It's been a long and difficult road getting away from the temptation of gambling.
People usually don't like to talk about negative aspects of themselves, but that is something that I don't mind doing when it leads to some productive thinking or conclusions.
Over a year and a quarter ago, I decided to start doing blogging about cryptocurrency as a means of distracting myself from gambling. Well though I found it to be a productive outlet for my time, it didn't really stop me or accomplish the original goal that I had set out of quitting gambling.
We all have our vices in this world and there are things that can lead even the most disciplined of us to make bad decisions. I realized that I needed to get myself together after missing out on enormous gains (life changing for me) on Cardano because I had sold my holdings during a binge. I had collected roughly 40,000 Cardano when they were trading for roughly 8-10 cents. During the top of Cardano's run, tokens were trading for upwards of $2, enough to make my holdings worth enough for a downpayment on a nice house (and even more from the staking rewards that would have came).
Rather than looking on this with horrible distaste. I have used it as a springboard to make tangible changes in my life. I'm no psychic or expert trader. I saw a token that was cheap and it was lucky enough to find some momentum as Hoskinson started building their smart contract platform. Rather than thinking "oh man, that was my one chance", I began thinking "well if that was able to happen, there are surely many more chances for the same to happen in the future". So I haven't given up, I've simply learned from the mistake and am now moving forward.
For the first time since high school, I have been able to get through 50 days without making a single bet. With support of friends, family and my peers I am already starting to see my finances begin to build. I'm not sitting on a house-sized nest egg, but I'm also not losing anything anymore. I have what I have and I will continue to build up my holdings at a reasonable pace rather than trying everything possible to get rich overnight.
Addiction and compulsion is not something easily understood unless you or a loved one has gone through it, so I don't expect much understanding in this situation. My message here is, I'm kicking ass now and things are getting better by the day. We have so many great projects being discussed here on the daily that we are bound to all be sitting on a 100x gem if the market conditions favor us in the end. I believe that with patience and conviction, this is just the start for all of us. Let's get it!
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Talk with @pvmihalache for some advice. He went through this.
I spoke to Paul about a year ago on his writing, I had no idea. Maybe I'm due for another convo soon if he's about it!
That is great to know. Are you tempted to gamble using some of those block chain related stuff? I know it was kind of tempting to gamble a bit on things like BetFury in the past.
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I live in a place where gambling is legal so there were dozens of options not related to the blockchain. I haven't been tempted in 50 days on anything really, but never got super into anything blockchain based
Great to hear it.
I've been standing on that border a few times but luckily managed to pull myself away before getting into real debt.
Now I can enjoy stacking money instead or risking money and still get the same high. Crypto has a lot of the same issues as gambling so it's important to stay with the simple task of earning and stacking instead of trying to bet the markets.
Best of luck with your recovery and hopefully it gets a bit easier every week.
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Thank you my friend! I have been purely stacking and putting it away rather than trying to trade. My dumb ass would take out 100x leverage or something like that. I'll just stick with the basics and hope the markets follow with time!
Yeah it isn't easy stuff, but it has been getting much easier. I hope things keep going well for you too!
Congrats on your 50 days and here's to the next 50 and the next 50 after that. 😁
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Thank you so much!
Like you've said "we've all got our vices", so kudos to being able to share your story and doing what you must to stay focused on what you want to achieve.
Besides, maybe your story might help another to change his/her way or rather let that person know that he/she isn't alone in this struggle.
Not knowing that other people have problems is a big issue with mainstream society, people often hold everything very close and secretive because it is a topic not often discussed in public. I have no issue with sharing, thank you for the kind words!
Yes, more should share their stories, to get the discussions started and hopefully by sharing it will generate understanding and grace for one another.
Thanks for sharing that bro and congratulations!
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Thank you!
You mentioned selling ada cardano. But for me I just lost it. It wasn't as much as your holdings. I had 300 tokens which I bought on binance. Because of kyc I no longer use this company. What happened was that my smartphone broke. So I don't have the passphrase. I transfer it from the exchange to a wallet. I installed another app but I can't recover it !
Depending on the type of wallet it may have a support staff, but if it is a wallet where you hold your keys, you may never get it back. I hope that it works out for you!
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Congratulations and keep on keeping on!
I did work in a poker room while I studied, and know how gambling addiction looks from close up, I used to play a lot of poker myself and I still love the game. I was addicted in a way myself.
Congrats on 50 days and keep it up!