The Silent Addiction | Patrick Chester | TEDxSpokane

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  • Опубликовано: 14 дек 2024

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  • @claremolony6050
    @claremolony6050 9 месяцев назад +61

    My dad committed suicide when I had just turned 16. He was a massive gambler and taught me how to gamble at the age of 13. I don't wish this addiction on anyone. The children that are left behind from this horrific addiction are the ones who pay the price for your addiction.

  • @hazimhashlamoun6785
    @hazimhashlamoun6785 10 месяцев назад +126

    It starts with fun and curiosity but eventually ruin lives and families

    • @faithwavinya4617
      @faithwavinya4617 7 месяцев назад +1

      Am loosing my daughter what can I do

    • @shirleyhughes8286
      @shirleyhughes8286 6 месяцев назад

      @@faithwavinya4617pray, be honest and seek treatment today. God will give your daughter back to you when you are well.

    • @LadyGagasLittleMonster
      @LadyGagasLittleMonster 5 месяцев назад

      This is the reason I wanna commit. I wish I never met my father, what did I do wrong! I’m just a 12 year old girl. I have absolutely nothing. I wanna die. 💔

    • @gaweindegraaf
      @gaweindegraaf 5 месяцев назад +2

      Ruins*

    • @Whiskey-y2u
      @Whiskey-y2u 27 дней назад +1

      bro zhy is kaijy there ahahahah

  • @tcferguson9587
    @tcferguson9587 6 месяцев назад +92

    It all started out so fun, i was so in control and disciplined with my depositing and my bet amounts. I thought i had it all undercontrol. Before i knew it, i was losing thousands, completely lost the value of a dollar, would gamble a months pay in two hours and my only justification was that it wasnt in my account so it didnt really feel like my money. Im trying to be better, self exclusions on all sites and it starts for me today. Ive never said any of this before and theres something therapeutic sharing it even if its in the comment section. Thank you for your story and i hope we all beat out demons.

    • @lemonmania967
      @lemonmania967 4 месяца назад +3

      i hope things have been going well for you! this is a great step

    • @burks0714
      @burks0714 3 месяца назад +5

      Hope you’re doing well man, I appreciate your comment.

    • @nuetronstyle6466
      @nuetronstyle6466 Месяц назад +5

      Thank you for your courage

    • @spencerschneider6724
      @spencerschneider6724 Месяц назад +5

      You can beat this. Godbless you. Make sure to pray for help

  • @starfire555
    @starfire555 9 месяцев назад +53

    My husband got into online sports betting a couple months ago and I already see it affecting him so negatively. I’m so afraid it will snowball into something worse
    :( pray for us

    • @stephaniet1796
      @stephaniet1796 8 месяцев назад +7

      Girl I’m here bc I’m going thru the same thing

    • @anglonrx2754
      @anglonrx2754 8 месяцев назад +1

      tell him to put a deposit limit on his account

    • @DylanBrinson-b4n
      @DylanBrinson-b4n 3 месяца назад +2

      Stop him. For your family, stop him

    • @superman-sl7qb
      @superman-sl7qb Месяц назад +1

      You are right.Its going to snowball trust me I have been there.
      Try to control his addiction by all means.
      The last choice is to leave him.Because some PPL will never know until it's gone

    • @JimEadon
      @JimEadon Месяц назад

      Maybe you get him to watch some videos, like this one?

  • @gijsvaniwaarden9523
    @gijsvaniwaarden9523 Год назад +26

    Brave from him to open up about it! Hopefully will his story change the way some people look at their (or someone they know) situation.

  • @seanmurphy1411
    @seanmurphy1411 Год назад +28

    Well done! 👍 great story and sooo many in the same boat,2023!!

  • @sloppyjoehillups
    @sloppyjoehillups 7 месяцев назад +19

    Watch this once a year if you have a problem. You can beat this

  • @lol-pz1ni
    @lol-pz1ni 7 месяцев назад +80

    watching this video has maybe just saved my life

    • @christophergodfrey9130
      @christophergodfrey9130 2 месяца назад +3

      Me too

    • @lol-pz1ni
      @lol-pz1ni 2 месяца назад +4

      @@christophergodfrey9130 stay strong man , remember there is always a solution

    • @christophergodfrey9130
      @christophergodfrey9130 2 месяца назад +2

      @@lol-pz1ni yes. Indeed. I went to my first GA meeting and had therapy also this week. Using the equity in my home to pay off debt and to get out of this mess a little. I have a little one on the way in a couple months so, it's hurt my wife a lot. I'm pushing through. So is she

    • @lol-pz1ni
      @lol-pz1ni 2 месяца назад +3

      @@christophergodfrey9130 sorry to hear that man, just take it one day at a time. It’s always hard at first but it gets easier with time. Money will come back to you but your time won’t. Make the best of a bad situation and turn it into something positive 👍

    • @christophergodfrey9130
      @christophergodfrey9130 2 месяца назад +2

      @@lol-pz1ni thank you

  • @Mohammad_hk
    @Mohammad_hk 6 месяцев назад +13

    Thanks for sharing your story i'm in bad addiction which started 10 months back and now I want to quit before it's too late! your video was very inspiring to me 🙏

  • @McNuttDickerson
    @McNuttDickerson 13 дней назад +3

    Came here today after blowing 7k at the casino tonight playing slots, this video really helped. Time for change

  • @nrtg6290
    @nrtg6290 Год назад +41

    Im sick too and i need to stop

    • @kew3688
      @kew3688 9 месяцев назад +1

      Have you stopped?

    • @nrtg6290
      @nrtg6290 9 месяцев назад

      @@kew3688 99% have stopped

    • @michaelchimexonwunali7411
      @michaelchimexonwunali7411 8 месяцев назад +2

      I think I really need to stop too. It's draining

    • @Pleska
      @Pleska 6 месяцев назад

      ​@@michaelchimexonwunali7411any updates buddy? we are here for you!

    • @gaweindegraaf
      @gaweindegraaf 5 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@michaelchimexonwunali7411 u broke yet? Have you learnt your lesson?

  • @recidivism1
    @recidivism1 3 месяца назад +16

    It's terrible how sports betting has become normalized by ESPN, NBA, NFL

  • @dylanm691
    @dylanm691 10 дней назад

    havent watched the full video but this is one of the bravest presentations ive ever seen

  • @veronicahernandez9125
    @veronicahernandez9125 22 часа назад

    Praise God n ty for sharing

  • @stayingsaneamidtheinsanity2499
    @stayingsaneamidtheinsanity2499 10 месяцев назад +22

    It's only got to get worse with these betting apps

  • @eric_tha_ric
    @eric_tha_ric 4 месяца назад +4

    My problem is the issue of “just doing little bets”. In my head I know the money adds up all the same, but the addiction doesn’t pay attention to any of that. There are so many resources for people like the speaker here, who go into the near million dollar range and I’m not saying my issue is worse, I just struggle to find help with the struggles I have.

  • @grifinberge7332
    @grifinberge7332 Месяц назад +8

    Today is the last day I gambled. Its truly an awful thing. I know I can and will recover. Its not who I am. I promise this to myself.

    • @JYFrimpong
      @JYFrimpong Месяц назад +1

      How are you faring?

    • @rorisang88
      @rorisang88 Месяц назад +2

      Keep going , you can beat this. Never give up!

    • @UncleSaulsa
      @UncleSaulsa Месяц назад +1

      I'm with you on this. We are better. We deserve better. Let's not let those scam casinos dictate our lives!!

  • @derekmacdonald211
    @derekmacdonald211 4 месяца назад +4

    Thank you my friend

  • @shirleyhughes8286
    @shirleyhughes8286 6 месяцев назад +3

    Bring tears to my eyes!🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

  • @ethanporto1745
    @ethanporto1745 18 дней назад +1

    I gambled on a sports game for the first time last month. Won $200. A month later I’ve blown through my entire check I just got 2 days ago. I used to be a drug addict and feel exactly back in that place.

  • @Suqq-dm3ps
    @Suqq-dm3ps Месяц назад +3

    Almost lost my life cause of it. Still have to fight every day. 100 fights every day to no gamble, one fight lost and I’m back at it. It sucks

    • @coddudeful
      @coddudeful 18 дней назад +1

      Just keep in mind that there are no winners, even if you win it will just make you come back and lose it all again, leaving you with an empty feeling wanting to win it back just to lose more than you won in the first place. I understand the rush, just try to find it someplace else

  • @robertblackburn211
    @robertblackburn211 8 месяцев назад +2

    Great TT

  • @JohnMorris-yl4hk
    @JohnMorris-yl4hk Месяц назад

    Good talk! Thank you!

  • @fimyfeed
    @fimyfeed 7 месяцев назад +7

    I am unable to stop since 10 years

    • @oreakinpelu9036
      @oreakinpelu9036 7 месяцев назад +1

      What do you think it would take to stop?

    • @nolanhauge
      @nolanhauge Месяц назад

      One spin away from winning the jackpot

  • @Youmadbuddy
    @Youmadbuddy Месяц назад +2

    This got me fired up I’m going to the casino now

  • @paulhyland7456
    @paulhyland7456 Год назад +3

    Superb.

  • @Raphaelgemerdendrums
    @Raphaelgemerdendrums 4 месяца назад +11

    here after losing 1.5k again

    • @clutchramon7134
      @clutchramon7134 4 месяца назад +8

      Over the last 6 months I was gamble free. Two weeks ago I went to a casino with my buddy for his birthday and put in 100 won 100. I went back the next week lost that 100. Went back the next morning to try and just get my money back and be done again for good. I ended up loosing the 6200 dollars I had worked so hard for the last few months. I only have 400 dollars now and that’s because it was in cash back home

    • @DrNassOss
      @DrNassOss 4 месяца назад +5

      @@clutchramon7134Sorry buddy😢

    • @UncleSaulsa
      @UncleSaulsa Месяц назад

      ​@@clutchramon7134oh yeah the chasing losses is exactly where these rigged casinos get you! It's how they make their money. They know addiction will fuel you and your emotions to chase what you lose so you lose even more and they make even more. And sure you'll win eventually. You may win far more than you lost. But then you lose again. Then the cycle repeats. The biggest win is not chasing the wins and not chasing what was lost. The money will come back to you in abundance once you quit again. I pray for you. I. Also getting help myself to get better and leave it behind. 6 months would be a miracle for me. 24 hrs is hard enough. Hope you recover my friend.

    • @anonymousperson3023
      @anonymousperson3023 26 дней назад +2

      Yeah, thats fun. Lost about 1k on the most bs baccarat run Ive ever seen and couldnt even fathom playing for a couple of days. But now, we're back at it just never touching baccarat again

  • @Chikanini
    @Chikanini 8 месяцев назад +13

    Now did I miss something 🤔. How did he end up in front of a judge with a 4 year sentence, for what?

    • @xGamerGuy
      @xGamerGuy 5 месяцев назад +9

      4 month sentence. When he said he lost over a million- but it wasn’t all of his money, I’m assuming he stole it from someone or a business.

  • @crisgotfanz
    @crisgotfanz 25 дней назад +1

    here after losing 2.1k i wanna stop so bad but its really hard

  • @kevinc8955
    @kevinc8955 17 дней назад +1

    I have a suspicion this is coming for my girlfriend's nephew. Kid bets on everything. Golf, tennis, literally always has his phone out checking outcomes of something that he had money on.

  • @-toe-knee
    @-toe-knee 9 месяцев назад +1

    ❤❤❤

  • @michaelstratos7803
    @michaelstratos7803 Месяц назад +1

    There’s this voice in my head that says Phil ivey, Daniel Negreanu, Phil hellmuth all these professional poker players did it why can’t you there’s “so many pros” if you play poker right you’ll be like them maybe they were born to play but am not but it’s the voice that pushes me into the the poker house to compete and I tell myself am one of the best in the world 😂am sick I need help poker makes it seem if you play smart right you can win you can be a Legend! I feel it’s my duty to play and play and play and lose to learn how to be a pro player

  • @ScorpioPaxx
    @ScorpioPaxx 2 месяца назад +5

    Trynna make a group chat and quit together lmk

  • @tonynickels6452
    @tonynickels6452 Год назад +1

    What up colin ? How you been brother

  • @Salientpointer
    @Salientpointer Месяц назад

    Over 1,000,000$ for 4 months in jail??? YES PLEASE 😍

    • @MaryArnold-y6c
      @MaryArnold-y6c 21 день назад

      I'm favored,$20k every week! I can now give back to the locals in my community and also support God's work and the church.God bless America..

  • @AnyOldTopic
    @AnyOldTopic 23 дня назад +2

    I'm a sick man

  • @oama2009
    @oama2009 2 месяца назад +2

    Betting apps are official sponsors of sports now. 😂😂😂

  • @maryhoward5280
    @maryhoward5280 Год назад +12

    Can someone please help me?

  • @mikenawalany8373
    @mikenawalany8373 7 месяцев назад +2

    Very suicidal

  • @knighthawk3559
    @knighthawk3559 Год назад +31

    Taking money from kids piggy bank man, that's a monster right there

    • @burberrybakeem9699
      @burberrybakeem9699 Год назад +13

      he seems to have changed for the better it was a mistake

    • @knighthawk3559
      @knighthawk3559 Год назад +2

      @@burberrybakeem9699 some mistakes are unforgivable.

    • @burberrybakeem9699
      @burberrybakeem9699 Год назад +1

      @@knighthawk3559 ig everybody has opinions but addiction controls you and what you do and makes you do bad things

    • @dannymoore7369
      @dannymoore7369 Год назад +42

      @@knighthawk3559alright dawg you ain’t god he didn’t commit some heinous crime he was a sick man who is using it for good now

    • @ellie3365
      @ellie3365 Год назад +8

      ''its not a lack of will- its a brain disorder'' im sure he regrets it every day but it wasnt his fault it was the addictions fault

  • @mugisaephraim986
    @mugisaephraim986 3 месяца назад

    Not me any more

  • @duewhit310
    @duewhit310 Год назад +1

    Twahnny eht keh ploass eentristah

  • @user-ti3bd7kw9q
    @user-ti3bd7kw9q 4 месяца назад +2

    Thank God I’m Muslim

    • @adrianjachym866
      @adrianjachym866 3 месяца назад +9

      Anyone can be affected by this I myself know a Muslim who is addicted to sports betting

    • @RiteshPoojari-cs2rm
      @RiteshPoojari-cs2rm 2 месяца назад +1

      Everything can be done in a Limit.

    • @louisvillalba7695
      @louisvillalba7695 2 месяца назад

      Your heading the wrong way only Jesus saves allah is satan

  • @samanthalake5011
    @samanthalake5011 Год назад +32

    But I mean, did you pay your wife her $28K back though?🤣

    • @richym3899
      @richym3899 Год назад +2

      Their* 😉

    • @pavlos307
      @pavlos307 Год назад +3

      Ok, do yoi think that this is the most important question of them all..?

    • @tonynickels6452
      @tonynickels6452 Год назад +2

      He probably embezzled money from his job to pay.

    • @MMchannel-xt9or
      @MMchannel-xt9or 10 месяцев назад +13

      its all joke to you guys...

    • @Kevin-it4fh
      @Kevin-it4fh 7 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@MMchannel-xt9or his life though... Shouldn't make other people's problems your own

  • @waltergreenhouse6176
    @waltergreenhouse6176 24 дня назад

    😂😂😂😂😂

  • @waltergreenhouse6176
    @waltergreenhouse6176 24 дня назад

    Buwahaha 😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @TracyK6066
    @TracyK6066 5 месяцев назад

    I hope your wife got paid back.

    • @logician821
      @logician821 4 месяца назад +4

      Because money is everything right? He had children with her and nearly killed himself. He’s admitting what he done wrong to other people to save people. How small is your mind is this all you got from this.

    • @MissUnderstoodasAlways
      @MissUnderstoodasAlways Месяц назад

      @@logician821exactly

    • @Kiera-e7g
      @Kiera-e7g 13 дней назад +1

      There's always one! Get back on your high 🐎. Your opinion is not wanted here!

    • @MissUnderstoodasAlways
      @MissUnderstoodasAlways 13 дней назад

      @@Kiera-e7g 👏🏽💯