Hardlife:
Please try and read to the end.
I am a young guy early twenties. I
have been playing virtual since 2014.
I was never this useless and
unpurposeful.
My life changed when i entered university.
It all started in 2014 when i walked
into a nairabet close to my school and
saw people playing virtual. I decided
to play, as i remember i won that
period. I never knew the day i started was the
day i gave the devil the key to my life. In 2014, i spent my school fees on
virtual, lost everything. Sold my
phones, my feeding money and
everything. All went to virtual. So i was not able to continue my
education, though i remained in
school not letting my parents know till
this year. Dear reader, from 2014 to date have
been the worst years of my life. I stole
to play virtual, sold my properties, my
clothes, shoes. I became an addict. Even not being a
formal student, i still collected money from my parents, school fees
and allowance. Everything ends up in
virtual house. I could not even buy good clothes.

Xtine22:

bro, don't give up! continue playing as you may chop 50m one day to recover ur losses.... always play sure game

rexorgan:



Very true lol. I went there yesterday, won 12k n left instantly. I used to be addicted to it, but now I play it for fun,maybe once or twice a month

Abeycityng:
GET yaself BUSY is the only solution bro..your story is very similar to mine

Hardlife:
seriously bro. You think i am joking. Did i beg you for money. All i need are the recovery processes to get my life back. I am frustrated. Thank you for your understanding

Vision2045:
Guy download Dream league soccer, give yourself target (like building all your players to 100) play it any time the urge comes...

I was once an addict and have lost close to millions on virtual..

Delete your bet9ja registered account

Do a kolo (traditional money safe) drop it anytime u have money with you and the urge comes

If u book game and wan play go with less than 200

Make up your mind, stay disciplined, read the bible or Quran, pray...

Its not easy but its achievable.......its a sucker

Hardlife:
Well, i took last jamb, i passed very
well to the joy of everybody. They thought i was back to being
normal but secretly i was still playing
virtual. Virtual has eaten deep in my blood. All the money i managed to save
before the jamb period while at home
still ended up in virtual. I want to stop but i cant. Fast forward everything to today the
7th of july. I took the money for my
post utme form to play virtual. My heartbeat was felt by the person
close to me when i lost the last kobo i
came with. Till now i have not
stopped thinking, nobody knows. now
i am thinking how to get the money
back. I am a dead man alive. Gambling has eaten deep into my
soul. i am finished. I AM TIRED AND FRUSTRATED,
SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP ME. I
WANT TO STOP. I WANT TO HAVE MY LIFE BACK
TOGETHER. PLEASE HELP ME IF
YOU HAVE HAD SIMILAR
EXPERIENCE. I AM DYING SLOWLY. I NEED
HELP. TODAY I HAVE PUT A
STOP TO IT. GOD HELP ME.
PLEASE
HOW CAN I QUIT FOREVER

Hardlife:
@
organism000 i could not quote your whole post. I think what you said is true. Whenever i am playing, i get this feeling of high in my system. When i loose, i increase the amount. The higher the amount, the bigger the feeling of highness i get. How can this be possible. Please help me

jaxxy:



Op i hv a question for u. Do u love urself at all? If u do u wud stop this self destructive attitude. Or did they jazz u with bet naija shop? My advice is make continuous effort, be determined to stop all these bad habits and destructive behavior. Learn how to stop being impulsive bt rather take u time and use ur sense for once. U are under d illusion dat bet naija can give u money cos im sure u don't just play for the fun of it. Disillusion ur mind for that nonesense and virtual world and deal with the real life and real issues. From today never step into any of those stores. Keep doing dat until u break d cycle. U have formed a strong bad habit and u need to break it with strong mind and force and get get ur life back into the right thinking process. Then u can be happy. Goodluck

ozoebuka1:
i was disappointed when i saw you wasted your years in school, stole and everything yet your family especially your mum forgave you and cried and after seeing her tears, you still went back to play it again...

Bro, i can categorically tell you that you are just a selfish person!!!

You are not addicted to gambling, rather you are selfish and heartless for making your mum cry and still tryna do it again

ozoneymcm:

Call me. 07038148140. ). Nairaland can't help you at this point, I'm a counselor and I'll help you for free (over the phone)

McBrooklyn:

bastien:
no u don't deserve any insult, at first you were the cause of your own mistake. If only you had reason the virtual is a programmed game to enable the bookies gain more, even the people that programmed it can win with it. How to stop it, it's very easy, a gambler can't stop being a gambler but can limit is behavior. What to do?
1. Engage in anything that will make ur mind far from virtual both online and offline

2. Engage in sport bet, and not the virtual.

3. Only stake on sport bet no matter how sure the virtual looks.

4. Stake 100 naira, cause that's the amount u can afford to lose without getting hurt.

5. Always go out without cash or cash higher than 100,cause virtual is 150

johnydon22:


Which state are you in my friend?

Zenithpeak:



Advice from the pit of hell!

Your boyfriend /girlfriend is suffering from HIV and your are advised to always close your eyes whenever you want to have cex with him/her.......

Someone is trying to be free killing habit you are still encouraging him to continue with the same.

Hardlife:
My friends, i became useless. No
good clothes, no property, no
certificate to hold in the end. While my mates left for class, i go to
the virtual store to watch others play. From 2014 till now i stayed in school,
3 years of it was allocated to virtual
gambling. 1 year was to hang around
chasing girls. I became unpurposeful. I lied to everybody that i was in
school while i was not. If i should continue writing, nairaland
would not be enough to write what
virtual has done to me. My life is useless now, my mates are
graduating. All my friends have left
the school. So last year, i could not hold on to the
lies much longer because final year
was fast approaching.
What will i say then. So i took the
courage and broke the sad news. I am from a very responsible home. I
was accepted back in the family. My
mother cried so much. She could not
believe 4 years of my life wasted. My
friend, i almost developed high blood
pressure. I started masturbating to relieve my
stress but never helped.

rebirthforgoody:
Very bad of you

Jethrolite:
What exactly are you saying, you are expecting government to shut down the business or what? Do not be ridiculous. I am indeed superior to this OP when it comes to having control over my life even though that was not my intention when I wrote. I started betting online when nairabet only offered 1X2 markets. I lost $200 in a single bet 2013. This world Cup I put up N5k, the moment I lost it I backed out.

People should learn to have direction and control over their lives. It is not for government to ban when people are not disciplined.

These things happen in all spheres of life, people abuse life saving medication, their finances and others, you should not expect government to intervene by banning.

Since online betting came to Nigeria, it has spurred a new industry and created direct and indirect employment for thousands of Nigerians. You can not destroy all that because some punters have lost control of their lives.

Hardlife:
delta state. thanks for your concern. please help me to help myself

Hardlife:
delta state. thanks for your concern. please help me to help myself

fuckwell2080:
You are addicted to gambling. let me give you the secret of gambling. you play it with sense not stupidity. I started virtual last year from last year to this year 8th July I have won almost 3millon naira cash.but I did not won the money once I collect it step by step.the money I have even lost to bet naija is not even up to 150k so I am the winner not the looser. even if you remove 150k from 3millon the remaining 2millon plus is my profit.I don't play more than 1k a day in bet naija if I see am loosing after playing like 800 to 1k I move away instantly from the bet naija shop.Each game 150 naira.sometimes before I play once with 150 naira I win 5k,10k,20k and so on then I move instantly.There was a day immediately I enter the bet naija shop I just forecast a game with 500 naira I won 270k cash down instantly they have do transfer for me. so man up that is the secret but he no easy.virtual no be do or die affair.he who fight and run away live to fight another day.one love.

skarlett:
You're not ready to stop it then or do you think anybody can change you if you don't want to change Dey there make pant dey wear you

Chubhie:

He needs to be isolated and properly treated of his mental disease and thereafter restricted to two kilometers distance to any gambling location.

adewumiopeyemi:
What I will advise is for you to stop totally.. I was onece like you 4 years ago.. what realy tempt me is the big point.. that normally fall.. what I do then is to stake high one the big point then I later loose...I was bannish from work due to this but now.. God haave realy make sometin Good in my life.. I don't even near there talkless of smilling the place.. just get it in your mind that you can stop it.. I believe that you can overcome dis problem bro...... God is your strength.. You can do it.. I no is realy hard..

rexorgan:



Which local format? U get sense? The boy ask u for money?

LexngtonSteele:


Great post. I channelled my own addiction into women. Especially high achievers. This made me rise up to the challenge and stay focused.

I know deep down i can't ever do drugs, because i would never stop.