10 Tips for living after the ban

[aceswild]

I saw this and figured I had to share. I found it on this site here.

1.Find a way to deposit all your “play” earnings into an offshore “play bank” where it can accrue “play insurance” that you may use to payoff “play Tony” who has promised to break your “play legs.”

2.Enter more high-stakes “No Limit Magic: The Gathering” tournaments.

3.Stop feeling guilty that you never learned Omaha.

4.Despite the multi-tasking appeal of fantasizing about the female avatar in your favorite poker room, agree it’s for the best that you return to touching yourself while looking at pictures of real women.

5.Learn how to do something people will pay you to do. It starts with a ‘j,’ I think… Jorb? Jaerb? You’ll figure it out.

6.Feed your cat. Then notice your cat starved to death seven years ago and you now have a long, bushy beard. Go outside. Hiss at the sun, but be not afraid. Learn what it is to walk again. Adopt a new cat from a shelter. While carrying your cat, be mindful of which things it’s eating out of your facial hair so that it is not poisoned or choked to death. Upon returning home, shave your beard and do what is necessary to remove the sunken, beady look from your eyes. Sleep lying down. Ponder the beauty of a flower. Feed your cat.

7.Brush your teeth. I mean, that’s just good advice in any situation.

8.Make up some cards that you can pass out to people explaining what your funny poker shirt means whenever you wear it. Then after they read the card, and your shirt, keep them from leaving your presence until they can prove to you that they indeed “get it.”

9.Rejoice in the fact that the very last thing keeping you from becoming a full-blown alcoholic has now been erased. Cheers!

10. Say aloud for the final time, “I was just about to quit anyways.”

[reno]

That is just sad especially #7. I don't think I know anyone who was that addicted to playing online. I never won anything big so it wasn't a huge loss.

[redstar]

I find it hard to believe that it actually affected to some people that much that they even created a top 10. It isn't like it is the end of the world. There are plenty of "legal" casinos to gamble at.

[aces_up]

OMG! That is so sad. Online players really aren't all shut ins. Besides, there are still some good sites that haven't abandoned us. I'm thinking if you were really that attached to your computer then maybe the ban was a good thing for you. I played alot, but I still had a life outside of poker. And yes, there are B&M casinos to play at too.