SICK GAMBLER speaking on lifespan of gamblers

Fishhead · May 26, 2004

This quoted from the "Society for Healthy Gamblers".

Sick Gamblers says.........

"of the 20 or so gamblers I have known in my 23 year career in gambling, I would say the average age of people kicking the bucket has been about 58. Gambling definitely takes 15 years off your life. The reason is the avg gambler does NOT exercise at all. They sit home all day and order out, eat chips and drink a lot of booze. Plus, the most important is the heart takes a tremendous pounding every night when they are lining up for the 47 yard field goal, and if they make it, you lose the under and the side, and if they miss it, you win both. Or when they are at the free throw line, and you need the guy to make both or you lose, and the first is made, and the second goes in and out. Or when you have +1.5 and un 5.5 in hockey, and it's 3-2 with 2 minutes to go and they pull the goalie out. You're not telling me your heart ain't pounding like hell. All this accumulates and eventually the heart cannot take it anymore. Only in gambling does the heart take this beating every night. So the avg age is 58"

randyrohm · May 26, 2004

Sadly I think he is on to something. Not the most healthy lifestyle and hard to escape it. Roll all the major vises into one steriotype and you have me. but tommorrow I am going to change

OccamsRazor · May 26, 2004

Agree that gambling takes it's toll. Stopped watching end of close games couple years ago. Torture more than fun.

petyos · May 26, 2004

The last 10-15 years are crap anyways

Do I really wanna live out my remaining days in a mind numbing nursing home where my ungrateful kids put me into, where I am staring at a f ukking window 16 hours a day.
NO THANKS,
I'd rather sweat the biggest favorite of the day for the limit and die younger, then not being able care for myself and live to be a 100

MrTanaka · May 26, 2004

Don't even watch games I have $$ on for the most part.
And if the outcome of one game is going to destroy you, then you probably aren't a winning bettor anyhow.

Blutarsky · May 26, 2004

If gambling makes you happy and adds enjoyment to your life then the shorter lifespan is worth it. I'm happy

TheFunkMonkey · May 26, 2004

But I exercise 5-6 days per week. So I guess I'm safe, huh?

volhound · May 26, 2004

I'm with petyos

As Dennis Leary would say: you can have the last 10-15 yrs - those are the colostomy bag years anyway

OMNIVOROUS FROG · May 26, 2004

You know gambling, or sports investing is not the cause of death. Sedentary lifestyle, nicotine, alcohol, drugs and bouts of depression coping with dealing with any of the above. The human body was programmed to provide adreniline when you are excited. That is human nature, if the games are exciting, nail biters, you may sweat palms, or get wide eyed. Same as ancient man did while chasing a mammoth or fleeing from a sabre tooth. What the evolution did not provide for was a tobacco smoking, alcohol drinking, saturated fat eating, sedentary lifestyle. I do not care if you are a non gambling caveman, those lifestyles habits will kill you. Does gambling lead or go hand in hand with those vices? Yes. I think Shrink said it best when you have to maintain a real life. My grounding is my family, kids and wife. I fly kites and gliders, fish and bike ride. Hike and swim. I had a perfect physical before last football season, a bit high on cholestorol. I was bp 120/70. I have been doing this for over 25 years. When I clip the gray hair I still look in my lower 30's. Too many damn wrong line moves! I refuse to become a couch potato and slowly eat, drink and smoke myself to death. I strongly disagree with Sick. Best Wishes...OF

TheFunkMonkey · May 26, 2004

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote">quote:<HR>Originally posted by volhound:
I'm with petyos

As Dennis Leary would say: you can have the last 10-15 yrs - those are the colostomy bag years anyway<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Makes you wonder if all this medicine/technology is really worth it. If you "save" somebody from a stroke @ 83 years old, only to make them a vegetable for 10-15 years...are you really saving them?

Journeyman · May 26, 2004

live and let live...its not just the gambling he was talking about...I remember this conversation, and I think its more the cumulative lifestyle that many gamblers fall into...Smoking, Drinking, Drugging, overeating the wrong foods...

Yep, all that adds up to about 58!

BTW, the average life expectancy of an NFL player is only in the low 50`s

bigbet1234 · May 26, 2004

i use to feel as if games took a few years off my life, but not no more. i have been betting within my limits lately, and feel great.

i also excercise 5-6 times a week. i could cut back on the beer, but i love the stuff. not every night, but at least 2 nights a week......unless i'm in vegas!

AskHerman · May 26, 2004

Casino's make more money off of people over 58 vs under 58.

Fishhead · May 26, 2004

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote">quote:<HR>Originally posted by petyos:
The last 10-15 years are crap anyways

Do I really wanna live out my remaining days in a mind numbing nursing home where my ungrateful kids put me into, where I am staring at a f ukking window 16 hours a day.
NO THANKS,
I'd rather sweat the biggest favorite of the day for the limit and die younger, then not being able care for myself and live to be a 100<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

I can respect that totally!!

TheGeneral+ · May 27, 2004

When the man calls you will go. Enjoy today. Each day is one day closer to the funeral parlor.

Fishhead · May 27, 2004

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote">quote:<HR>Originally posted by The General:
When the man calls you will go. Enjoy today. Each day is one day closer to the funeral parlor.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Ok, thanks.......I think.

RobFunk · May 27, 2004

its all about making choices. . .not every rock star chooses to do drugs and have unprotected sex with every hot looking blonde that shows up at the concert. . .not every trailblazer smokes pot (yeah right)

sickgambler · May 27, 2004

fishhead, my question is.. how the hell did you find this quote? I must've wrote this about 2 or 3 yrs ago. I don't remember writing it.. But let me add to it. I'll tell you why even though it might take yrs off your life, why it is still ok..

You have no boss to tell you what to do, like saying, I want this done by 5pm. Working for someone is a man made prison boys, a man made prison. You're doing time. You have to ask permission to use the bathroom. When you gamble, you don't have to ask for permission to use the bathroom. You don't have anyone yelling at you at why you are late from break, or why you are 10 min late coming into work. You can sleep when you want, go out when you want, come home when you want. You don't have to wake up early, you can sleep in if you want. If you don't want to work on a specific day, you don't have to. You are your own boss. You can work whenever you want, meaning, if you want to work only from 3 till 4 and take rest of day off, you can. You don't have to be here if you dont want. You can go on vacation whenever you want, and you can even work from any city in the world you are, all you need is a computer for 1 hr and your passwords, so you can actually still make money wherever you are, and not lose a beat. You don't have to wake up at 6 am, shower, shave, shovel your driveway and go battle traffic in the -39 degree blowing snow. And nobody hates shaving more than me. In fact, I even hate showering.

Your office is your own living room in front of your tv in the comfort of your own home. And if you have kids and a wife, you can spend more time with them as you'd be home all day with them spending quality time. And most important, it's fun as hell.

I can be here forever telling you all that nothing beats this lifestyle.. NOTHING, even though statistics say you won't live a healthy life and maybe even die sooner.

Fishhead · May 27, 2004

GREAT POST SLICKO!!

AGREE 100% with what you said except for your final analysis.

I think because of what you stated, it ADDS years to your life.

Plus, betting adds purpose to many elderly peoples lives in such a way that it makes them WANT TO LIVE longer.

I need to stay focused and healthy personally for the sole reason it increases my chances of someday winning a Neteller drawing...........which is one of my lifelong goals as a gambler.

But as I have noted in other threads, I am very bad in the drawings department.