The Silent Addiction | Patrick Chester | TEDxSpokane

[@claremolony6050]

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]

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

[@faithwavinya4617]

Am loosing my daughter what can I do

[@shirleyhughes8286]

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

[@LadyGagasLittleMonster]

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]

Ruins*

[@Whiskey-y2u]

bro zhy is kaijy there ahahahah

[@McNuttDickerson]

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

[@PatriciaRoman-sr5ho]

Thank you so much for sharing story. The worst that can happen to a gambler is to win. A big win triggered me to gamble more money and more frequently.

[@tcferguson9587]

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]

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

[@burks0714]

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

[@nuetronstyle6466]

Thank you for your courage

[@spencerschneider6724]

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

[@lol-pz1ni]

watching this video has maybe just saved my life

[@christophergodfrey9130]

Me too

[@lol-pz1ni]

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

[@christophergodfrey9130]

@@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]

@@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]

@@lol-pz1ni thank you

[@dylanm691]

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

[@sloppyjoehillups]

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

[@freethegame]

I have lost close to 1 million at 25 years old. This video is the change I need 😅

[@gijsvaniwaarden9523]

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]

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

[@starfire555]

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]

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

[@anglonrx2754]

tell him to put a deposit limit on his account

[@DylanBrinson-b4n]

Stop him. For your family, stop him

[@superman-sl7qb]

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]

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

[@nrtg6290]

Im sick too and i need to stop

[@kew3688]

Have you stopped?

[@nrtg6290]

@@kew3688 99% have stopped

[@michaelchimexonwunali7411]

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

[@Pleska]

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

[@gaweindegraaf]

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

[@veronicahernandez9125]

Praise God n ty for sharing

[@Mohammad_hk]

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 🙏

[@AngieCosma]

Good luck! You can do it!

[@Alex-pm8wr]

Hope it worked out for you

[@grifinberge7332]

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]

How are you faring?

[@rorisang88]

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

[@UncleSaulsa]

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

[@stayingsaneamidtheinsanity2499]

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

[@recidivism1]

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

[@derekmacdonald211]

Thank you my friend

[@shirleyhughes8286]

Bring tears to my eyes!🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@eric_tha_ric]

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.

[@robertblackburn211]

Great TT

[@fimyfeed]

I am unable to stop since 10 years

[@oreakinpelu9036]

What do you think it would take to stop?

[@nolanhauge]

One spin away from winning the jackpot

[@JohnMorris-yl4hk]

Good talk! Thank you!

[@Suqq-dm3ps]

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]

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

[@Alex-pm8wr]

​@@coddudeful, thank you. This is so true with me. The more I try, the more I lose. Before I tried again each time, I thought I knew for sure I can without losing. And boom!!! Every time I lost. Seeing others can beat the market , I falsely believed that I can do it too

[@kevinc8955]

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.

[@paulhyland7456]

Superb.

[@ethanporto1745]

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.

[@crisgotfanz]

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

[@spanishmontana6121]

How much money do you have left ?

[@jar3dglz297]

call the line buddy

[@Raphaelgemerdendrums]

here after losing 1.5k again

[@clutchramon7134]

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]

@@clutchramon7134Sorry buddy😢

[@UncleSaulsa]

​@@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]

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]

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

[@PainZone1]

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.

[@bingzgaming1318]

I’m at rock bottom right now but just took the first step and self excluded from every sports betting app

[@ScorpioPaxx]

Trynna make a group chat and quit together lmk

[@louisvillalba7695]

I’m down

[@viginza]

yea im down

[@derrickwashington4644]

I’m down

[@kush3168]

I'm down

[@Guled-y9w]

I’m down

[@michaelstratos7803]

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

[@-toe-knee]

❤❤❤

[@Salientpointer]

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

[@MaryArnold-y6c]

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..

[@dimiakin3305]

@@MaryArnold-y6cplease give to me. I really need that help right now

[@dimiakin3305]

@@MaryArnold-y6cI’ve been deliberating suicide for days now

[@tonynickels6452]

What up colin ? How you been brother

[@AnyOldTopic]

I'm a sick man

[@oama2009]

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

[@maryhoward5280]

Can someone please help me?

[@savagelykarmatic2554]

What's wrong buddy?

[@mypeteskimo5307]

Document your journey

[@ellie3365]

did you get help?

[@sikanderkhan1806]

I need help​@@ellie3365

[@ryanseaton8805]

Hope you’re well mate? Happy to help if not

[@Youmadbuddy]

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

[@daniellarson4445]

Real funny

[@mikenawalany8373]

Very suicidal

[@logician821]

I hope your ok

[@PointOfView2004]

Are you okay?

[@mugisaephraim986]

Not me any more

[@duewhit310]

Twahnny eht keh ploass eentristah

[@knighthawk3559]

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

[@burberrybakeem9699]

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

[@knighthawk3559]

@@burberrybakeem9699 some mistakes are unforgivable.

[@burberrybakeem9699]

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

[@dannymoore7369]

@@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]

''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

[@waltergreenhouse6176]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@waltergreenhouse6176]

Buwahaha 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@samanthalake5011]

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

[@richym3899]

Their* 😉

[@pavlos307]

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

[@tonynickels6452]

He probably embezzled money from his job to pay.

[@MMchannel-xt9or]

its all joke to you guys...

[@Kevin-it4fh]

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

[@user-ti3bd7kw9q]

Thank God I’m Muslim

[@adrianjachym866]

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

[@RiteshPoojari-cs2rm]

Everything can be done in a Limit.

[@louisvillalba7695]

Your heading the wrong way only Jesus saves allah is satan

[@TracyK6066]

I hope your wife got paid back.

[@logician821]

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]

@@logician821exactly

[@Kiera-e7g]

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

[@MissUnderstoodasAlways]

@@Kiera-e7g 👏🏽💯