Recent content by CoachTony_Bets

Good thread Oli but depressing. We've all lost friends to betting. Question is whether we do anything about it.

Taffy you should. Even if it's uncomfortable.

So what do we do? Acknowledging we've lost friends and become one-dimensional. Does that lead to change or just guilt?

Thanks for being honest. Now I'm going to go have dinner with my family without checking my phone. Let's see if I can actually do it.

I coach but even that's now filtered through betting lens. "What do you do for fun?" "I analyze football games." "Oh like a coach?" "No, like a bettor." That's not interesting to normal people.

Made me think about something I'd never actually put numbers to. Going to start tracking research hours alongside bet results. Suspect I won't like what I find.

I'm going to put my phone face down at dinner. Small thing. But it's the example my son sees every night.

Nobody talks about this. Every betting education resource says "do more research, be more analytical." Nobody says "be careful because extensive research creates psychological pressure to bet even bad spots."

Prof "I have no life beyond betting to share." That's the core problem isn't it? Betting didn't just change who our friends are. It changed who WE are.

Princess you're getting something out of this thread that those of us with kids should have gotten years ago.

I don't know Eddie. I've thought about reaching out to old friends. But what would I say? "Hey sorry I became one-dimensional and boring for 10 years, want to hang out?"

Started it honestly and it went somewhere important. I'm going to talk to my doctor. Not sure I'll mention betting specifically. But I'll mention the sleep and the tension. That's somewhere to start.

No. And I don't know why. Maybe because explaining it honestly means admitting things I'm not ready to say out loud to my son.

Raised.

Same Eddie. Uncomfortable thread but that's the useful ones.