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Romance › Re: Many Of Us Are Fools by ChildOfDoom(op): 12:50pm On Sep 04, 2020

Casan0va:
My man!!!

hmm.. I guess i am well-known for the wrong reasons

Romance › Re: Many Of Us Are Fools by ChildOfDoom(op): 4:06am On Sep 04, 2020

Omobada:
You know what baffled me? You wrote correct and fantastic English. In short, you're a good writer. So, why not channel your writing skill to a profitable and worthwhile career.

hmm. You are one out of many making this compliment. Thanks. But it's easier said than done. I am better off just writing on my misery, which no one will patronise. Writing an enticing book involves some intricacies

Romance › Re: Many Of Us Are Fools by ChildOfDoom(op): 4:43pm On Sep 03, 2020*

Nomanlike:
Child of doom how u take apply
relief funds abeg

registration is over now. Only those who applied in April were taken. Sorry. On a second thought, thank God I didn't apply for something bigger, like one million naira. I would have just wasted government's money like that.

The offer was too good to be true. I registered without putting seriousness in it. Surprisingly, we were all taken (about 80,000 people across the country). Without hammering on the collateral and guarantor, since it was the general lockdown period. I remember having a sleepless night when I got the alert at 4am. I couldn't wait till morning to plan life. I had big dreams my brother.

Now the money is all gone, my eyes are clear now. 'Money get spirit, I swear' sad

Romance › Re: Many Of Us Are Fools by ChildOfDoom(op): 6:05am On Sep 03, 2020

israelkings10:
Dem give you guys COVID-19 Relief fund.

Really?

yes bro. The process was very transparent. Kudos to the Federal Government. I applied in April, during the lockdown and the loans were given to us in June. It was disbursed by NIRSAL MICROFINANCE BANK on behalf of the Central Bank. I just pray I am not prosecuted when I am unable to pay back

Romance › Re: Many Of Us Are Fools by ChildOfDoom(op): 7:34pm On Sep 02, 2020

iLegendd:
I didn't read what you wrote, but I can pray for you even though I'm not a pastor.

Close your eyes.

for real

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Romance › Re: Many Of Us Are Fools by ChildOfDoom(op): 7:20am On Sep 02, 2020

MJBOLT:
wait o,government gave you 250k COVID-19 relief fund?

yea bro. I squandered it all in a flash. I wish I could turn the hands of time. I swear I would be more pragmatic and prudent in spending

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Romance › Re: Many Of Us Are Fools by ChildOfDoom(op): 5:45pm On Sep 01, 2020*

It might seem harsh that I tagged many people along in my ordeal. But come to think of it, most of us in this age of materialism, are all guilty of one obstinate addiction or the other. Desperation, the western influence and recalcitrance has made most youths a mess. Despite stern warnings from parents and elders, we do not relent in our addiction. What do I call those of you in this web?

You drink to stupor every now and then, even when you know it damages your kidney gradually. At times in your drunken state, you do carefree and regrettable things. Yet you won't change.

You that womanize and neglect your family responsibilities. Or squandering money on women instead of planning for your future.

You that take hard drugs and can't do without it. You steal and dupe people to patronize drug barons. You also become aggressive to every one in the process.

You as a lady that sell your body to any one. Even married men, when you know it could get ugly when caught. Girls that fall blindly in love at a teenage age, neglecting studies and cohabiting with a man. Some carry out constant abortion that has health implications or steal to give to their lovers

You that masturbate so much that you hardly have an erection again. Yet you won't listen to advise of likely having erectile dysfunction if not regulating it. Or you that can't do without sugary things or junk food, despite risk of diabetics. (I also fall into the last two categories).

Other categories exist but i stop here. What do we call the aforementioned if not fools? We are unable to abstain from addictions in today's world of celebrating immorality. Only God can save us

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Romance › Re: Many Of Us Are Fools by ChildOfDoom(op): 2:36pm On Sep 01, 2020

Since I took to gambling, my life has moved from promising to pitiable. Why don't I see myself as a bad example and stop? Hmm. Old habits die hard I guess. My mates graduated in 2015. I didn't because I gambled with my school fees. The pain of watching my contemporaries graduating and being left out, should have made me give myself a constructive criticism. But no, I wouldn't. I turned bet9ja shop to my second home. Taking every money that came to me there to waste away. I disgust myself.

Only a fool will lose so much, sell all he had, dupe people etc just to give charitably to a computer screen that has been programmed to milk us of our money. Despite advice of letting go and facing the future, I still continued my miserable lifestyle in Warri after I fled Benin. Why can't the fear of going to jail or being tortured, dissuade me from duping people to gamble. At times, I would starve myself then or ignore aggravated declining health and improper hygiene, just to engage in the diabolic act I was 'possessed' with. I used to find joy sitting amongst low-lives and discussing our loss at bet9ja shops.

Five years of misfortune, yet something still draws me to hold the mouse at bet shops to try my luck. Maybe it's boredom, my love for football or just sheer mischief that keeps pushing me to the act. I am a fool. How do I explain losing 250,000 naira COVID-19 relief funds given to me by the government that I lost in one day (30 minutes sef). Hmm. I should have started life with that money.

Now school has partially resumed, I have to be a 'slave' to my employer till I pay up the WASSCE enrollment money I squandered for betting. So far, I have given 30k 'runs' money I saved, to him. Remaining 70k left.

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Romance › Many Of Us Are Fools by ChildOfDoom(op): 2:23pm On Sep 01, 2020

Hurray! It's two months now (July and August) without engaging in the spell-binding bet9ja virtual. How I did it is unimaginable. If I will suffer a relapse and go back to the act, is unpredictable. For now, a step at a time. My target now is to painstakingly try to avoid bet9ja shops for at most, six months.

In my leisure time, I do retrospect on my unethical and punting lifestyle so far (since 2015), and how foolish I have been to go back to the future-wrecking act over and over again, despite the repercussions. Many of us, in these contemporary times take foolish steps out of lusts, addictions and persuasions.

I will let you in on mine first.......

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Romance › Re: My Mum Should Have Disowned Me by ChildOfDoom(op): 7:37am On Aug 21, 2020

Imiete:
i pray u stop gambling OP......
meanwhile lyon vs bayern fit play OV2.5

I stopped for good

Romance › Re: My Mum Should Have Disowned Me by ChildOfDoom(op): 2:59am On Aug 21, 2020

johnkey:
Lol

Romance › Re: My Mum Should Have Disowned Me by ChildOfDoom(op): 4:38pm On Aug 20, 2020

Stephenjosh007:
you are a thief... Olojukokoro

hmm. That was in the 'past' bro

Romance › Re: My Mum Should Have Disowned Me by ChildOfDoom(op): 6:52pm On Aug 19, 2020

IamDavids:
My favorite quote from Frank in the tv series Shameless.

Once an addict, always an addict!

I still never grad after like 6 years for uni cos of gambling(virtual). Na only project dey stall me o.

My project supervisor nearly lose her job because of me.

My matter don tire me sef. Everybody don lose hope for my matter but i no fret!

I will pick up the pieces and bounce back. Im very optimistic.

I understand your predicament cos i have been there. I nearly jump inside lake before cos of frustrations, that was the lowest i have ever been.

But we move!

hmm.. It is well. I pray God delivers us quick, so we can pick up the pieces of our lives and move on

Romance › Re: My Mum Should Have Disowned Me by ChildOfDoom(op): 9:03pm On Aug 18, 2020

tunjilee003:
I was omce in your shoes, I was addicted to gambling due to peer group influence,I disengaged my self from friends and i prayed to God and gambling became a thing of the past...
Try channeling that money you use in gambling into something more productive, engage your self in something that will make your life better, forgo the get money quick syndrome and pray to God, he will surely hear your prayer.

Amen. I have started disassociating myself from 'friends'. And my quality time is now spent on research. I pray my addiction is all over before I get tortured or locked up for dubious dealings. Currently making my Director/employer happy again, with my dexterity and expertise in answering WASSCE questions. That's a start

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Romance › Re: My Mum Should Have Disowned Me by ChildOfDoom(op): 3:17pm On Aug 18, 2020

Stephenmoka4:
Not today, you've started again oo

my lamentations, my fate, my nature

Romance › Re: My Mum Should Have Disowned Me by ChildOfDoom(op): 9:09pm On Aug 17, 2020

Volkswagen90:
You this guy again! Kill urself na

I still haven't lost hope on myself

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Romance › Re: My Mum Should Have Disowned Me by ChildOfDoom(op): 5:44am On Aug 17, 2020

novice22:
with the way u are going with the whole thing, am pretty sure u will still play virtual.

its only a matter of time.

ah. I reject it! I have suffered enough from betting

Romance › Re: My Mum Should Have Disowned Me by ChildOfDoom(op): 5:44pm On Aug 16, 2020

Wolgrace:
Many boyfriends and husbands are open and coded gamblers.. So, don't bother telling ladies to break up with them because they are aware. E get why...

hmm. I don't have issues with gamblers who only book games with little sums. 80 percent of gamblers do so. It's the 20 percent who play live bet9ja virtual (fast win/lose) or high stake, that girls need to be wary of

Romance › Re: My Mum Should Have Disowned Me by ChildOfDoom(op): 10:04am On Aug 16, 2020

GboyegaD:
Glad you are making efforts to get off the gambling hook. I pray you find strength to be totally free from gambling.

Amen. Thanks for the encouragement

Romance › Re: My Mum Should Have Disowned Me by ChildOfDoom(op): 7:31pm On Aug 15, 2020*

bootyeater:
Baba come...if u are feeling this way then you're going about this addiction thing in a wrong method.
You should at least replace ur addiction with another....something you have conditioned your brain with for 5, years can't be stopped in 45 days.
Replace it with something like running, getting a soft skill etc
Unless u wanna continue wallowing in sorrow

hmmm. Running or a soft skill may not work now. My body is wired to unconventional or naughty things. Currently, porn, masturbation, naughty groups, junk eating at hangout bars, seeing myself as a mess that needs to remain sober & partially working to prepare my students for WASSCE is a good distraction now.

Romance › Re: My Mum Should Have Disowned Me by ChildOfDoom(op): 4:11pm On Aug 15, 2020

Heartlessbanker:
Ftx

FTC you mean or what?

Romance › Re: My Mum Should Have Disowned Me by ChildOfDoom(op): 1:26pm On Aug 15, 2020

HOW WE SHOULD BE TREATED

A 15-year-old boy in my neighbourhood was sent by his mother who was a petty trader to go withdraw some money from the bank. Instead of withdrawing 19,000 naira he was sent, he gradually withdrew everything to gamble at a bet9ja shop After his mum recovered from the shock, she organised youths to discipline the child. He was whipped mercilessly by youths. Even though it was a shocking and painful sight to behold, it was the way to go.

A fridge repairer close to my work place heard his teenage son was among those who stole money from their master (the person they were working for) to gamble, did not to stop the repercussion. His son is currently rotting in jail.

Though I fear being locked up or beaten for my atrocities. Glad it didn't happen to me. But that is the way to go. Be stern and put your foot down. It's the way to go. If possible, send your child away if he is an addict to gambling before he sells everything in your house.

If you are dating a gambler, break up. Don't be deceived by their ephemeral winnings, it doesn't last. Greed/addiction has a way of making gamblers raise their stakes, the more they win. You must have read on front-page of nairalanders who lost above 500,000 naira on just one high stake game.

YOU HAVE BEEN FOREWARNED

Romance › Re: My Mum Should Have Disowned Me by ChildOfDoom(op): 1:13pm On Aug 15, 2020

TRUST BROKEN

My mum was told countless times by my sister to let me rot in jail to learn my lesson. She didn't listen. I feel penitent now though. Not proud of how I made things tough for her. But it is what it is. With bet9ja influence, get-rich-quick syndrome and mother's pampering, 60 percent of youths have become wayward. My mum should have stayed aloof. I recall selling her Itel Tablet phone to gamble and lying it was stolen. I also remember selling the Nokia E63 fairly-used phone she bought for me to brighten my mood when i was phoneless. I convinced her I had changed after her advice. I even resumed church then. But I later relapsed into gambling.

My mum would always borrow me money to cope with myself at my duty post. This was from the little she had. I usually promised to pay back with my salary. But I ended up gambling with my salaries within two or three days. This usually made her tearful. The list of my actions at home is endless. My dad wrecked her. I shouldn't have made things worse, but it's the spirit in us (me).

My former employer once sent me to pay some money (19,000 naira) into the bank. I avariciously wanted to double the money to get some gain from it. I ended up losing it all. I lied I was robbed. After my open confession to my boss, he should have read the signs and sacked me before i causedhim more heartbreaks.

My sister who was magnanimously giving me some of her old things, should not have done so. After knowing I am a chronic gambler. I (used to) sell what I get, as long as it is sellable. I wish my friends I begged for alms in the past, did not help me. I wasted it all. I wish the government didn't give me reprieve. I no longer blame Buhari for my failures, but only myself. You should have that déjà vu feeling that we can't be trusted with money or responsibilities.

Romance › My Mum Should Have Disowned Me by ChildOfDoom(op): 1:08pm On Aug 15, 2020

What is the use of keeping a gambler close when it is conspicuous that they will make you suffer? There is little or no hope in thinking they will change. All you will get is misery, regrets, heartbreak and frustration.

Since 2015 when I embarked on the futile venture of bet9ja gambling, I have caused nothing but sorrow to my employers, family members, friends, girlfriend and especially my mother.

Please stop hoping that a gambler with change. Treat them (us) like how lepers were treated in the Bible. Run from any one who gambles (mostly virtual) in order to avoid untold pains to your life. Except you can bear the constant bad news about them till their brains finally get resetted by life.

We never change. It's been 45 days (a month & half) without engaging in bet9ja virtual. Yet, I still don't trust myself to say I am clean. Any thing can push me at any time to go back. I feel less human because I can't reason my life properly as others do yet. A normal person will hold money for contingencies. But my kind becomes restless when they see money.

I will let you in on some things I did to people who kept believing in me.....

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Romance › Re: Confession: I Don Fool Many People Sha by ChildOfDoom(op): 5:39pm On Aug 07, 2020

VicM6:
haaa,child of doom... No b u be dis ni that lost abt 800k on gambling.... Abeg don't dm me again... you don't need help....

you are mistaking me for some one else. I didn't send DM. I can't even access this mail. I didn't say I lost 800k. that is another guy I saw on front page sometime ago
mine was about 600k in total this year.

Though, i will surely need help getting a good job (of about 50k monthly) once I can overcome my addiction, and once I see my result. Probably, around December or next year. That way, I learn to live contented.

Currently working on myself. no longer desperate. i pray someone believes in me & help out when that time comes....

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Romance › Re: Confession: I Don Fool Many People Sha by ChildOfDoom(op): 6:19pm On Aug 06, 2020

Deffjam:
You will still go back , i stopped it for 6 months. I started playing bet9ja virtual from 2015.
ever since then i have not achieved anything .i almost droped out of skul twice year1 and year2 . Papa j ,save me i swear.i keep on losing interes everyday,i already gave up on virtual(baby) to be precise

i just play it for fun up to now, i have only played 100naira booking.

hmm.. Happy for you. To what you said in the first sentence, you might be right. That's why i am not rejoicing yet about avoiding betting for just a month. Taking my rehabilitation step by step

Romance › Re: Confession: I Don Fool Many People Sha by ChildOfDoom(op): 9:30pm On Aug 05, 2020

laughitall:
Hope this s not another format to raise money ... Mr gambler

I am not asking for money. I am lamenting & tired of my addiction

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Romance › Re: Confession: I Don Fool Many People Sha by ChildOfDoom(op): 6:20am On Aug 05, 2020

Spysees:
I remember those days in my area, there was a nigga whose brain was addicted to gamblin'. Gee would do/sell anythin' just to gamble, knowmsayin'? Nigga once sold his newly purchased flipflop for that sh!t...

hmm.. gamblers are wired differently from others. We are not to be relied on until we are finally cured

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Romance › Re: Confession: I Don Fool Many People Sha by ChildOfDoom(op): 5:09pm On Aug 04, 2020

april2018:
It is well bro.. I sent you a PM

I don't have access to this mail again

Romance › Re: Confession: I Don Fool Many People Sha by ChildOfDoom(op): 7:59pm On Aug 03, 2020

falcon01:
haba come one, guy Is trying to turn his life around atleast support him or desert him.

Thanks for your solidarity and understanding.

it's startling how I paid so much attention to betting, while neglecting my deteriorating health & necessary expenditures

Romance › Re: Confession: I Don Fool Many People Sha by ChildOfDoom(op): 4:59am On Aug 03, 2020

UDUJ:
Continue gambling your life away, you think you are doing us, you are doing yourself. At your age you still don't know what to do with your life. I still remember when you joined nairaland. Sincerely ask yourself what you have achieved since you started gambling.

I hate seeing young men like yourself waste away. Continue gambling. Rubbish

hmm. I achieved nothing from it. it's an addiction bros. I am working on it

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