Problem gambling, under control in a few months? Sorry, but that takes years to conquer.
I have to agree with CM in the other thread you started.
https://www.casinomeister.com/forums/threads/19152/
Yip, he did the right thing for sure.
I have a problem too, but it isn't gambling. Actually I can drink without a problem as long as it is nothing stronger than mead (20% etoh, 40 froof, half of vodka) But when I drink the hard stuff I turn into a flaming asshole.
I know this is anomalous to what every one thinks they may know about addiction, but my point is, for the problem gambler, it is a very different story.
One throw is too many and a million lost is never enough to chase.
I noticed LIR had opted back in a week or so ago and I wondered how long it would be before the itch got him.
If I were to go into a bar and say, 'I have a problem with alcohol, but I love the folks here... can I just play pool and smoke and shoot the breeze, the barman would let me. It would be the rare place that I could just order beer or mead, and sure as shootin, if I ordered a vodka I would be out on my ear sooner or later.
Bryan is to be commended for letting LIR come back in on a trial basis. He could have reached out to the community, made friends and possibly gotten some help. But he was back at the spigot on the road to ruin. And Bryan is to be commended again for cutting the cord. I'm sure it has nothing to do with liability (as a barman could be held liable for a drunk driver) but more a policy of responsibility and service to the community at large.
Many forums have a real us vs. them mentality just under the surface in the relationship of posters and moderators. And cliques of teacher's pets and rogues, (not to mention trolls) but in the seven or eight months I've been a member I haven't seen that dynamic here.
I've found a real sense of community here and am honored to be tolerated (for now), it's just too bad LIR wasn't able to simply participate in that... but you don't go to a whorehouse for a kiss and if you sit in the barber chair long enough, you're going to get a haircut. And if you subscribe to cliches with out paradoxes you'll soon find yourself brainwashed.