from smoking out of it so much and all the resin.

    Came to find out she had no money ever cause she was blowing over like $300 a week to buy weed. Not with her own money, so she didnt care of the prices...which was part of the reason so much $$$$ went gone, smoked heavily and paid heavily.
     
  11. Is your friend Walter White?
     

  12. That's some bull ish this dude isn't addicted to gambling he just wants a new benz if he was a real gambling addict his house and his kidney would be gone

    Empty this fool's tires if he isn't giving you a cheque up he isn't getting to work to get his cheque up
     
  13. "Its not about me its about him" youll learn life someday we all do
     

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