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"Couples on Surviving Trauma and Loss: Five partners whose love has endured seismic changes, from refugees forced apart by war to a couple left with horrific injuries"
The first two stories in the article are legit: a couple in a terrible car accident and a couple separated by the Sudanese civil war. Then things start going to hell and get worse and worse. All of the things that FDS warns against are here: codependency, gaslighting, lying, cheating, excuse-making, blame shifting, martyrdom. Women continue to be conditioned to accept sub-par treatment by these kinds of narratives. The ladies of FDS refuse to help relationships "survive trauma" that is LITERALLY CREATED BY THE MAN IN THE RELATIONSHIP AND HIS SELFISH AND OVERALL TERRIBLE DECISIONS.

‘I was in prison for 2,192 days; she wrote to me almost daily’

Laure, 58, and Jerry, 62, survived his jail sentence for causing death by dangerous driving. They live in Alabama, and now run a support network for the families of prisoners.
Laure Jerry and I met in 1995 and married four months later. I tell him all the time I would marry him again, but faster. We’d both been married twice before and dating was the last thing I was looking for. But he ticked all the boxes.
I had two daughters and he had one. We moved our family from Tennessee to Alabama, to raise them in the country. We were living the dream. But on 17 March 2003, it was shattered when Jerry caused a head-on car collision which killed a young mother. He had been driving drunk.
I felt rage, betrayal. When we met, we were both recovering alcoholics, so I had only known him sober. Now a life had been lost. I didn’t want him dead, but I wanted him to hurt real bad. We lived in a small town, and I grieved for that family. I felt embarrassment. I had to get to the forgiveness part quickly so I could get through each day.
Jerry spent 10 days in the ICU. He pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced to six years in prison and 19 on probation. I was scared – emotionally, practically, financially, spiritually. I wanted to stay married but didn’t know how. I didn’t know what you do when someone you love is in prison.

His first year home, we argued all the time. I’d put my hand on his shoulder and he’d push it away

I wrote to him almost every night. I could afford one dollar-a-minute phone call a week and petrol for the 100-mile drive to visit every two weeks. I felt a lot of anger in those first years. I remember burying the cat, crying, saying, “This is a dad job.” I tried to experience the girls’ graduations for both of us.
His first year home, we argued all the time. I’d put my hand on his shoulder and he’d push it away; he was still in survival mode.
We’re grandparents now and enjoy our family immensely. We run a support network for prisoner families, called Extended Family. I started it six months into his sentence.
Jerry will still say, “You stayed with me all those years,” but I don’t think of it that way. I’m not going to make him do the dishes for the rest of our lives. We spent six years without each other; we don’t want to spend another minute apart.
Jerry On our first date, I took Laure and her daughters to see Cinderella at the theatre. When I got home, I wrote “She’s the one” on the back of the programme.
We had a good life. I had a small engineering business, work grew busy, and we moved cities. But I was in a mess. I got into narcotics but hid it from my family. The night of the accident, I had stopped at a liquor store. I was in a blackout. Moments later, a young woman was dead and I was airlifted to hospital. I was shocked, remorseful, disheartened.
My wife has a big and kind heart. I tried to protect her from the police investigation and the likelihood of prison. I didn’t want our girls walking around with the stigma of a dad who had killed someone.
In Alabama, incarceration is uncontested grounds for divorce, but there was never a question of Laure leaving me. On an early prison visit, I told her I wouldn’t blame her if she wanted to leave. She looked at me and said, “I’d be more miserable than I am now.” I’ll never forget it.
I was in prison for 2,192 days and she wrote to me almost daily. There were guys that got nothing. I felt blessed and honoured. She would arrive every two weeks and I would put on a smile. But I pitied myself; I felt useless, unable to provide for my family.
When I came home, I was harsher than before. Meanwhile, this woman I loved had blossomed. I had to adjust. There’s a not a day that I don’t pay for my disastrous decision in some way, shape or form. We worked through the mess I made together, and we’re closer because of it.

‘It was a form of gaslighting. He led a double life’

Keith, 59, and Claire, 57, survived his gambling addiction. They live in Sussex.
Keith Claire and I had known each other in the 80s, and reconnected online 20 years later. Claire was living abroad, and I was on my way to broke. She’d make short trips to the UK, and we’d laugh through days out and long lunches. She was intelligent, full of life; a better person than I was.
I first entered a casino at 16. By 18, I’d borrowed, conned and stolen from everyone I knew. I was an addict. Through adulthood, I’d made and lost small fortunes and entire businesses. I’d play Monopoly for real money, or sit in a room of the club I owned, drinking brandy, snorting as much cocaine as I could.
I wasn’t a constant drug user or gambler. When Claire visited, I’d try to keep it together; but then I’d get desperate and make excuses to go to London for “work”. When she moved to the UK with her three kids in 2009, I’d disappear into a room of the home we shared for days, in a heady state of gambling, drugs and porn, too embarrassed to re-emerge. I had intermittent spells in Gambling Anonymous, but I found it hard to ask for help.
Claire paid for the house and put food on the table. I never stole from her, but I’m still surprised she didn’t walk out. By 2014, I’d had a heart attack and was nursing my mother, who had cancer. I would drive her to the hospital every day, off my tits, bring her home, make her food, then shut myself in another room and gamble online.
I couldn’t see myself in the mirror any more. I wanted to die. On 28 June 2014, I logged on to a website for people seeking affairs and used it for porn. That decision would almost end us: when Claire discovered the website in her search history, she sent me a Dear John letter. The next day, she drove me to residential rehab. The only rule I broke there was asking her to spend one night. I had to save the relationship.
I’ve been clean for six years now; Claire is part of the reason why. People talk about languages of love. For me those are quality time, acts of service. Boy, were there acts of kindness and service from Claire. Without her, I could well be dead.
Claire I was 18, and a poor student, when I first met Keith. He seemed glamorous, exciting, funny, intelligent. He was also a known gambler, but when we reconnected years later, that appeared to be in his past. Yet, with hindsight, nothing about the start of our relationship makes sense.
When I visited, he’d urgently have work or disappear into a room for days at a time. I’d spend hours on edge, struggling to trust him, but he would rationalise his behaviour, omitting huge details, claiming he’d simply drunk too much. It was a form of gaslighting. He led a double life.

When Keith decided on residential rehab, I knew that if I didn’t support him, there was no future

The first time I confronted him, I’d found an empty drugs packet, but he lied his way out of it. I became scared to ask, although we both knew he needed help. When his mother was unwell, he had the perfect alibi. He was an addict but he was responsible – and he took exquisite care of her. I was fearful but I had to get on with life.
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When Keith decided on residential rehab, I knew that if I didn’t support him, there was no future. I didn’t want significant time apart, but when an addict is serious about making changes, you have to put your own needs aside.
The most soul-destroying moment came when I found the affairs website. I had been betrayed by gambling and drugs, but my belief in the purity of our love had kept me going. I wrote to him saying it was over. From rehab, Keith proved to me it was only curiosity (there was no activity on his account), and I was open enough to reconciliation to visit him.
Emotionally, we’re more independent now, although we share bank accounts and he supports us financially. I’ve grown, too. I used to tell friends that Keith felt like an addiction to me. I’d waited years for a stable home life together: eventually, he walked the most difficult path in order to truly change.

‘Friends saw us as the perfect couple, but it was a lie’

Maryam, 31, and Amir, 33, survived his affair. They live in California.
Maryam When Amir had an affair, I had a thousand reasons to leave but looked for the one to stay. Our relationship had started as an affair, too. We had been couple-friends in our previous marriages and used to hang out as a group of four. Then, in February 2017, Amir and his wife broke up and he came on a trip with my husband and me. One night, we were up late, talking, while my husband slept. Amir opened up about his marriage and I began to sense he had feelings for me. I had relationship problems, too, and we started an affair. I ended my marriage.
Over the next 18 months, friends came to see us as the perfect couple. They would comment on how loving our relationship was. But I couldn’t forgive myself for how we’d started, and his divorce was a mess. He spent nights with his ex. I broke up with him several times. Things looked great on the surface but we both carried unresolved pain.
By the end of 2019, I became suspicious of his relationship with a co-worker. She was too intimate at the Christmas party and he was jumpy when she called. Then I found a credit card charge to a cafe, clearly for two people.

I loved him deep down but anger overwhelmed me. He asked over and over for a chance to prove he could change

It took me 10 days to get the full details from him. It had been going on for months and they’d slept together six times. I couldn’t breathe; I felt stupid. Everything that had gone before felt like a lie. I left him.
Amir telephoned non-stop and showed up at my parents’. I loved him deep down but anger overwhelmed me. He asked over and over for a chance to prove he could change. Eventually, I agreed to give him three months. We started individual and couples’ therapy and talked through every detail of our relationship. I couldn’t bear to sleep in the same room as him, but I could look at his face again. I agreed to more time.
I see the consistency and changes Amir has made, his commitment. When I discovered his affair, I was ready to give up on our relationship, but we have both grown. No one knows what the future holds and I have my fears. But, right now, I love the way he loves me.
Amir Maryam was the first time in my life I felt real love. But we were both married and I told myself it couldn’t happen.
As time passed, my ex-wife had an affair and my marriage died. Maryam had problems, too, and I made my feelings known. I admired her looks, the way she thinks. This wasn’t a game that I’d started; it was coming from the bottom of my heart.
I was born in the Middle East, in a war zone. As a child, I experienced sexual and physical abuse at the hands of my teacher, but told no one. The human psyche finds soothing mechanisms to alleviate pain. For me, that was sex.
I was in the most loving relationship with Maryam. The sex was amazing. We bought a house, enjoyed travelling. But the foundations were shaky and I unconsciously sought more.
When I got close to a co-worker, it turned into an affair, starting in May 2019 and lasting several months. It was pure sexual desire. This wasn’t someone I wanted to change the course of my life. We were opportunistic and, in those moments, I became blind to the consequences.
When Maryam found out, I tried to lie. I was naive about how much I was going to hurt her. She wanted nothing to do with me. She blocked my calls and texts, and told our family and friends all the details. Everyone who loved me looked at me as a monster. For the first time in my life, I started to wake up.
I made fixing myself and our relationship my only priority. I promised Maryam she would see a change, and started intense therapy, twice a week. I addressed my childhood trauma and sought support for sex addiction. I realised how much I was willing to do for Maryam.
At the beginning, it was simply about keeping Maryam; but it transformed into strengthening our bond. She has made sacrifices for me, been my guide and love. Every day, I’m more appreciative.
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/jan/30/couples-on-surviving-trauma-and-loss

It’s a Saturday night in lockdown London and I have nothing better to do other than research some tea on our Bravo housewives and rewatch classic reruns of the Real Housewives of Atlanta (season 3 is HISTORY).
Kim Zolciak became the subject of my research (well, more like digging) and I noticed she was consistently linked to rumours of having a gambling addiction. Unfortunately, the Daily Mail seemed to be the only other source which obtained a detailed amount of information, primarily from Don’t Be Tardy S08E03 ‘Nirvana, Nevada’ (I can’t believe this show has 8 seasons?). I was curious, so I streamed the episode.
When the Biermann family first arrived on an RV road trip to Las Vegas, their suite was luxurious and spacious. Kim quickly went on to mention she’d barely be in the room because she knew she wouldn’t sleep and instead, spend all night long in the casino. Well, she was right.
Long story short, Kim shows all signs of having a severe gambling addiction. She sacrificed 11 hours of sleep (and it didn’t seem like a sufficient amount of time for her) choosing to stay up all night (from an RV road trip with her family to Las Vegas) switching from the gaming machines, poker, cards — anything that was gambling. Brielle didn’t get any sleep either and kept Kim company all night. In the show, Kim was seen throwing $100 in the machines repeatedly.
Kroy had a strict curfew of their RV to departure LV at 08:00 to visit the Grand Canyon. It was 07:58 and Kim’s eyes were hypnotised by the slot machines and she was snappy to anyone (Kroy) that reminded her that they’d have to leave soon. Understandably, he was getting frustrated. She referred to gambling as her ‘therapy’ and a ‘slice of heaven’. Kroy said he doesn’t know any therapist that would recommend 11 hours spent on an activity. Sources are saying she has spent about $250,000 on gambling and is therefore likely to be crippling in debt. Kim reportedly then went onto purchase thousand dollar scratch cards.
The producers asked Kim’s younger children (sorry, I don’t know their names but they seemed maybe age 5 and 8?) if they knew what Kim was doing. Her child responded ‘yes, it’s where she goes to get money.’
At the end of the episode, the producers also asked if Kim managed to win big — or leave empty handed. She hesitated and then said neither, she’s more or less the same in terms of her financial status. Kroy snorted and then Kim looked away from the camera and drank from a red cup.
Side note: Brielle questioned if a rock formation within the canyon was a volcano, to which her mother responded, “Just be pretty, honey.”
TL:DR: Kim a history of a gambling addiction and this is evident on S08E03 Don’t Be Tardy. I watched, so you don’t have to. She’s fixated on gambling and spent 11 hours with Brielle doing it, it’s her main focus of the trip to Las Vegas. Her husband is finding difficulty controlling her habits and she cannot balance her family time and her gambling time. It seems as if she lost more than she won and reportedly has a debt of $250,000.
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Here are my recommendations of games that I played for the first time in 2020. S-tier games that have become my all-time favourites made this list. 2020 was the year where I finally realised which games I actively want to play and it’s made my gaming experiences so much more entertaining.
Here are also some games to completely avoid with exaggerated opinions. These are some of the worst games I’ve ever played, ranging anywhere from confusingly irredeemable to malignant, insulting games that are only holding back video games as an entertainment and art form, and hate you for playing them.
I’ve listed some better games at the end of each review as much better alternatives with similar gameplay or style. Please vehemently disagree with me in the comments
Best: Resident Evil 2 Resident Evil 2 has everything I want from an action game. The core gameplay of running around a police department, escaping fights with monsters and zombies while working out puzzles is Resident Evil’s thing, and Resident Evil 2 adds solid gunplay, meaningful weapon upgrades and rewarding items for putting in extra effort. I only missed one which required some backtracking near the end of the game, and realised that about 5 minutes after a point of no return. The Tyrant chasing you around adds a lot of flavour to the game, forcing you to adapt strategies and plans. Resident Evil 2 also has my personal distinction of being the only game I’ve ever finished twice back to back, finishing Leon and then Claire’s story in a week.
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard Take everything I said about Resident Evil 2, plus frightening horror that actually got to me at points, a better story, and a first person perspective that works incredibly well, and that’s what I have to say about Resident Evil 7. Absolutely the best in the series as it amplifies what makes the Resident Evil games so great while adding equally interesting new ideas. The Baker family’s grotesque transformations and gory boss fights are highlights, chainsawing an old man’s face and shotgunning a crazy old woman is the most fun I’ve had this year.
Bloodborne It’s between Bloodborne or Bioshock as my favourite game of all time. I fear that I could spend hours typing what fascinated me about this game, so I’ll save my collected thoughts for another post. Bloodborne’s world is captivating from beginning to end. It unravels as you gather insight on the desecrated city of Yharnam, learning about the Healing Church forsaking the city with its endless hunts. My character, a woman who has left her land after her family were slaughtered by the same beasthood that ravaged Yharnam, fit perfectly with the story, and even thematically mirrored a DLC character’s past. By the way, The Old Hunters DLC is the best DLC ever, no doubt. If you’re going to buy Bloodborne go with Game of the Year edition, it’s spectacular. Of course you don’t need the DLC to fully enjoy the game, but it adds an impressive amount of gameplay hours, new story that adds to the main story, the excellent Research Hall level, the most dramatic boss fight and a pizza cutter weapon. Bloodborne’s gameplay is equally as fascinating as the story, with a fast-paced almost fighting game style combat system, a nearly completely connected immersive world, expert level design, some of the best bosses in any video game, and terrifying difficulty. For many players, these may seem too much or ‘not for me’, (always disappointing to see people give up on the Souls games, but understandable given the lack of beginner friendliness), and I certainly felt the same way at first. When I learnt to persevere and actively focus on the game, quitting out whenever a mild inconvenience in real life happened, it became a joy to play. I had mastered and overcome a godly challenge. I’m pretty terrible at games generally, so I honestly feel proud that I managed to beat this game and the DLC. Bloodborne’s cathartic moments, its incredible story and the pure art of the game which can be captured in a screenshot, or the masterful soundtrack, are all why it’s likely my favourite game ever.
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night Overlooked is an understatement. Made by the director of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, this game is metroidvania almost perfected. Almost, as there’s some inconsistent game design towards the end with a specific puzzle, but that’s my only real criticism. It’s also a well deserved ‘fuck you’ to Konami, with a pachinko boss fight and David Hayter practically voicing Snake. Gameplay is excellent with intuitive dungeons, bonus areas, RPG-style weapon, skills and armour customisation, and some crushingly difficult bosses. If you want a rest from the main game, you can always return to the beginning town and complete quests - my favourite is making meals for a constantly hungry old woman, as you can later buy and use them for permanent stat boosts. Shamefully, I really liked dressing up Miriam, the main character anime girl. Messing around with her skin colour and unlocking hairstyles is worth the £20 alone. With free upcoming DLC, it’s a perfect patient gamer game.
Spec Ops: The Line Spec Ops: The Line is a perfect game. Many criticise the cover shooting, but it twists the generic mechanics into something amazing. In games such as Gears of War or Uncharted, taking cover is used to stop enemies shooting at you, reload, regen health, have a cup of tea or anything you can do while crouching. Spec Ops, however, puts you against relentless enemies who will suppress your fire when in cover and move to flank you, meaning you are forced to move and take damage, or work out a strategy with your teammates on the fly. It’s not deep strategy, but it really adds a new dimension to the game which sets it apart. The level design is excellent too, with plenty of memorable combat arenas like a decaying stadium, a destroyed luxury hotel, and an abandoned mall, which all go hand in hand with the story, which needs no introduction. Dubai has been wiped out by a sandstorm, and a rogue US army battalion led by your former leader and some civilians remain. Each level adds another piece to the PTSD puzzle, as you mow down hundreds of American soldiers who scream out in fear and panic as the game slow-motions their heads being destroyed by one of your bullets, while death rattles of wounded soldiers permeate the arena. Walker, voiced expertly by Nolan North, slowly changes over the course of the game as his honest, heroic decisions turn out to be, well, not very heroic. One of my favourite details in a video game is how his reload and command voice lines change the further you go into the game, as the weight of his task to rescue civilians and extract his mentor becomes unbearable. Even the main menu changes throughout the game, representing the entropy of the city. I haven’t tried the multiplayer as there’s no one online, but the fact it’s there makes me appreciate this game even more. Spec Ops: The Line is video games as a narrative experience exemplified perfectly.
Rayman Legends Incredible 2D platformer that removes many conventions (lives, starting a level over, time) and is better for it. Each level has depth with collectables that unlock new characters and levels, and side challenges. The highlight is the music stages, which remix songs to fit the world’s theme, and the platforming is based on rhythm. Disappointing to hear of Michel Ancel’s departure from Ubisoft, as that means we’ll likely never get a sequel. I sympathise with you, Beyond Good and Evil fans. Now if only Ubisoft executives could stop trying to mount every female in the workplace and work on another of these games (Seriously though, fuck Ubisoft for the sexual assaults and their PR coverups).
Mario Kart Wii I never owned a Wii as a child. It pained me to see all my friends play Wii Sports Resort and Super Mario, but one game in particular eluded me: Mario Kart Wii. The speed, the soundtrack, the plastic wheel you put over the Wiimote - I remember being captivated by it and wishing I could have a gaming experience like that in my own home. 12 years later, the Wii and Wii U have as much grasp on popular culture relevancy as Game of Thrones, which is the perfect time to buy an old console and a copy of this game. Mario Kart Wii is exactly as I remember. Coconut Mall, DK’s Snowboard Cross, battle mode, plus all the tracks my friends never unlocked make this one of my personal favourites. I debated putting it on this list as I’d find it hard to compare to a game like Bloodborne or Bioshock, but any game that creates the same childhood wonder in me is instantly going in my favourites list. Mario Kart Wii is fun racing with enough depth to get good at, and even more exciting playing it with friends. Especially when you’ve got a spiny shell.
Worst: Rise of the Tomb Raider Basically ‘ok’ can only last so long before becoming tedious. Rise of the Tomb Raider does nothing notable with its gameplay. Most egregious is the plot that’s basically stolen beat for beat from Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. Mountains, evil super-Russians, and annoying bullet sponge mythical enemies at the end (although they’re better than the bootleg Thanos’ you fight in U2, but basically anything is). Lara Croft is insufferable, she has no personality and grunts and shoots her way through every situation. Definitely the best of the worst list as I finished only this and Detroit but I really shouldn’t have wasted my time. Instead play Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Saints Row Mid-2000s 50 Cent and Soulja Boy era hip hop aesthetics were always cringe. Saints Row goes for that materialistic objectify all women attitude without much irony and actually takes itself seriously. The beginning is every angry teenage white boy’s dream of various women trying to sleep with you, surviving a gang attack and then being recruited to this gang because they noticed you’re such a chad. I’m surprised he didn’t also win a rap battle against Eminem. It’s trying to be Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas with its satire and comedy, but it ends up being cringy rather than funny when you’re listening to the stereotypical camp gay guy shouting down the radio without any smart jokes or wordplay. The game also runs terribly, even on my original Xbox One. I’m really hoping the other games in this series are as good as everyone says, and this is only a false start. Instead play Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare I imagine the pitch for this game was ‘Consumers didn’t like consuming the new Halo’s that they’ve consumed. Anyway, fellow executive, how will we make consumers consume another Call of Duty?’ ‘Let’s make the consumers consume Call of Duty while ripping off Halo down to the weapon and ship designs and promise a sci-fi experience with 2016 relevant celebrities and the usual passionless gameplay, and completely break the multiplayer with pay-to-win weapons. That way we can consume all of the disappointed Halo consumers’ money plus the yearly sycophants’ who’ll buy our games every year anyway. Wanna test our brand loyalty by releasing the worst trailer ever?’ Instead play Halo 4
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 malignant and represents the worst of ‘live service’ microtransaction lootbox fuelled games. Literally a pay to win £50 (70 USD) game with overpowered weapons only in lootboxes that Activision promised not to include, no campaign and another cringy comedy zombies mode. Fuck this game and fuck Activision. I hope the executives’ spoilt and probably racist children are happy with the money they’ve got from gambling addicts. Instead play Doom Eternal
Detroit: Become Human malignant and represents the worst of emotional story-driven artistic pretentious wank games. Horrible storytelling about racism and abuse, no interesting or likeable characters, nonsensical plot twists and unbelievably miserable forced drama. Obvious and rudimentary observations about complex and incredibly serious social issues are constant. It feels exploitative and contrived to see humans try to rape and murder the harmless androids when in the game’s own context it makes no sense. I’m really sick of seeing this stuff in games and films, the obvious contrivances like stabbing a pregnant woman in the Last of Us by accident, ‘Now you must hate her, audience!’ Terrible writing. If you don’t make the choices the game wants you to make you’re railroaded until you play the game ‘properly’, so your choices mean nothing. I chose not to rescue a character who explicitly hated me because I was an android, which locked me out of a good (relative) ending, because your choices affect a good ending/bad ending binary system. Not playing the game the way David Cage wants you to? Bad ending, though the ‘good’ endings are equally poorly written. While I did actually finish the game, it is absolutely NOT representative of how much I enjoyed it compared to the others on this list. I only stuck around to the ending because my friends constantly recommended it, and because of the praise from reviewers desperate to give any high profile game a positive review if it increases their chances of working for a game company. See this year’s Game Awards as perfect example. David Cage has no ideas that aren’t already from much better movies, the talentless misogynist. I’m pretty sure he ripped the narrative straight out of Humans, a 2015-2018 UK TV show from the few scenes I’ve seen from it. At least Kojima makes good games when he steals from movies, and dubiously sexualises women. Instead play Batman and Batman: The Enemy Within (and watch Seven, Memento, Blade Runner and Blade Runner 2049)
Aliens: Colonial Marines it’s awful, but I’ll still take this over Black Ops 4 or The Division. Every level has basic and boring corridors with broken AI targets to shoot. I gave up after a broken stealth section. Pretty funny to watch, though. Instead play Doom
Knack memes aside, Knack sucks. Broken combat where every enemy is so vastly more powerful than you, no real combos in a beat ‘em up, strange Lego knockoff character designs. I can’t wait to play Knack 2 after I’ve finished literally every other game in existence Instead play Lego Marvel Super Heroes and Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga
Dragon Ball Final Bout No idea why I played this, I don’t even like Dragon Ball. Anyway, it’s unplayable due to the abysmal controls Instead play Tekken 3
Wii Music Nintendo are pretty cool, but not free from making terrible games. Wii Music has no real gameplay. As soon as you put in the disc, you’ve won the game. Waving the Wiimote around without any rhythm or skill gets you through every song in the limited track list, which lacks any Killing in the Names or Through the Fire and the Flames(s). No fun at all, and especially disappointing from Nintendo. Instead play Tetris Effect: Connected
Tunnel B1 obscure mid-90s game. The colour brown. Best left forgotten. Instead play Star Wars Battlefront II
Tom Clancy’s The Division The Division proves that the gaming industry is often going backwards. It has less gameplay than Gears of War, another third-person cover shooter from 2006, released ten years before the Division. Even basic enemies are bullet sponges, meaning every encounter is hiding behind a chest high wall and waiting to unload 30 more rounds into them. The story is completely tone deaf and idiotic with a huge disconnect from the gameplay. If you’re a highly skilled operative why is one random thug so much more powerful than you? One of the most infuriating, lazy ways of designing combat, the anti-power trip. Life-wasting Ubisoft hollowness. At least I didn’t waste a weekend, as you can see all the game has to offer in about 4 hours. Instead play Spec Ops: The Line

This is a fairly long story (apologies in advance) and yet only a tiny part of all the crap I have had to put up with in my life. If you would like to know more, please let me know as I have a lot I'd like to vent about!
So, this is a many-layered heap of toxic crap starting from when I was a young child but here's some background relevant to this story. Firstly, I am the first daughter of a fairly religious Catholic family. I personally do not have any religious views, which has caused some upset with my family in the past. I have seven siblings although only two have the same mother and father as I. I am the first of my siblings to be getting married so I can understand some pomp and ceremony might be anticipated. My mother (CM - Crazy mother) and step-father (SF - Step-Father) have never approved of my OH as he is English and they somehow have it in their heads that he is abusive towards me. In actuality, I have been both physically and emotionally abused by CM and SF since I was a child. They turned me against my very supportive biological father (who made some very questionable choices in his youth) and essentially turned me into an unpaid live-in babysitter to the two children they had when I was 12-14. My daily routine was waking up, taking care of babies, getting ready for and going to school, coming home to make dinner and mind babies, clean up after dinner, then do homework and finally sleep. Understandably, I did not have many (or any) friends. They have also banned OH from entering their house as they believe OH is not a fit match and they do not like how he is more interested in me then he is with them. Also, CM is a compulsive liar and master manipulator, and SF is a recovering alcoholic and gambling addict. And everything SF says is a direct result of CM as she constantly gives him ultimatums to do what she says or she will leave with the kids.
When my OH (Other Half) found me six years ago, I was an emotional wreck and was on the verge due to the anxiety and depression caused by my family. He supported me in getting mental help through counsellors and talking to me about my past and my fears. He is likely the only reason I am here today. And we have been through so much together. He took care of me when a car took me off my motorbike, and I became his home nurse after a serious operation left a near foot-long gash across his stomach that needed daily cleaning and dressing (the stitches kept coming out). Almost two years into our relationship, OH asked me to marry him and I said yes. We agreed to save to buy a house together before we paid for a fancy wedding so we have left off the actual marrying part until this year.
Now, I would like to point out that I am going to be 30 this year, so I think I may have some notion as to what I'm doing at this point! I have been making comments to and talking to my parents about my desire to get married for the past year and finally got around to booking the date. Because OH and I are not religious in the slightest (another point of contention), we will be having a registry office wedding. Also, because of COVID, I can only have up to 6 guests at the wedding, including our witnesses. OH and I have decided that since our family is spread across the UK and Ireland, we would simply have the registry office wedding be more of a form signing ceremony and then visit all our relatives in their own towns to celebrate afterwards. We decided this was the fairest way to marry as we could not have all the family in attendance so no one should feel resentment that one side was invited and the other was not.
Well surprise, surprise. I call CM the day we booked the date (yesterday) and let her know what we have decided on, a summer wedding. When she heard the news she went quiet and sounded very upset with only "oh, okay" as an occasional response. She told me to contact some of my siblings to go to the ceremony. I repeated to her that there would be no big ceremony due to COVID and I would celebrate with people after we signed the forms. After this she did not congratulate me, simply saying okay and hung up. This left me feeling very uneasy. I called all my other relatives to let them know the good and bad news, and everyone was so happy for us and very supportive with regards to the circumstances. a few hours later I decided to contact my SF who I could not reach earlier in the day. As it turns out, CM got to him first. When I told SF my news, he simply said: "I know, CM told me". I had a very odd feeling just then and asked him what the matter was. He told me that he was very upset that OH and I did not go to their house to discuss this first. I told him OH was banned from their house so there was no way for us to go over to discuss this. Even though I am currently in couple's therapy with my mother (at her request - I'll make a separate post about that later) and have tried to talk to my family about OH, which they dismiss, I haven't tried hard enough to resolve the problems CM and SF have with OH. I asked SF what more I could have done, which he had no answer for, and asked could he not just be happy for me. He said no. He then proceeded to say to me the same words he said to me the day I became engaged, "I am so disappointed in you". Thankfully, I was at work and a call just came in so I was able to escape the upsetting conversation with a muttered "I'll talk to you soon".
Now, I have another appointment with this couple's counsellor next week and I will be taking the weekend to decide whether or not to completely cut this part of my family from my life. OH has said he does not want to influence my choice but will back up whatever decision I come to. This whole situation feels like the straw that broke the camel's back. All I can think of now is that I'm already checked out and trying to convince myself there may be even one redeeming quality that can help me keep a hold of that side of my family. I was conditioned from a young age to never talk back and to do everything I was asked to do, but I can't do it anymore. I honestly think I should focus on the supportive members of my family, but what do you all think? Thank you for making it this far and I would appreciate all the help you can give. I want to hear the good and the bad, even the ugly! Thank you.

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On Friday the 11th of November, 2016, Karen said goodbye to her son Zac, as she dropped him off at work. Two days later, Zac jumped out of his friends car and disappeared into night, never to be seen again. What happened to Zac?
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Background
Zac Barnes was born on May 22, 1998, to childhood sweethearts who eventually came to have four children, all boys – Jarred (23), Cody (21), Zac (18), and Liam (16). The family grew up in Metford, Maitland, New South Wales, Australia. Metford was a suburb of ~5000 people within the city of Maitland of roughly 80,000 people. The town is ~150km (~100miles) north of Sydney and sat on the Hunter river, approximately a 30 minute drive from the beach to the east.
As a child, Zac would be the one following his mother around and latched to her leg. Unfortunately, their father became involved in heroin and for the boys safety, Karen took her children and left that environment. Regardless, she held no ill will towards him and left it up to her boys as to their relationship with their father. Zac chose not to have anything to do with him.
When Zac was about 7, Karen and Mick began dating. Initially hesitant of Mick and protective of his mother, Zac eventually welcomed Mick’s strong character and inherited this trait from his step-father. Zac became known for standing up to bullies and for what he thought was right.
Karen and Mick welcomed two daughters, Makayla and Mia, who adored Zac. It was a busy household in Metford, with 6 children under the one roof.
With brown hair, brown eyes and a fair complexion, Zac was never shy of attention from the girls - which he was quite proud of. As a true aussie larrikin, he loved the beach, hanging out with his mates & playing rugby league. Despite his lively antics, Zac liked things orderly and clean according to his family. His drink of choice was a VB and much to his mother’s dismay, one day he had the beer logo tattooed on the back of his right calf.
At the age of 17, Zac began an apprenticeship in bricklaying - the same job as his brother Cody. He loved the job and was great at it – as he would tell anyone who would listen. He grew his hair out to form dreadlocks that were often filled with dust from the days work. Earning his own income, Zac was a partier. His mother admitted that they rarely saw him on weekends. Often he would go straight from work on a Friday to a mates place and stay there for the weekend. When Zac began partying, his mother had stressed to him never to try and get home if he had been drinking. She didn’t want him getting into a car with other drunk kids or anything and emphasised that she would rather have him spend the night at a friends place instead. Her children’s safety was Karen’s top concern.
His mother never worried as every Sunday, like clockwork, Zac would reappear, often hungover and ready for a feed, a shower, and to prepare for work the next day.
After his 18th birthday, Zac opted for a new look and had his mother painstakingly comb his dreadlocks out. After several hours work, they went to the hairdresser and Zac had his last haircut. This clean cut image of Zac is the main picture that is circulated in his missing photos as it was taken 3 weeks before his disappearance.
The Disappearance
Zac (18) overslept on Friday the 11th of November and so his mother offered to drive him to work. All he took with him was some cash, leaving his wallet and ID at home. His mum has said that his phone was broken at the time.
From work he went to lunch with his work crew and enjoyed a pub meal and drink with them. Zac left work early that day as apparently, he felt it was unsafe to continue because he’d had a drink at lunch. A work colleague drove him to a friend’s place in east Maitland.
From here, things tend to get a bit murky and there is much less information available.
Zac was spotted at the same friend’s house in East Maitland on Saturday night and his brother reports that he was still on social media as he had seen his snapchat. It’s never explained how he was able to check his snapchat given his mother had said his phone was broken.
At about 6pm on Sunday, his mother Karen and brother Cody began to worry after Zac didn’t come home to lunch and hadn’t communicated in a while. Given his phone was broken, they began trying to contact him and reaching out to his friends over facebook. Eventually they got word that he had been seen at the friends place in East Maitland on Saturday night.
Cody asked a nearby friend, Bree, to go around to the house to check on Zac.
There is not much information out there about Bree’s relationship to Zac or the family but she had been in contact with him over the weekend. At approximately 1am on Sunday, Zac had sent out a snapchat to Bree that said “dead”. Bree responded with “are you okay?” to which Zac replied “F- no”. From then on there was no further communication from Zac over any social media.
Bree reached the East Maitland house where Zac had been reported to be staying. He peeped through the blinds, looking scared, and shutting them quickly. Another male answered the door and hesitantly let Bree in. Zac looked extremely worried and was ‘acting unusual’ saying that Bree shouldn’t be there. Bree reported that Zac said hurtful things including “I’ll bite your face if I get in the car with you”. They had never fought before. Zac became increasingly agitated. Seeing she wasn’t getting anywhere, she told Zac his mum was worried about him. He walked to the front door, put on his work boots and walked over to a silver 2 door hatchback. The two men at the house followed him to the car and all three got in.
According to the two friends he was with, waking up on Sunday he had appeared fine. Over the course of the day his mood suddenly shifted, becoming increasingly distressed and he wanted to leave to get a train at the nearby Thornton Station.
On the way to the station, Zac asked his friends to stop the car before he jumped out and ran off near the intersection of Haussman Drive and Tripp Close. This was the last time Zac was seen.
One side of the intersection is residential, while the other has a short strip of land with shrubbery and then a tall wall. Beyond the wall is a railway line and beyond that is bushland including a deep, murky swamp. It was initially reported that Zac jumped out of the car at a different site closer to an old quarry that’s also quite dangerous.
The police and community have since combed through the area. The deep bodies of water around the area have been searched by divers and “sonically” according to Zac’s mother, however as previously mentioned, the water is deep and murky and difficult to navigate. The quarry has never been dredged.
All the above information was combined from a variety of sources but the official missing persons states that Zac Barnes was last seen wearing a faded blue singlet and dark blue boardshorts at 8pm on the 13th of November 2016 at Thornton NSW. The tattoo of the VB logo on his back right calf is a distinguishing feature. Zac would be 22 today.
Theories

1. He ran away

Zac’s mother has stated that she was not aware of any mental issues and it wasn’t something that her family was afraid of. Immediately prior to his disappearance he was acting increasingly agitated. Now there have been a couple of ideas floating around to explain why he was so distressed and none of them have been largely substantiated.
The first that gained traction was that Zac was involved in online pokergames and owed someone money. One article claims that he thought when Bree came to check on him on Sunday, Bree was associated with the people who he owed and was scouting him out for them. In addition to this, there were rumours floating around that he had lost his job on Friday (no reason has been added to this) and he was worried to go home and tell his family. This theory explains Zac’s sudden change in demeanour on the Sunday with people hypothesising that he either tried to run away from his debt or came to a more sinister end. Both of these notions have been widely discredited by both his friends and family. They’ve come out as saying that he didn’t owe a significant amount of money and it wasn’t that big of an issue to him. All in all, it sounds like the rumour mill has simply gotten out of control here and was likely perpetuated by mainstream media. Additionally, his family have said if he did try to run away, he would have come home on Monday as for all he knew, everyone would have been out and he could have grabbed some supplies such as his credit card, ID, food, toothbrush etc – but nothing of his has ever been touched since.
A couple of articles have cropped up saying that Zac was involved with drugs, which would certainly explain the unusual behaviour. His mother has explained that not unlike most teenagers, she believes that Zac would likely have experimented with drugs but only socially and would not be heavily involved nor addicted in any way. As Karen described, although the area is known to have an ice problem, due to his father’s heroin addiction, Zac wouldn’t have done anything too extreme. Regardless, I do think that sometimes people do react in completely unpredictable ways to some drugs and if they had been in play here, could’ve caused Zac to become unusually agitated and paranoid and may have led him to attempting to escape whatever danger he perceived. This may also account for suddenly jumping out of the car and running into the bush as his friends described. He may have even been slightly disorientated and thought he could navigate from that drop off point to his home through the bushland – not intending to run away but simply trying to get home to Metford.
Regardless of the cause, if he did jump out of the car, as his friends say, and run into the bushland alone there seems to be only two outcomes: he got out of town without anyone noticing or whilst trying to navigate the bushland, hurt himself and was unable to get help (no phone).
Whilst there have been several unconfirmed sightings of Zac around Australia, police have said it is unlikely that he would have been able to get on the train unnoticed.

1. His friends lied

I think this is the more obvious theory, and given facebook posts by his friends and family, one that they believe. The two friends that drove Zac to the intersection and saw him jump out suddenly were the only witnesses to this. Although initially cooperative with police, they distanced themselves more and more from the situation. As Zac’s family admits, they did hound the friends with questions (as you could imagine with your son/brother missing) and the friends became less and less helpful as time passed. Eventually they ended up unfriending or unfollowing Zac and his associated missing persons page on facebook. Karen has kept their identities hidden to prevent any sort of witch hunt. There is also the discrepancy of a different drop off points reported by the friends – although changes in witnesses stories are not uncommon, it does lend undermine their story slightly.
Additionally, the story of Zac jumping out of the car suddenly, is, to put it simply, unbelievable. All sources lack any substantial detail on this story.
There is the question of why they let their friend go into the bushland alone, in the dark, when he was acting so erratically. A 2 door hatchback was described as the last car he was seen in – this means it’s likely one of them had to exit the car in order to let him out. Even if they hadn’t been thinking clearly at the time to let him out of the car, there is no mention of them attempting to follow him or anything similar.
Unfortunately, I do think the answer of what happened to Zac likely lies with the friends. If their whole story of letting Zac out at this point is untrue, they were able to lead the investigation in a different direction, potentially cover up something more sinister. There are several baseless theories out there that his friends dropped him off with whoever he owed money to but I think the rumour mill is spinning on this again.
No motive by Zac’s friends in the car has ever gained traction across any of the sources, which creates doubts that the friends had any involvement. Even so, with such an unbelievable story resulting in no new evidence or clues, it is likely that these two friends know more than they’re telling.
Conclusion
This case draws at the heartstrings – a mother endlessly waiting for her son to come home. Some may jump on the drug or gambling aspect of the story, and although there are circumstances in which these would cause an individual to go missing, I do think the resolution to this case lies with his friends and potentially the greater public. Was there someone out there who saw something and didn’t realise it?
This case is filled with rumours, gossip, and vague, unsubstantiated stories, none of which resolve Zac's sudden disappearance, leaving his family and friends still wondering, What happened to Zac?
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If you know anything, please report to Australian crime stoppers here https://crimestoppers.com.au/
The family are now waiting to hear whether a coroner inquest will be granted. Usually at no cost for families they expect to challenge the brief and have set up a gofund me to aid with legal representation: https://au.gofundme.com/f/7t3xd6-help-find-zac-barnes
Sources:
- https://missingpersons.gov.au/search/nsw/zac-barnes
- The “What happened to Zac?” podcast at https://play.acast.com/s/whathappenedtozac
- https://pressfrom.info/au/news/australia/-98556-so-what-did-happen-to-zac-mother-of-teenager-who-vanished-two-years-ago-demands-answers-as-the-last-friends-who-saw-him-alive-refuse-to-answer-her-questions-and-insist-he-simply-ran-off-into-the-bush.html
- https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4069764/New-South-Wales-teen-VB-tattoo-Zac-Barnes-missing-six-weeks-owed-people-money.html
- https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/4568088/i-know-he-would-not-have-just-run-off/#slide=10

I have read some truly wonderful stories on this forum about how crypto has changed peoples lives, well I must admit it has with me aswell.
I live in the UK and before the end of September I had been in the same finance sales role for 8 years. (Was great pay, but work hard and play hard).. I ended up spending most my money on drugs, gambling and alchohol.
Furlough hit the UK in March, my wage was cut to the maximum level (£1900 after tax).. my drug, gambling and alcohol addiction was around £1000 a month and was ruining my health and relationship with my other half.
The end of August I have no savings, no disposable income and a raging drug addiction. I decide enough is enough and ban myself from all gambling websites, I have always been interested in stocks and crypto so invest some money into them. I have an addictive personality obviously so any money I would spend on drugs or drink I put into shares or crypto.
End of September I lose my job, I end up thankfully finding a new job for amazon, this means monthly drug tests so I now can't take drugs. More money for crypto.
I now spend my evenings researching stocks and crypto currency rather than snorting lines and betting on black.
Cheers crypto. Peace.

This is a fairly long story (apologies in advance) and yet only a tiny part of all the crap I have had to put up with in my life. If you would like to know more, please let me know as I have a lot I'd like to vent about!
So, this is a many-layered heap of toxic crap starting from when I was a young child but here's some background relevant to this story. Firstly, I am the first daughter of a fairly religious Catholic family. I personally do not have any religious views, which has caused some upset with my family in the past. I have seven siblings although only two have the same mother and father as I. I am the first of my siblings to be getting married so I can understand some pomp and ceremony might be anticipated. My mother (CM - Crazy mother) and step-father (SF - Step-Father) have never approved of my OH as he is English and they somehow have it in their heads that he is abusive towards me. In actuality, I have been both physically and emotionally abused by CM and SF since I was a child. They turned me against my very supportive biological father (who made some very questionable choices in his youth) and essentially turned me into an unpaid live-in babysitter to the two children they had when I was 12-14. My daily routine was waking up, taking care of babies, getting ready for and going to school, coming home to make dinner and mind babies, clean up after dinner, then do homework and finally sleep. Understandably, I did not have many (or any) friends. They have also banned OH from entering their house as they believe OH is not a fit match and they do not like how he is more interested in me then he is with them. Also, CM is a compulsive liar and master manipulator, and SF is a recovering alcoholic and gambling addict. And everything SF says is a direct result of CM as she constantly gives him ultimatums to do what she says or she will leave with the kids.
When my OH (Other Half) found me six years ago, I was an emotional wreck and was on the verge due to the anxiety and depression caused by my family. He supported me in getting mental help through counsellors and talking to me about my past and my fears. He is likely the only reason I am here today. And we have been through so much together. He took care of me when a car took me off my motorbike, and I became his home nurse after a serious operation left a near foot-long gash across his stomach that needed daily cleaning and dressing (the stitches kept coming out). Almost two years into our relationship, OH asked me to marry him and I said yes. We agreed to save to buy a house together before we paid for a fancy wedding so we have left off the actual marrying part until this year.
Now, I would like to point out that I am going to be 30 this year, so I think I may have some notion as to what I'm doing at this point! I have been making comments to and talking to my parents about my desire to get married for the past year and finally got around to booking the date. Because OH and I are not religious in the slightest (another point of contention), we will be having a registry office wedding. Also, because of COVID, I can only have up to 6 guests at the wedding, including our witnesses. OH and I have decided that since our family is spread across the UK and Ireland, we would simply have the registry office wedding be more of a form signing ceremony and then visit all our relatives in their own towns to celebrate afterwards. We decided this was the fairest way to marry as we could not have all the family in attendance so no one should feel resentment that one side was invited and the other was not.
Well surprise, surprise. I call CM the day we booked the date (yesterday) and let her know what we have decided on, a summer wedding. When she heard the news she went quiet and sounded very upset with only "oh, okay" as an occasional response. She told me to contact some of my siblings to go to the ceremony. I repeated to her that there would be no big ceremony due to COVID and I would celebrate with people after we signed the forms. After this she did not congratulate me, simply saying okay and hung up. This left me feeling very uneasy. I called all my other relatives to let them know the good and bad news, and everyone was so happy for us and very supportive with regards to the circumstances. a few hours later I decided to contact my SF who I could not reach earlier in the day. As it turns out, CM got to him first. When I told SF my news, he simply said: "I know, CM told me". I had a very odd feeling just then and asked him what the matter was. He told me that he was very upset that OH and I did not go to their house to discuss this first. I told him OH was banned from their house so there was no way for us to go over to discuss this. Even though I am currently in couple's therapy with my mother (at her request - I'll make a separate post about that later) and have tried to talk to my family about OH, which they dismiss, I haven't tried hard enough to resolve the problems CM and SF have with OH. I asked SF what more I could have done, which he had no answer for, and asked could he not just be happy for me. He said no. He then proceeded to say to me the same words he said to me the day I became engaged, "I am so disappointed in you". Thankfully, I was at work and a call just came in so I was able to escape the upsetting conversation with a muttered "I'll talk to you soon".
Now, I have another appointment with this couple's counsellor next week and I will be taking the weekend to decide whether or not to completely cut this part of my family from my life. OH has said he does not want to influence my choice but will back up whatever decision I come to. This whole situation feels like the straw that broke the camel's back. All I can think of now is that I'm already checked out and trying to convince myself there may be even one redeeming quality that can help me keep a hold of that side of my family. I was conditioned from a young age to never talk back and to do everything I was asked to do, but I can't do it anymore. I honestly think I should focus on the supportive members of my family, but what do you all think? Thank you for making it this far and I would appreciate all the help you can give. I want to hear the good and the bad, even the ugly! Thank you.

Quick question for the good people of this Sub
Its a dumb question but all the same;
I am based in the UK and have a Debit account with the bank Santander.
Long story short for the past decade have had addiction problems (which honestly I am very ashamed of and am terrified of speaking over the phone about) does anyone know whether its possible to block transactions on a card to a specific place - say like an online gambling website; and if so how does one go about doing this? As having googled to the end of the earth I am still at a loss. I am due to be moving into a new place alone come January and really don't want to have the opportunity to even consider slipping back into old habits.
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Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I wish I had found this sub years ago, as someone who lost a lot of time to video games this would have been a nice wake up call. I've been someone who was addicted, had a wakeup call, changed around it and went back to gaming. So here is how I got into it, the damage and how I broke out of it to make a life for myself.
Why I was addicted
So for starters, I am now 26, male, living a decent life and doing the things I love. I've picked up a lot of pieces and I'm playing catch-up, but before I get onto that, here is where the addiction started and why.
Flash back to 1999 and my dad had just bought me an N64 and Ocarina of Time. I was a kid brought up in alright conditions, not rich, not poor and my life centred around sport at the time. Plugging in that game was like a dopamine injection for me, bringing me into the idea of fantasy, boys doing amazing things and adventure. That was something that resonated (and still does) with little me.
Over time everything was gaming for me. I lived through Zelda (to the point where I would talk about it constantly), was obsessed with Pokemon like any kid and just wanted to play more and more games. Thankfully, games were expensive so it was rare that I got anything new and would instead play outside and re-enact the games in regards to my imagination.
This continued on through school, but more and more it became a part of my life. Going through high school, I was the guy who liked games. I had some friends and was social, but it was obvious (to everyone else) that spending 70% of my free time in games was reducing my ability in the real world. I wasn't social, but not to an impactful degree - yet. Hobbies outside of gaming weren't that important just yet, but this would definitely catch-up. I was nicknamed Nintendo in college (UK college, so 16 - 18) because of my Nintendo hoodie and the fact I played my DS constantly.
This was innocuous enough until I left college and everything hit me at once. I had virtually no close friends, my social skills were so poor that I was reaching Incel levels of cringe, I was severely unhealthy and overweight, and my hobbies included gaming, watching gaming videos and collecting video games. This followed me through University a few years later when all that would catch-up and pummel me on the head with reality. I couldn't live the life everyone else was living because I was ill-equipped. Whilst my friends were out having a great social life, partying, getting with girls (although unimportant in reality), I was just unsure how do anything like this and it spurred on a bout of depression, anxiety, and dependence on drugs. Not a good time overall, but I made the most of it.
Even though I left University a bit better off, I was still stuck in this grasp of shrouded motivation in life, inability to practice socialisation and budding hobbies I had little confidence in.
A wake up call
Apart from my dissonance in University, I realised how much gaming had claimed my life once my Nan died. She was a woman who lived through a thick smog of cigarette smoke, gambling and television. A nice enough woman, but one who lived barely a day in my life. I had flashbacks to an older time when I would have been content working paycheck-to-paycheck, collecting video games and just living with my parents. It pained me and slowly I was realising that games weren't as enjoyable anymore. In fact they hadn't been enjoyable for years thanks to my hobby of collecting games.
This led me to sitting down on my couch one day, playing Uncharted 4 and realising that I wanted to live a life with more adventure in it, just like when I was a kid. A life I'm leading now, but arguably should have been able to make happen years ago. That was when I decided to actually just turn off games for a while and plot out what was going wrong.
Taking what you can from games
Gaming on its own isn't that harmful of a hobby. Like anything, moderation is the key. If you're spending over half of your free time playing through a JRPG, collecting trophies or climbing the ladder, its highly unlikely you will be successful in other aspects of life. This is probably obvious on here, since most posts elude to this.
That being said, gaming isn't all bad. Gaming is a multi-media entertainment product, and as such contains all sorts of inspiration. Inspiration that can be used in other parts of life. This happened with me a lot, and many of my talents and hobbies piggybacked off of this.
Writing - I was really into writing in JRPGs when I was younger and enjoyed writing short stories that obviously took a lot of inspiration from gaming. I ended up wanting to talk, discuss and review games, to the point where I ended up making a bit of headway on various gaming outlets. I still do this now and then. However, I ended using all that experience to become a copywriter, which is a primary source of my income (please don't judge my writing ability on this post lol).
Music - My other main hobby now is playing guitar, and music in general. Its more akin to my identity than anything else now and I kind of have to thank gaming for that. I was obsessed with game music growing up, to the point where I picked up my brothers guitar specifically to learn songs from games I loved. I taught myself the instrument through that and have since been in bands, explored a medium and been way more fulfilled.
Art/Cinema - This became more of a hobby or an appreciation. I enjoyed the art in video games and this transitioned over to other things. It is isn't a big part of my life, but definitely something I enjoy.
Business - Oddly enough, my game collecting obsession came through an old money-mkaing venture I was into. I would flip video games from about the age of 13, making me a nice wage and introducing me to business as a whole. This however led to me keeping some games, but over time I leveraged flipping to make collecting sustainable and cost-effective. I honestly have a sizable value in games and I'm going to turn the into a deposit once I'm ready to buy a house.
However, this all being said. There is a limit to what you can take from games and at some point you need to venture out with these hobbies, skills and traits into the real world. Distance it from gaming and let you explore it in reality. Only then does it become something you can genuinely call your own. This goes for a lot of things, the likes of having quick decision making in games such as League or Dota are likely going to be tailored to those games, but they are still a part of the mind that can be used in some form and fashioned into a real life skill. The same goes for the likes of hand-eye co-ordination.
What I'm trying to get at here, is that the sunk-cost fallacy only runs so deep. Its not all a loss, but its important to use them in the real world and turn them into something that will make your life better.
Side note on gaming and personality
This is something that gets mentioned now and then, but its and easy pitfall to step into. Gaming and the gaming media can be very toxic for your personality and your perception of the world around you.
I was around and active in discussions during the whole GamerGate fiasco a few years back. It was something I supported and some aspects of it I look back on and wince. These discussions and gaming boards in general harbour a lot of opinions from people who look at everything from a window, they never see the real world. This leads to some horrific discussions around gaming that centre on politics, industry and social issues. Although some of this may warrant some attention, especially when it comes to treatment of others, I highly recommend you drop these discussions from your life. Its something that will rope you back into gaming and poison you with vitriol and rhetoric. None of this will have provide you any good in the long term. I recently flicked back on to KotakuInAction and GamingCircleJerk, two sides of the same subreddit coin. Being on them is nothing but a way to reinforce a toxic, one-sided view and will honestly be detrimental to your life as a whole.
This should be a first step, the less you're entrenched with the peripheries of gaming, the easier it will be to escape its grasp.
lil edit: I would also be careful about browsing time as well. Even subs such as this, they may be motivational, but if you're replacing your gaming time with time spent looking at things remotely to do with gaming, you are kind of doing something similar. Just spend that time making a change, not posting or browsing about it.
Breaking free
The hardest thing for me was getting away from the virtual and facing the real. Sitting down and plotting out where I wanted to head was a big thing and its something recommend (although any self-help guide will probably tell you this). I realised what I wanted to do and the steps I was going to take to get there, which was a long list.
It started with getting fit, sapping away time from gaming. Which in turn lead to me needing a job, sapping away time from gaming. This lead to me being more social, which sapp... well you get the picture. Over this period I noticed what I was missing in life, and the joys that these little changes had brought me. This was a difficult process and it involved a lot of falling off the wagon, getting back on until it stuck. The hardest part, arguably, was improving my social skills. This was difficult and required really stepping outside of my comfort zone and pushing myself to understand people better. It took me a lot of tries to get things right, more natural, but it was the best change I made to my life over the last few years.
When you start to enjoy reality the way it should be, you start to realise how hollow gaming can be in comparison. All this lead to me barely playing games for about two years, I didn't even enjoy them.
Gaming again
This all depends on your level of addiction and the toll its taken on your life, but I found a lot of joy in gaming as of last year. I found discipline and found a good time to play my games, where the rest of my life was in control, so I wasn't anxious or upset with myself 'wasting time'. I would see games I wanted to play, and just solely play that game in little allotted spaces of time. I even have duvet days where I just play a game all day. But it doesn't feel bad because its not my only objective in life, and isn't impacting my ability to prioritise the important and impactful.
This made lockdown all the more bareable. I was without a job, without socialisation and without much to do. So I spent time drawing up plans and dividing my time, rather than falling back into a routine of straight gaming. Over that time I managed to play some really excellent games and had a lot of fun doing so. But that's only because I felt balanced everwhere else. To those trying to quit now during lockdown, I really feel for you, I think you have it toughest. Even still keep going, use the spare time wisely and start allotting time gradually to things you deem worthwhile.
Tl;DR
I was addicted to gaming, my life centered around it, but I realised that I was going to die someday and wanted to actually live.
Anyway, apologies for the waffling, I just never had any way of speaking about this over the past few years since its such a niche problem in the wider world. If you are going through gaming addiction, all I want to say is that you can change everything, its never too late at all and it doesn't have to be a complete good by to a medium you enjoy once you have things sorted out.

Some background - I am a recovering gambling addict from the UK, so some of the stuff I will write may be a bit UK specific, but the general theme will apply to most countries.
If there are similar alternatives in your country - comment them below - it could help others out a lot.
Everything I write about below is 100% free.
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BLOCK ACCESS TO CASINOS

1. A recent tool some bank apps in the UK have added is the ability to block all gambling deposits from your card. Turn this setting on. If you then try to disable it, it will take several days for it to actually kick in. This way, you can't just undo it when you get the urge to gamble. If your bank doesn't offer this, IT'S TIME TO CHANGE TO A BANK THAT DOES, AND THEN CLOSE YOUR CURRENT ONE. Banks I'm aware of which offer this are: Monzo, HSBC - I'm sure there's many others.
2. GAMSTOP is a free gambling blocking service in the UK that when you register with it, betting companies operating in the UK must check with this service to see if you have registered a self-block. If the betting companies detect you have registered, they must not let you register with them/continue using their service. GAMSTOP can take upto 72 hrs to kick in once you have registered. Do it now. https://www.gamstop.co.uk/
3. Permanently exclude yourself from any betting site you already have an account with. GAMSTOP should hopefully do this for you - but regardless, log in to any betting sites you are registered with and go to Responsible gambling > exclusion, and permanently exclude yourself. One thing I used to be concerned with about this was - if I have a pending withdrawal and I do this, what happens? The answer is - your withdrawal will still be processed, you do not need to worry. Do it, and never look back.

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MUTE CASINOS FROM YOUR ONLINE SOCIAL LIFE

1. Twitter allows you to mute certain words - so any post containing such words that would normally appear in your feed - will now become completely invisible. I had a lot of accounts I follow retweeting betting adverts or just talking about betting in general, and now I no longer see anything remotely like this. To do this, go to Settings > Content Preferences > Muted > Muted Words. I added words: bet, accumulator, casino, odds. Other social networks may offer similar features, but I only use twitter.
2. Block betting email adverts from getting to your inbox. GMAIL allows you to filtecatch certain words from incoming emails - and if it picks a match up - those emails will be dumped straight into your spam folder. I cannot remember the last time I had a casino email arrive in my inbox since I set this up. To do this in GMAIL - Click the Gear icon in the top right, go to Filters and Blocked Addresses, Create new filter, then in 'Has the words' field - enter your words. E.g casino, bet etc.
3. Get a free AD BLOCK tool. On my PC, I use google chrome for internet. I have the chrome extension ADBLOCK. This automatically blocks adverts on things like Google search, YouTube, Twitter etc. I barely see adverts at all anymore - and most importantly, any betting adverts. If you've never installed an extension before, don't worry, it literally takes a few seconds. If you use firefox or another browser, google ad block for x, there are alternatives for there too. For chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/adblock-%E2%80%94-best-ad-blockegighmmpiobklfepjocnamgkkbiglidom

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DON'T F WITH CRYPT* CURRENCIES OR ONLINE TRADING
I quit gambling a few years ago, and fell into this trap. I saw all the coins going up and up, and shoved a load of money into it. I didn't fully realise I was just straight up gambling at the time. I lost a fortune doing this. Do not let anyone rope you into this - all the stories are the same as regular gambling - you don't hear about the miserable stories, only the unlikely success stories. In the steps for muting/filtering above - I also added words related to this: 'trading', 'b*tcoin' etc.
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Good luck! I'm 2 years clean now, here's to the next 2.

Hi, this is my first post. I’ve been looking on here for a while but never actually posted.
I’m 23 and have been gambling since before I was 18. I’m a sports gambler mainly on greyhound racing and football or soccer for the Americans. In the space of 2 months I’ve managed to lose over 11k (majority in the first month), including losing 3k in a single night and having bets of up to 1.5k on a single selection. I would say I’ve probably nearly lost 15k in total on gambling. I’ve been addicted to gambling since I was 18 but this year it’s been on a much bigger level. When sports returned after the lockdown in the uk is when the stakes started getting bigger. I’ve been telling myself I will quit since I was around 5k down but deep down didn’t want to stop.
I found it hard to stop because a large chunk of my adult life so far has revolved around gambling. I find it hard to distract myself from betting as I have no other interests other than gambling. Outside of going to work I have nothing to distract me from gambling. No friends/GF and no kids. I don’t have any real responsibilities as I live with my parents. I basically don’t enjoy anything else as it doesn’t compare with the excitement of having a lot of money on the line. It’s all quite tragic to be honest.
I have used gambling to distract myself from my real world problems and my directionless life.
At the moment I’m trapped in a cycle where every few days I will lose some money, feel really depressed for the rest of that day/night and tell myself I’m not going to bet again, but once the feeling passes I will convince myself to start betting again. Previously instead of trying to quit I have told myself I will cut down and only make smart bets. But then inevitably one of these bets will lose and I will lose control and just start putting big bets on random selections to win back money. I’ve tried to cling on to gambling for a reason to wake up in the morning.
Even though I know It’s unlikely I will win my money back (it’s possible but I would have to risk large amounts of money) I still convince myself to start putting bets on.
The fucked up thing is that I knew I would end up posting on this group one day. I used to look on here prior to losing the money because I knew I was addicted. I envisioned this post before i even lost the money. Before I lost the 11k I had some other losses, biggest one being 4.5k in August but I managed to win back my money from those losses. I didn’t learn my lesson and quit and continued to bet.
I knew that one day I would have a loss that I wouldn’t be able to recover from but It did not stop me gambling. It’s fucked up.
I’m also massively frugal outside of betting. I have no qualms about putting a bet of £100 on but I won’t buy myself something that I actually need even if it’s like £10 lol. If I’m going to buy something I will spend ages debating it in my head first and then talk myself out of buying it, but I will deposit £500 in my betting account without a second thought. I’m very OCD with money obsessively counting profit and losses. Even if i’d lose £5 I’d have to win it back before the end of day.
I’ve self excluded on most UK betting sites and feel the most ready to quit that I’ve felt. I’m just sick of the gambling cycle to be honest.
Anyway thought I’d make this post just as a form of accountability. Feels good to write the situation down on paper. Hope it doesn’t come across as too much of a sob story lol. I’m trying not to feel sorry for myself as I know some people are much worse off than me. I feel like a total idiot for what’s happened. I will read it over when I feel the urge to bet.
Thanks for reading.

TLDR; Don't applaud the companies for caring about vulnerable gamers, between profits and caring, they are most likely still going to side with profits and abuse us for money.
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Hi, first off, I wish to clarify that if there's a profit in it for them to care then they do care, and as people rather than companies they probably do care anyway. There's probably going to be some actual good come from their commitments but there are two major ways they and others take advantage of vulnerable gamers and people shouldn't say they care until these at least stop. They are loot boxes of course and advertising, yes advertising not microtransactions and I don't know what battle passes are exactly and hope to never look at them.
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Start with the easier one, loot boxes. Just because there is a random chance doesn't mean its abusive which is the same as slot machines, there's the lights, sounds, suspense, I want this particular thing, etc. that come together to help make it addicting. A complication arises in that different people are also affected by different things; suspense might be a main factor for one person but irrelevant for another for instance. For some reason governments don't seem to want to legislate against it either, the Australian government did tests with thousands of adults addicted to gambling (outside of gaming) and found that loot boxes triggered the same part of the brain/endorphins that gambling does and the UK government/courts decided that because you can't get real money from them then they aren't gambling while ignoring they have other abusive parts in them and that vulnerable adults or any child can be sold something with zero value and no chance of profit.
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Next is advertising, this took a long time for me to realise and I'll do my best to explain, also again different people are affected by different things. I like racing games and Forza Horizon 3 & 4 are some of my favourites but there is also plenty of advertising as you're playing the game. Loading screens, menu, map, interruptions in gameplay all come together to be constantly reminding you you can be spending money. On a good day this doesn't worry me but on a bad day when I'm depressed then it does, the more depressed you are the more vulnerable you are to advertising. At first, I had no idea it was the advertising that was making things worse, I downloaded GT Sport after not playing it for ages and looked at the store, there was like 300+ microtransactions on there so I backed out and loaded up the game, I was depressed a bit at the time and the game was helping. About a week later I realised the lack of advertising and constant annoyances Forza would give me were helping greatly. This does not mean GT Sport doesn't have advertising, just that I never noticed it and don't intent to try or go to other parts of the game to find it.
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Advertising is arguable the worst thing on this list, when your fine it isn't abusive even though your still affected by it but when your depressed especially heavily depressed it's a completely different story as it is abusive and dragging you down. So far loot boxes/gambling sound worse as its worse at both times and can itself make you depressed when you're not but the bad thing about advertising is that it's pretty much everywhere TV, games, internet, etc. even billboards, signs, walls, etc. while walking down the street shopping can be painful or at least hurting. It is so widely accepted that being exposed to it while trying to recover from depression is so much more likely and that makes it worse, when your being hit from all sides and die from it, you can't just look at the big sticks and say the smaller ones don't matter. For example, being raped by itself would have a low death rate, not getting the chance to recover increases it to a much higher death rate, that makes the smaller sticks worse to me. Not to mention that some advertising specifically targets us like Coke selling happiness but instead all it does is help make you fat and even more depressed.
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If you got this far, thanks for reading, this took a day or two as I kept coming back to it to do some more and feels hopefully good to get it off my chest and maybe help someone like I've been helped, I'm using a dummy account and email so I may or may not look at this again as I expect most people to not care and/or whine, most people benefit from advertising with free to air tv, free to play games, websites they look at, etc. and most I'm guessing just refuse to believe one can be negatively affected by advertising but think of this if you're not depressed. Do you look at an add and think I'm going to buy that, and I don't mean something you would have bought anyway they're just letting you know it can be purchased, I mean you wouldn't have purchased it but the advertising convinced you to buy it. If the answer is yes, then how are we not more affected by it then you are purchasing more things and getting into money troubles. If the answer is no, why are companies spending hundreds of millions and for really big companies a billion + on advertising if it doesn't make a difference to their sales. No matter what though they will always say advertising is OK as even when depressed, you have no interest in this or that so the advertising won't affect you no matter how depressed you are, but it doesn't change the fact that this or that also won't help you recover from depression either, you still don't have a place to turn to.

Longish Post - Sorry it's a bit rambley
My story probably starts about 7 years ago. I've had the urge to bet in Casinos or on sports, but trading seems to have gotten into my head and basically ruled my life over the last 3-4 years.
It started when I got lucky on buying Bitcoin in 2013/2014, I made a lot of money in the space of a few weeks and thought I was Gods gift. I managed to lose a good chunk of it, but I've been hooked on the prospect of the big wins.
I went from Bitcoin to leveraged trading with CFDs and Spreadbetting (UK thing) before going back into Bitcoin when I found leveraged trading for that. I don't think I ever really associated what I was doing with gambling, but that is exactly what I was doing with the risks.
I think I started off on the basis of the "big win" prospects, but thinking about it my most recent behavior. It's almost like I was seeing how far I could push things and bring myself back, the few times I've gone from putting £2000-3000 into the account down to £100-200 and then brought it back again spring to mind.
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I've had a few attempts to quit, but looking back on them I'm not sure I ever really felt that I had a problem. The longest stretch was about two years ago when I also got my debts in order and started paying them off properly - That ended about 5 months in, I can't remember why now and it's been on / off pretty much since then.
I had myself thinking that I could control it, only risk what I could probably afford to lose (although by the end that was nothing as I had borrowed from the future so much that I didn't have anything spare).
Fast forward to Thursday, I get paid. I end up thinking that I'd buy a little bit of Bitcoin just so I've got some and then put it in a wallet to sit on it... That sort of happened, I ended up buying twice as much as I originally intended so that I can send the other half over to a trading exchange. I got super lucky and made about 8x my money in a few hours.
I was thinking to myself that I should close it, and that I should take out what I've put in. Obviously that never happened - What did happen was that I put more in, didn't close the position, and opened a new one. I don't know why, I was fine.
Now Friday night I'm stressed as I've now gone from £200 to £2000 in. I'm still up a little, but I still don't close.
Saturday morning I'm back up £1,000 and I'm saying to myself, close it and take out what you've put in you can't afford to lose that.
Saturday afternoon, I'm down. I still don't close the fucking thing, and I find me talking myself into putting even more in so I can keep these positions open. And then more so that I can re-enter basically the same position with the same leverage.
You can pretty much guess what happened.. I ended up with my entire paycheck in chunks going in. By mid-afternoon on Sunday I'm down a lot and I'm still not taking anything out.
Cut to Monday morning - I've woken up, I've got about £300 left in the account and a few hundred in my bank.
This is where I've now finally accepted I have a problem - I put more f#cking money in! I basically got myself down to broke. I've got next to no cash left and still have some bills to pay.
I can't understand (in my now sober state, and this has happened before so I need to monitor it) why I did any of that. My sober brain can't fathom what was going on, I can't even really remember the rationale beyond "I won't lose it" as to why I did it.
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I've closed all the accounts I can, I've deleted the 2FA keys for the others and changed passwords in my best effort to keep myself away.
I'm not sure what I'm going to do about the bills, I'll have to speak to them and work out some sort of payment plan. I'm ashamed as I was only a few months off paying my debt down, and this is now going to put that back even further (it's already been delayed due to similar incidents in the past).
I am hoping that writing this while make it more real for me. I can't allow this to happen again and I need to get to the root of why I'm being this self-destructive as it is going to ruin to my life if I let it continue any longer.
I feel a sense of peace now. I will figure the bills out, I will figure the money for living out. But I need to figure something out to replace the dopamine that I'm obviously addicted to with trading.
I am now at rock bottom. I am tired. I can't focus on anything productive and my life is suffering.
It's 6 days to my birthday.
It's a new decade. This has to be a clean start.
I'm going to post onto this thread regularly, it'd be good if anyone else has gone through something similar and wants to share.

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Sand casino operates like a fixed-odds betting terminal (FOBT) with comparatively decent odds - you put your money in, things outside your control happen, and you either win (and get a payout) or lose (and don't). People have an acceptable chance of doubling their stake, but the process is extremely addictive and is inherently stacked against you - the winnings tax means that, over time (and assuming you're playing fair against people with equal combat stats to you, giving you a roughly 50% chance of success), you stand to lose money.
This wouldn't be so bad if gp was finite because your total risk would just be your account value at time of playing, but the existence of bonds (and even without bonds, with the existence of gold trading - although bonds certainly streamline the process) grows your total risk to include your own wealth, as well as the wealth of other people around you.
Frankly I think this is a ticking time-bomb. Jagex (and many other companies, since loot boxes are roughly analogous here) are getting away with it at the moment because the final product is, in theory, non-convertible into cash. In practice, it doesn't matter whether the winnings are convertible or not (which, in reality, they are), since it's the process of gambling itself which is addictive [1], and not the end result. It is honestly surprising that the totally unregulated nature of the duel arena hasn't already ballooned into a scandal which will damage Jagex and the game as a whole, since such scandals have already hit other games [2], and legislation is likely coming in to regulate it further [3].
FOBTs have been considered a plague for problem gamblers, their suffering creating a significant amount of revenue for gambling companies. However, the UK has recently taken steps to mitigate and even eliminate the problem by lowering the maximum stake - from £100 per spin (each spin lasting a matter of seconds), to £2 per spin. Here’s an article from someone who experienced a gambling addiction on lowering the maximum stake [4]. If you've lived in London while this has happened, you may have even noticed a lot of gambling shops like William Hill have shut down - I think this is because their main revenue stream was based on exploiting people using FOBTs compulsively, and that income is now not available to them anymore. Clearly, this is a success story.
The duel arena has no maximum stake for members (although each player must stake within 10k gp of the other's bet). A 1bn gp is worth around $400 and can be lost in a matter of seconds, making it far easier than even FOBTs to lose a worrying amount of money through repeated 'spins'. However, a maximum stake - perhaps around 1m (~£1.40 or less at time of writing, if buying bonds in £) - would drastically reduce the risk to problem gamblers while still providing an avenue for people to stake, if they felt like it; it won't completely negate the above mentioned risks associated with running totally unregulated gambling, but it would certainly demonstrate that Jagex are listening to players and are limiting any abuse of the system to protect people with gambling addictions from themselves.

Listen, I understand everybody needs to make a living in this world. But one thing I can't quite grasp is the conscience of someone who works for a casino/sportsbook.
Maybe it's because I've gone through it myself first hand with huge losses, but I truly believe gambling is the worst addiction there is. There's no benefit. Even if you win, money has no value. It messes up your perspective on life. Why work 12 hour shift for a 150 dollars when you can place a bet and win it in seconds. You see it as disposable. You spend it all, you have no savings. No security. And if you lose, like the majority of us do, the despair is unimaingable.
The gambling industry rakes in 100s of billions globally every year. When you hear some of these stories, how people have gambled away inheritance money from loved ones, how people have ruined marriages, stolen, committed crime to make up for losses and even taken their own life.
My question is, how do people who work for these industries live with themselves? I understand they aren't responsible for people problem gambling, but the industry they work for and earn a living for absolutely thrives off of it and encourages it. Especially in the UK.
People who are odds traders, CEO of these companies. Hell even customer service agents who enable people to gamble. Am I crazy for assuming this is just so morally wrong? I could never imagine myself working for companies who exploit vulnerable people. It just doesn't sit well with me.

I’m humbled to be asked as a speaker on the Los Angeles Daily Gamblers Anonymous Meeting this Saturday from 9pm UK time (1pm Pacific/LA, 4pm EST) I’m looking forward to sharing my story of gambling addiction around what my life was like and what it is like now. Hope you can come along and listen. Always happy to answer questions too. Link below. 👊🏻 ❤️
Meeting ID: 176 781 762 Password: 513549
https://zoom.us/j/176781762?pwd=VlBFbUE0eFMwSlRrWkFyNUptTzNkZz09

40. Go Down Gamblin’ - Blood Sweat and Tears

Released in 1971, Go Down Gamblin’ by Blood Sweat and Tears is a song describing a gambler who is “born a natural loser.” He never wins, no matter what game he plays, but, he doesn’t feel like a loser. As the song goes – “Cause I've been called a natural lover by that lady over there, Honey, I'm just a natural gambler but I try to do my share.”

39. Gambler - Madonna

Gambler is a song written and played by Madonna, made for the film Vision Quest. Although the song reached the top 10 in the charts of the UK, Australia, Belgium, Ireland, Netherlands, and Norway, Madonna performed it only once on her 1985 The Virgin Tour. It’s a catchy song, we suggest you play it as you spin the reels of some of your favourite retro online slots.

38. The House of the Rising Sun - The Animals

Our list wouldn’t be complete without the 1964 hit song - The House of the Rising Sun by The Animals. Everybody knows the famous lines ”My mother, she was a tailor, sewed these new blue jeans, my father was a gamblin' man way down in New Orleans.” This single had a major success and made it to the top 10 songs on mainstream rock radio stations in the USA. Likewise, the hit was featured in the video game Guitar Hero Live.

37. The Winner Takes It All - ABBA

Whether we admit it or not, we all love at least some songs played by the very well-known Swedish pop group, ABBA. According to some sources, Bjorn Ulvaeus wrote the 1980 hit song The Winner Takes It All which was inspired by his divorce to his fellow band member, Agnetha Fältskog. The winner takes it all is a sort of a comparison to a divorce (especially the part ”I've played all my cards and that's what you've done too, nothing more to say, no more ace to play”), where one of them is the winner and the other one is left with nothing. And things are just the same when it comes to gambling, so we’ve decided to put the song on our list.

36. Shape of my Heart - Sting

We’re all aware of the fact that our gambling behaviour can be influenced by certain types of music and that's because online gambling and music go hand in hand. So, we suggest you start playing your preferred games with one of everyone’s favourite songs by Sting called The Shape of my Heart. It was released in 1993 and used for the end credits of the film Léon. In one of his interviews, Sting explained that the lyrics of the song tell the story of a card player who places bets not in order to win but to figure out something that’s been bothering him - “some kind of scientific, almost religious law.”

35. All I Wanna Do Is Play Cards - Corb Lund

“Well, I guess I really oughta be makin up songs but all I wanna do is play cards. I know it's dumb and sick and wrong but all I wanna do is play cards. Got the studio booked in Tennessee, and my record producer's callin me, the tape will roll in just three weeks and all I wanna do is play cards.” Does it sound familiar? It’s a 2005 hit by Corb Lund called All I Wanna Do Is Play Cards, once you hear it you’ll be playing it on repeat.

34. Gambling Man - The Overtones

When you’re falling in love, it’s perfectly normal to feel like you want to gamble everything just to attract that person’s attention to notice you and love you back. Well, Gambling Man is a lively 2010 song that tells a story of a guy fascinated with his love, so he places all his bets on her, as the song goes - “I played my hand, I rolled the dice, now I'm paying for my sins, I got some bad addiction.” This time, he feels that this love affair is different from any other – “Baby, it's you, yeah, yeah, that's right.” The song was released in 2010 and has been popular ever since.

33. Poker Face - Lady Gaga

Although the Poker Face song is more about the game of romance rather than the game of poker, the catchy refrain that starts with “Can't read my, no he can't read my poker face” kinda reminds us of winning at the tables, so we couldn’t skip it this time. Released in 2008, the song achieved worldwide success, topping the charts in the USA, the UK, Australia, Canada and several European countries.

32. Little Queen of Spades - Robert Johnson

Moving on to the Little Queen of Spades, a song title by the American blues musician Robert Johnson who recorded the song in 1937 and first released it in 1938. The first version of this gambling-themed song has a playing time of 2:11, whereas the second one lasts 4s longer (2:15), and is considered an alternate take and first appeared on Johnson's album The Complete Recordings, in 1990.

31. Train of Consequences - Megadeth

Another great song Train of Consequences is the title created by Megadeth, released as the first single from their sixth studio album Youthanasia in 1994. The song was later included on their compilation albums and its music video was the 26th most played video on MTV. There’s this part of the song “No horse ever ran as fast as the money that you bet, I'm blowing on my cards and I play them to my chest” – which is about a person’s gambling problem, who realises something’s wrong with this lifestyle, but it still hunts him down. Could be just the thrill, but he just can’t stop playing.
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30. Gambler - Whitesnake

Released on the album Slide It In (1984) and appearing on the compilation album Gold (2006), Gambler is the song by the British hard rock band Whitesnake. These words may sound familiar - “No fame or fortune, no luck of the draw, when I dance with the Queen of Hearts, a jack of all trades, a loser in love, it's tearing my soul apart”. And in case you’ve never heard it, we think you should give it a shot, the chances are you’re going to love it!

29. Gambling Man - Woody Guthrie

Now here’s one single from 1957 - Gamblin' Man. The song was taped live at the London Palladium and published as a double A side, with Puttin' On the Style. Reaching #1 in the UK Singles Chart in the summer 1957, it was “the last UK number 1 to be released on 78 rpm format only, as 7' vinyl had become the norm by this time.” Written by Woody Guthrie and Donegan, this gambling themed song was produced by Alan Freeman and Michael Barclay.

28. Roll of the Dice - Bruce Springsteen

According to Songfacts, Roll of the Dice was the first Springsteen’s song he didn’t write by himself. In fact, E Street Band’s pianist Roy Bittan helped with the music, while Springsteen was in charge of the lyrics, starting with – “Well I've been a losin' gambler, just throwin' snake eyes, Love ain't got me downhearted. I know up around the corner lies, My fool's paradise in just another roll of the dice.” After he broke up the E Street Band in October 1989, Springsteen wrote lyrics for the Roll of the Dice (with two other songs) and liked them to the point where he began writing and recording more songs.

27. Queen of Diamonds - Tom Odell

Here’s one song about a gambling fanatic who’s trying to satisfy his own addiction but also someone else, hoping it’s going to save him. Released in 2018, Queen of Diamonds is Tom Odell’s song from the album Jubilee Road, based on the local characters that inspired this British songwriter to include the whisky-soaked gamblers who regularly visited one betting shop.

26. The Angel and the Gambler - Iron Maiden

Now, this song may divide Iron Maiden fans and it’s most probably because of its repetitive lyrics that can be a bit annoying. The release we’re talking about is The Angel and the Gambler. Truth be told, the melody in general is very catchy and, even a bit similar to The Who in some moments. As the song was released in 1998 while Blaze Bayley was its frontmen, it’s missing the well-known high-pitch vocals from Bruce Dickinson.

25. Ramblin' Gamblin Man - Bob Seger

We’re moving on to a rock single from 1978 - Ramblin' Gamblin Man by Bob Seger. The author meets an old acquaintance, a professional gambler who happens to be a swagger. As such, he attracts people’s attention whenever he bets. Putting so much of his faith in the cards (rather than in people), he walks away every time, just before avoiding loss. Along the way, the narrator realises that, if you scratch beneath the surface, you’ll find he’s a very cynical man, who will never change.
Another gambling-themed song worth mentioning by Bob Seger is Still The Same.

24. Blow Up The Pokies - The Whitlams

Blow up the Pokies is the next song on our list, played by The Whitlams. It is the second single by the group from their 4th studio album, Love This City. Released in the year 2000, the song became a hit and made it to number 21 on the ARIA Singles Chart. According to several resources, the lyrics written by singer Tim Freedman were inspired by the destruction he saw in original Whitlams bassist Andy Lewis's life, due to his gambling addiction.

23. A Good Run of Bad Luck - Clint Black

Now here’s one 1994-song packed with gambling-related terms. As you listen to A Good Run of Bad Luck, recorded by American music artist Clint Black, you'll have a bit of fun as you try identifying what all these gambling terms mean. The song is a bit fast and is about falling in love by using gambling metaphors. The main character is willing to spend a lot of money to win his special lady over and, although he has had a period of bad luck, he is not giving up – “I've been to the table, and I've lost it all before, I'm willin' and able, always comin' back for more.”

22. When You’re Hot, You’re Hot - Jerry Reed

Jerry Reed won a Grammy for the song When You’re Hot, You’re Hot which was released in 1971. Most people remember it as it was a major hit, ranked as number 1 in the country charts, also making its way up the Pop Top 40. It’s an enjoyable novelty song about the ups and downs of the gambling life, about one’s winning streak caught in an illegal game of Crap.
Country star Jerry Reed also came up with a version The Uptown Poker Club in 1973.

21. Lawyers, Guns and Money - Warren Zevon

Next one up - Lawyers, Guns and Money is a song by Warren Zevon, the closing track on his album Excitable Boy, released in 1978. An edited version of this song was distributed as a single and found itself on the A Quiet Normal Life best of compilation on the CD and LP. The song goes like this - “I went home with a waitress the way I always do, how was I to know she was with the russians, too? I was gambling in Havana, I took a little risk Send lawyers, guns, and money Dad, get me out of this, hiyah!”
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20. The Lottery Song - Harry Nilsson

According to the man in the 1972 pop-rock song The Lottery Song by Harry Nilsson, there's more than one way to get to Vegas. Addressing his lover, the narrator mentions a few different options for buying a ticket and going to Sin City – “We could win the lottery we could go to Vegas,” and “We could wait till summer, we could save our money” as well as “We could make a record, sell a lot of copies, we could play Las Vegas.”

19. Casino Queen - Wilco

Now here’s one black-humoured gambling-themed song, released in 1995 and titled after a casino. Featuring a dirty electric guitar, Casino Queen was composed by an American songwriter, Jeff Tweedy, who wrote this song after playing a game in a riverboat casino accompanied by his dad. Inspired by the event, the author wrote: “Casino Queen my lord you're mean, I've been gambling like a fiend on your tables so green.”

18. Have a Lucky Day - Morphine

Another song on our list that you simply must check out starts like this: “I feel lucky, I just feel that way, I'm on a bus to Atlantic City later on today. Now I'm sitting at a blackjack table and swear to God the dealer has a tag says, "Mabel." Hit me, hit me! I smile at Mabel, soon they're bringing complimentary drinks to the table.” Check it out yourself - it’s called Have a Lucky Day by Morphine.

17. Kentucky Gambler - Merle Haggard

Written by Dolly Parton and released in 1974, Merle Haggard’s Kentucky Gambler is another song on our ultimate gambling playlist that you should pay attention to. It’s about a miner from Kentucky who leaves his family to gamble, under the bright lights of Reno. Unsurprisingly, his winning streak comes to an end, and he loses all his winnings. All broke, he decided to return back home only when he arrived, he found out his wife was involved with someone else.

16. The Jack - AC/DC

The next song on our list will give you some adrenaline boost, for sure. It goes like this - “She gave me the queen, she gave me the king, she was wheelin' and dealin', just doin' her thing, she was holdin' a pair, but I had to try…” Sounds familiar? This song from the 1975s is called The Jack and is played by AC/DC and there’s no way you can skip it.

15. Blackjack - Ray Charles

Moving on to something a bit different - a melody that blackjack lovers can listen to as they play is Ray Charles’ Blackjack. Apart from being a good quality song from 1955, it carries an important message with an emphasis on how brutal the game of blackjack can be. Some sources say that Ray Charles wrote it after beating T-Bone Walker at a blackjack game session.
Yet another Ray Charles’ famous song about gambling is called a Losing Hand.

14. Ooh Las Vegas - Gram Parson

“Ooh, Las Vegas, ain't no place for a poor boy like me”... is a song-into for Ooh Las Vegas which was written by Gram Parsons and Ric Grech. It was first released by Gram Parsons with Emmylou Harris in 1974. Playing this song would be perfect for the beginning of the road trip (i.e. to Las Vegas), especially if you have the energy to sing along.

13. The Stranger - Leonard Cohen

Published in 1968 and performed by Leonard Cohen, The Stranger appears in the The Ernie Game movie about a man released from a mental asylum. More appropriately, it is the perfect opening song in the 1971 Western McCabe & Mrs Miller, in which Warren Beatty plays a gambler. As you listen to this song (without watching the movie), it makes you see fascinating images of card games, smoky dreams, and concepts of risk versus safety.

12. Desperado - Eagles

Written by Glen Frey and Don Henley, Desperado song is one of The Eagles’ greatest hits from their 1973 album of the same name. The song features a classic tune while the ballad tells the story of a lone wolf imprisoned by his loneliness. As for the lyrics, they have loads of card references mentioning the queen of diamonds, the queen of hearts, and so on.

11. Huck's Tune - Bob Dylan

The next song on our list is about the risks of poker, money, and relationships, which are precisely what the movie Lucky You is all about. Does it ring a bell? That’s right, this 2007 song is called Huck’s Tune and is performed by Bob Dylan. Each of us can all relate to lines "You push it all in, and you've no chance to win, you play 'em on down to the end." Play the song and you’ll enjoy more than 4 amazing minutes of Bob Dylan.
Likewise, Bob Dylan recorded Rambling, Gambling Willie and Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts, both excellent and both inspired by gambling.
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10. Four Little Diamonds - Electric Light Orchestra

A song by the British rock band Electric Light Orchestra Four Little Diamonds was released in 1983 and found itself on the album Secret Messages. The single wasn’t so popular in the US, being only 2 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, at number 86, and number 84 in the UK. This song refers to the singer’s cheating lover who tricked him out of a ring which had 'four little diamonds' on it.

9. You Can't Beat The House - Mark Knopfler

Moving on to our next choice for the day, You Can’t Beat the House. It’s the third song on the Get Lucky studio album released in 2009 by British singer-songwriter and guitarist Mark Knopfler. The album and the songs received favorable reviews with the album reaching the top three positions on album charts in Denmark, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, and Poland. The singer’s divine voice combined with beautiful music and lyrics goes like this – “You can't bear the house, you can't bear the house, tell the man somebody, you can't beat the house.”

8. Deck of Cards - Don Williams

Deck of Cards is a recitation song that tells the story of a soldier who gets caught while playing cards in church and then faces a sentence from a superior officer. The soldier defends his case, explaining he wasn't about to deal a hand of poker, but was rather confirming his faith with the cards. Performed by T. Texas Tyler, the song managed to become a major hit in the 1940s and 1950s. Also, Wink Martindale had an even bigger hit with his 1959 cover, with a successful version by Don Williams featuring Tex Ritter and Buddy Cole.

7. Gambler’s Blues - B.B. King

First recording of the song Gambler’s Blues by B.B. King was in 1966, and it was released in 1967. The song appears on the album Back in the Alley (1970). Some say gambling and blues go hand in hand, so if you (gambling fans) haven’t heard it, listen and see for yourself.

6. Tumbling Dice - Rolling Stones

One of our favourite songs on the list is Tumbling Dice, written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. It tells the story of a gambler who can’t remain faithful to any woman. Being released in the 1970s and featuring a blues boogie-woogie rhythm, the song was and still is one of the greatest singles of all time.
Rolling Stones also recorded Casino Boogie, and it’s from their 1972 album, Exile on Main St.

5. Luck Be A Lady - Frank Sinatra

The next song on our list is about a gambler who hopes that he will win a bet, the outcome of which will decide whether he is able to save his relationship with the girl of his dreams. You probably know what song we’re talking about; it’s called Luck be a Lady released in 1965 and performed by one of the most popular musical artists - Frank Sinatra.

4. Deal - Grateful Dead

Next one up is the song Deal. It was first performed by the Grateful Dead in 1971, as a regular part of the repertoire through their 1970's tour. Although being less common to the fans during the 1990s, the band continued to perform it. The singer opens with the message: “Since it cost a lot to win and even more to lose you and me bound to spend some time wondering what to choose,” that later kicks off with a chorus: “Don't let your deal go down...”
Loser is another song first performed by the Grateful Dead in 1971 as well, heavily played during 1971 and 1972.

3. Ace of Spades - Motörhead

Ok, the next song is loaded with some great gambling verses like "The pleasure is to play, makes no difference what you say, I don't share your greed, the only card I need is the Ace of Spades" will definitely set you in the right mood for hitting some winning combinations. Released in 1980, the song was inspired by slot machines that the lead singer Ian Fraser “Lemmy” Kilmister played in London pubs.

2. Viva Las Vegas - Elvis

As soon as you start playing the second song from our playlist “Viva Las Vegas,” you’ll probably picture a huge casino and a great gaming atmosphere. Performed by the legendary Elvis Presley, the 1964-released song brings the glamour of the city, and its beat will get you in the mood for some serious gameplay. This song was written for the movie of the same name starring Elvis Presley, in which he plays a race car driver waiting tables at a hotel to pay off a debt. There’s this famous scene when he performs this song at the talent competition alongside many showgirls.

1. The Gambler - Kenny Rogers

Performed by the legendary country singer Kenny Rogers, The Gambler song is our number 1 - it's full of some betting advice that are relevant today, even though it was released more than 40 years ago, in 1978. Here’s how it goes… “If you're gonna play the game, boy you gotta learn to play it right, you've got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em, know when to walk away, and know when to run.” These classic chorus lines were told from the first-person perspective inspired by a conversation the author had with an experienced poker player on a train. Written in the form of poker metaphors, Schlitz wrote the tune in honor of his late father.
Johnny Cash is also among other musicians who recorded The Gambler in 1978, on Gone Girl.

What do you think? Which one is your favourite?