Most of you totally miss the point the OP is making. He's not blaming bitcoin - I never thought that for a moment. He's telling his story, saying, "...can you believe this happened to me? If any of this sounds remotely like you, BACK OFF, BE CAREFUL!"
A message i will take to heart. I need to quit now so I dont end up like him. Hitting that block really is a BIG Rush, i can see how thats a very addictive drug.
Topic: Don't let bitcoin overtake your soul - page 2. (Read 7218 times)
I know i have a vicious that is internet ,i cant stay away from computer todays more then some hours,i use cellphone when im away ,but 1 day without it make me a bored person sometimes,but i limit the time i use it and if my wife is using i stay connected otherwise i turn off,anyway ,bitcoin potencial is huge and this is a colateral wrong decision,but imagine if bitcoin is worth 1000dollars as before,the thing is he had reinvested the hard block he found anwyay,sure the most of us would use those to try to grow.
This is not the story about bitcoin being tool of evil. It is story about human being incapable of control himself.
We can swap word: *Bitcoin* in this story with words: porn, alcohol, drugs or gambling and it pretty much will be the same.
We can swap word: *Bitcoin* in this story with words: porn, alcohol, drugs or gambling and it pretty much will be the same.
Totally agree. It's about discipline and having control over yourself.
And when I for instance say to friends that I'm addicted to Bitcoin it's because this is something completely new we never had before and many people where looking for something like this (monetary sovereignty). And because of Bitcoin being still very young and small in terms of market and number of users and infrastructure, a lot of exciting things and improvements are happening all the time.
But this way I'm not ruin myself.I'm more educating myself, because this will influence many markets and industries in few years.
Can't be that bad right?!
too late..
real or imagined, its still a sad story though.
I can't believe one will simply forget about a girlfriend when there are more things to do with your girl. Watching movies, planing and dining out and everything includes sex. Are your offline friends also into bitcoin? I doubt that. so why is your life revolved only in btc. Its all your fault.
I can't believe one will simply forget about a girlfriend when there are more things to do with your girl. Watching movies, planing and dining out and everything includes sex. Are your offline friends also into bitcoin? I doubt that. so why is your life revolved only in btc. Its all your fault.
lolz.. dont blame bitcoin.
all of what happen to you is your own fault.
and it becomes that you take your girlfriend for granted.
and obssessed with gambling. after you knew about btc it doesnt tell you to gamble.
but i think you learn your lesson. as for me.. once i become an addict in gambling also but
i dont blame anyone. i blame myself for being so greeady..
but i learned my lesson.
you can still start a new.. gooodluck..
all of what happen to you is your own fault.
and it becomes that you take your girlfriend for granted.
and obssessed with gambling. after you knew about btc it doesnt tell you to gamble.
but i think you learn your lesson. as for me.. once i become an addict in gambling also but
i dont blame anyone. i blame myself for being so greeady..
but i learned my lesson.you can still start a new..
gooodluck.. 
... I had become so obsessed with reading about bitcoin and was being neglectful to her needs.
I had promised her that I wouldn't constantly be on my phone reading all the news related to bitcoin ...
iam still in that phase after 3 years
@maku
true words.
This is not the story about bitcoin being tool of evil. It is story about human being incapable of control himself.
We can swap word: *Bitcoin* in this story with words: porn, alcohol, drugs or gambling and it pretty much will be the same.
We can swap word: *Bitcoin* in this story with words: porn, alcohol, drugs or gambling and it pretty much will be the same.
Gambling is not illegal and not necessary bad thing, if you can control yourself and not to become addict.
I learned my lesson and now I'm able to find balance between my virtual and real life.
If someone wants to visit gambling sites, they will find it, doesn't matter if I advertise it or not.
People have to learn how to control themselves.
I concur. As long as you do it for fun/relaxation/other reasons and it does not become your addiction it is fine. Anyone who says it is only bad is quite ignorant. Similar to online games, drinking, etc., it is fine if you can control yourself. You can't blame alcohol if you become an addict as you've willingly started drinking it. Similarly OP can't blame Bitcoin in this case either. I learned my lesson and now I'm able to find balance between my virtual and real life.
If someone wants to visit gambling sites, they will find it, doesn't matter if I advertise it or not.
People have to learn how to control themselves.
This story (including your proofs) could make a great, sad song!!!
Try to find a musician and make it into a One-Hit-Wonder!
Good luck...!!! --- I would find a female singer
Try to find a musician and make it into a One-Hit-Wonder!
Good luck...!!! --- I would find a female singer
*Whining*
feel sry for you! i been in the same spot in my life but with sport betting instead of bitcoin mining (gambling) and it sucks :/
You know, I had similar experience with online gambling.
Never, never allow that virtual life take over your real life. Period!
Computer and Internet can't love you, hug you, can't give you real family, friendship, human touch et.
It's illusion, not real.
So, make balance in your life or you will ruin what is the most important in your life, believe me.
And yet, you advertise a gambling site in your signature! Can you see my sig line? It's advertising Gamblers Anonymous, a help line for addicted gamblers. There's help staring people in the face and I bet that link has never been clicked. That's why I have no sympathy for people like the OP. Unlike other diseases, gambling addiction is easy for the infected to spot. They may choose to live in denial but they understand that they have a problem but refuse to get help.
I've had gambling addicted friends and one call to GA fixed their lives. GA has a lot of resources available including financial advisors and bankruptcy legal support. Blaming Bitcoin instead of himself just means he's still sick and needs treatment. Someone needs to slap him in the face and wake him up. It may seem like I've said cruel things to him but I consider what I've said a long distance slap in the face. Click the link and change your life.
+1
*Whining*
feel sry for you! i been in the same spot in my life but with sport betting instead of bitcoin mining (gambling) and it sucks :/
You know, I had similar experience with online gambling.
Never, never allow that virtual life take over your real life. Period!
Computer and Internet can't love you, hug you, can't give you real family, friendship, human touch et.
It's illusion, not real.
So, make balance in your life or you will ruin what is the most important in your life, believe me.
And yet, you advertise a gambling site in your signature! Can you see my sig line? It's advertising Gamblers Anonymous, a help line for addicted gamblers. There's help staring people in the face and I bet that link has never been clicked. That's why I have no sympathy for people like the OP. Unlike other diseases, gambling addiction is easy for the infected to spot. They may choose to live in denial but they understand that they have a problem but refuse to get help.
I've had gambling addicted friends and one call to GA fixed their lives. GA has a lot of resources available including financial advisors and bankruptcy legal support. Blaming Bitcoin instead of himself just means he's still sick and needs treatment. Someone needs to slap him in the face and wake him up. It may seem like I've said cruel things to him but I consider what I've said a long distance slap in the face. Click the link and change your life.
Gambling is not illegal and not necessary bad thing, if you can control yourself and not to become addict.
I learned my lesson and now I'm able to find balance between my virtual and real life.
If someone wants to visit gambling sites, they will find it, doesn't matter if I advertise it or not.
People have to learn how to control themselves.
Cool story, bro. Blockchain proof or it didn't happen. Does everyone here believe everything they read?
I agree.
Solo mining today is just like gambling, this is why pools are important, it makes mining much more predictable by reducing the variance. Finding balance I have also always found difficult, remember what is important in life.
Bitcoin is definitely an important part of my soul today, I feel like my life is better for it. I hope that your situation improves and that you find happiness. There is much beauty and joy in life, maybe try and focus on that a bit more.
Bitcoin is definitely an important part of my soul today, I feel like my life is better for it. I hope that your situation improves and that you find happiness. There is much beauty and joy in life, maybe try and focus on that a bit more.
i can understand that people get fascinated by bitcoin, but i don't understand how some one can let his personal life suffer due to a far going interest in bitcoin. bitcoin is a more than welcome new technology. people should enjoy it and don't let it take over their life in a negative way.
*Whining*
feel sry for you! i been in the same spot in my life but with sport betting instead of bitcoin mining (gambling) and it sucks :/
You know, I had similar experience with online gambling.
Never, never allow that virtual life take over your real life. Period!
Computer and Internet can't love you, hug you, can't give you real family, friendship, human touch et.
It's illusion, not real.
So, make balance in your life or you will ruin what is the most important in your life, believe me.
And yet, you advertise a gambling site in your signature! Can you see my sig line? It's advertising Gamblers Anonymous, a help line for addicted gamblers. There's help staring people in the face and I bet that link has never been clicked. That's why I have no sympathy for people like the OP. Unlike other diseases, gambling addiction is easy for the infected to spot. They may choose to live in denial but they understand that they have a problem but refuse to get help.
I've had gambling addicted friends and one call to GA fixed their lives. GA has a lot of resources available including financial advisors and bankruptcy legal support. Blaming Bitcoin instead of himself just means he's still sick and needs treatment. Someone needs to slap him in the face and wake him up. It may seem like I've said cruel things to him but I consider what I've said a long distance slap in the face. Click the link and change your life.
It all started for me back in April of 2014.
The following year my girlfriend and I had broken up for a few months because I had become so obsessed with reading about bitcoin and was being neglectful to her needs.
I had promised her that I wouldn't constantly be on my phone reading all the news related to bitcoin and watching the price fluctuations and on July 16th 2014 I asked her to marry me.
I kept my promises to her for a while. Until April 2015 when my miners that I used for solo mining actually found a block.
It was my first time finding one after over a year of trying and seeing 25 coins in my wallet worth almost $6,000.00 was so exhilarating and I felt like I was on cloud 9
I told my fiance about it and for the first time she was happy i had gotten involved into mining bitcoin.
I made a promise never to touch them until we we ready to retire.
A few days later I purchased 1 bitcoin and rented some hashpower and tried my luck at solo mining again.
Before I had spent even 1/4 of that bitcoin I found another block.
Woo hoo! This is easy I told myself.
Of course I told her about it and again she was very pleased.
This time I promised I would only use five coins to try and solo mine another block.
Well I lost the five.
Then more, then more and more and more until I had lost it all.
I couldn't tell her what I had done, couldn't admit that I had turned into a compulsive gambler and threw it all away.
So what did I decide to do?
I took out a home equity loan and borrowed $30,000.00 so I could purchase about 75 coins at the time.
I just knewI had figured out a system and with that many coins I would be able to get back what I had lost and repay my home equity loan.
So from April 2015 until mid December 2015 I tried every method I could come up with to try and outsmart the system.
At times I would spend an average of 1 bitcoin per day assuming it would take me no longer than 25 days to find a block and if I found one earlier then that then obviously I had come out ahead and I would pick a different address to solo mine to. It had to work, how couldn't it. At other times I would rent enough hashpower that I should have found a block within 12 hours.
Well it was quiet a roller coaster. From April of 2015 until mid December of 2015 I would estimate I found at least ten blocks probably more.
But I never could get back to where i started. I would get to the point where I was about to lose it all then I'd find a block.
Then I'd use that one to try and find more. When I was about to lose it all again, I'd find another one.
This process of losing almost everything and then gaining back a little, rinse wash and repeat continued for 8 months.
It was the most stressful time of my life.
All I could think about was getting back what I had lost so I wouldn't have to tell my fiance what I had done.
She felt neglected because I was always swiping my phone to see my new "best share" and to see how close I was to finding another block and a dark cloud followed me everywhere I went.
My negativity and despair showed on my face and she didn't understand why because I couldn't be honest about what I was doing because I was so ashamed.
Every day she would complain how I was always on my phone and not paying any attention to her, and I wanted so bad to just get back what I had lost and give her the attention she wanted and needed.
Long story short. She left me and I lost it all.
The moral of my story is dont let bitcoin take ahold of you like it did me, relationships are what matter and once you lose them you can't get them back.
She's already moved on and found a man that is giving her the attention she needs and I'm lonely, broken hearted and in more debt than I've ever been in, in my life.
The following year my girlfriend and I had broken up for a few months because I had become so obsessed with reading about bitcoin and was being neglectful to her needs.
I had promised her that I wouldn't constantly be on my phone reading all the news related to bitcoin and watching the price fluctuations and on July 16th 2014 I asked her to marry me.
I kept my promises to her for a while. Until April 2015 when my miners that I used for solo mining actually found a block.
It was my first time finding one after over a year of trying and seeing 25 coins in my wallet worth almost $6,000.00 was so exhilarating and I felt like I was on cloud 9
I told my fiance about it and for the first time she was happy i had gotten involved into mining bitcoin.
I made a promise never to touch them until we we ready to retire.
A few days later I purchased 1 bitcoin and rented some hashpower and tried my luck at solo mining again.
Before I had spent even 1/4 of that bitcoin I found another block.
Woo hoo! This is easy I told myself.
Of course I told her about it and again she was very pleased.
This time I promised I would only use five coins to try and solo mine another block.
Well I lost the five.
Then more, then more and more and more until I had lost it all.
I couldn't tell her what I had done, couldn't admit that I had turned into a compulsive gambler and threw it all away.
So what did I decide to do?
I took out a home equity loan and borrowed $30,000.00 so I could purchase about 75 coins at the time.
I just knewI had figured out a system and with that many coins I would be able to get back what I had lost and repay my home equity loan.
So from April 2015 until mid December 2015 I tried every method I could come up with to try and outsmart the system.
At times I would spend an average of 1 bitcoin per day assuming it would take me no longer than 25 days to find a block and if I found one earlier then that then obviously I had come out ahead and I would pick a different address to solo mine to. It had to work, how couldn't it. At other times I would rent enough hashpower that I should have found a block within 12 hours.
Well it was quiet a roller coaster. From April of 2015 until mid December of 2015 I would estimate I found at least ten blocks probably more.
But I never could get back to where i started. I would get to the point where I was about to lose it all then I'd find a block.
Then I'd use that one to try and find more. When I was about to lose it all again, I'd find another one.
This process of losing almost everything and then gaining back a little, rinse wash and repeat continued for 8 months.
It was the most stressful time of my life.
All I could think about was getting back what I had lost so I wouldn't have to tell my fiance what I had done.
She felt neglected because I was always swiping my phone to see my new "best share" and to see how close I was to finding another block and a dark cloud followed me everywhere I went.
My negativity and despair showed on my face and she didn't understand why because I couldn't be honest about what I was doing because I was so ashamed.
Every day she would complain how I was always on my phone and not paying any attention to her, and I wanted so bad to just get back what I had lost and give her the attention she wanted and needed.
Long story short. She left me and I lost it all.
The moral of my story is dont let bitcoin take ahold of you like it did me, relationships are what matter and once you lose them you can't get them back.
She's already moved on and found a man that is giving her the attention she needs and I'm lonely, broken hearted and in more debt than I've ever been in, in my life.
feel sry for you! i been in the same spot in my life but with sport betting instead of bitcoin mining (gambling) and it sucks :/
You know, I had similar experience with online gambling.
Never, never allow that virtual life take over your real life. Period!
Computer and Internet can't love you, hug you, can't give you real family, friendship, human touch et.
It's illusion, not real.
So, make balance in your life or you will ruin what is the most important in your life, believe me.
It all started for me back in April of 2014.
The following year my girlfriend and I had broken up for a few months because I had become so obsessed with reading about bitcoin and was being neglectful to her needs.
I had promised her that I wouldn't constantly be on my phone reading all the news related to bitcoin and watching the price fluctuations and on July 16th 2014 I asked her to marry me.
I kept my promises to her for a while. Until April 2015 when my miners that I used for solo mining actually found a block.
It was my first time finding one after over a year of trying and seeing 25 coins in my wallet worth almost $6,000.00 was so exhilarating and I felt like I was on cloud 9
I told my fiance about it and for the first time she was happy i had gotten involved into mining bitcoin.
I made a promise never to touch them until we we ready to retire.
A few days later I purchased 1 bitcoin and rented some hashpower and tried my luck at solo mining again.
Before I had spent even 1/4 of that bitcoin I found another block.
Woo hoo! This is easy I told myself.
Of course I told her about it and again she was very pleased.
This time I promised I would only use five coins to try and solo mine another block.
Well I lost the five.
Then more, then more and more and more until I had lost it all.
I couldn't tell her what I had done, couldn't admit that I had turned into a compulsive gambler and threw it all away.
So what did I decide to do?
I took out a home equity loan and borrowed $30,000.00 so I could purchase about 75 coins at the time.
I just knewI had figured out a system and with that many coins I would be able to get back what I had lost and repay my home equity loan.
So from April 2015 until mid December 2015 I tried every method I could come up with to try and outsmart the system.
At times I would spend an average of 1 bitcoin per day assuming it would take me no longer than 25 days to find a block and if I found one earlier then that then obviously I had come out ahead and I would pick a different address to solo mine to. It had to work, how couldn't it. At other times I would rent enough hashpower that I should have found a block within 12 hours.
Well it was quiet a roller coaster. From April of 2015 until mid December of 2015 I would estimate I found at least ten blocks probably more.
But I never could get back to where i started. I would get to the point where I was about to lose it all then I'd find a block.
Then I'd use that one to try and find more. When I was about to lose it all again, I'd find another one.
This process of losing almost everything and then gaining back a little, rinse wash and repeat continued for 8 months.
It was the most stressful time of my life.
All I could think about was getting back what I had lost so I wouldn't have to tell my fiance what I had done.
She felt neglected because I was always swiping my phone to see my new "best share" and to see how close I was to finding another block and a dark cloud followed me everywhere I went.
My negativity and despair showed on my face and she didn't understand why because I couldn't be honest about what I was doing because I was so ashamed.
Every day she would complain how I was always on my phone and not paying any attention to her, and I wanted so bad to just get back what I had lost and give her the attention she wanted and needed.
Long story short. She left me and I lost it all.
The moral of my story is dont let bitcoin take ahold of you like it did me, relationships are what matter and once you lose them you can't get them back.
She's already moved on and found a man that is giving her the attention she needs and I'm lonely, broken hearted and in more debt than I've ever been in, in my life.
The following year my girlfriend and I had broken up for a few months because I had become so obsessed with reading about bitcoin and was being neglectful to her needs.
I had promised her that I wouldn't constantly be on my phone reading all the news related to bitcoin and watching the price fluctuations and on July 16th 2014 I asked her to marry me.
I kept my promises to her for a while. Until April 2015 when my miners that I used for solo mining actually found a block.
It was my first time finding one after over a year of trying and seeing 25 coins in my wallet worth almost $6,000.00 was so exhilarating and I felt like I was on cloud 9
I told my fiance about it and for the first time she was happy i had gotten involved into mining bitcoin.
I made a promise never to touch them until we we ready to retire.
A few days later I purchased 1 bitcoin and rented some hashpower and tried my luck at solo mining again.
Before I had spent even 1/4 of that bitcoin I found another block.
Woo hoo! This is easy I told myself.
Of course I told her about it and again she was very pleased.
This time I promised I would only use five coins to try and solo mine another block.
Well I lost the five.
Then more, then more and more and more until I had lost it all.
I couldn't tell her what I had done, couldn't admit that I had turned into a compulsive gambler and threw it all away.
So what did I decide to do?
I took out a home equity loan and borrowed $30,000.00 so I could purchase about 75 coins at the time.
I just knewI had figured out a system and with that many coins I would be able to get back what I had lost and repay my home equity loan.
So from April 2015 until mid December 2015 I tried every method I could come up with to try and outsmart the system.
At times I would spend an average of 1 bitcoin per day assuming it would take me no longer than 25 days to find a block and if I found one earlier then that then obviously I had come out ahead and I would pick a different address to solo mine to. It had to work, how couldn't it. At other times I would rent enough hashpower that I should have found a block within 12 hours.
Well it was quiet a roller coaster. From April of 2015 until mid December of 2015 I would estimate I found at least ten blocks probably more.
But I never could get back to where i started. I would get to the point where I was about to lose it all then I'd find a block.
Then I'd use that one to try and find more. When I was about to lose it all again, I'd find another one.
This process of losing almost everything and then gaining back a little, rinse wash and repeat continued for 8 months.
It was the most stressful time of my life.
All I could think about was getting back what I had lost so I wouldn't have to tell my fiance what I had done.
She felt neglected because I was always swiping my phone to see my new "best share" and to see how close I was to finding another block and a dark cloud followed me everywhere I went.
My negativity and despair showed on my face and she didn't understand why because I couldn't be honest about what I was doing because I was so ashamed.
Every day she would complain how I was always on my phone and not paying any attention to her, and I wanted so bad to just get back what I had lost and give her the attention she wanted and needed.
Long story short. She left me and I lost it all.
The moral of my story is dont let bitcoin take ahold of you like it did me, relationships are what matter and once you lose them you can't get them back.
She's already moved on and found a man that is giving her the attention she needs and I'm lonely, broken hearted and in more debt than I've ever been in, in my life.
feel sry for you! i been in the same spot in my life but with sport betting instead of bitcoin mining (gambling) and it sucks :/
Sucks to hear this, this just proves that money isn't everything. Money doesn't mean anything without your loved ones.
I hope you learn from this and maybe this story will open some people's eyes and will have them take a look at themselves and how bitcoin is affecting their lives.
People fail to understand that this is not the problem of money or bitcoin. It is human nature and greed that is at fault here. It is the same as blaming guns for shooting.I hope you learn from this and maybe this story will open some people's eyes and will have them take a look at themselves and how bitcoin is affecting their lives.
Do you know that Switzerland has free access to weapons the same as US does? Do you heard about any shootings there? Moral of the story - don't blame others for your mistakes.
What a joke. Don't blame greed on the mistakes you've made. It's not in human nature to be greedy, it's just you as a person who is greedy to keep wanting more and more. Not everyone has greed in them. Some people are pretty satisfied with the things that mother nature gave them, they don't need certain stuff to live their lives like something like money. They can live off their land and grow their own food. I know some people who live this way and they are happier than anyone who deals with money. Some people need to take a grip of themselves and own up to their own mistakes and the decisions they have made.
Sucks to hear this, this just proves that money isn't everything. Money doesn't mean anything without your loved ones.
I hope you learn from this and maybe this story will open some people's eyes and will have them take a look at themselves and how bitcoin is affecting their lives.
People fail to understand that this is not the problem of money or bitcoin. It is human nature and greed that is at fault here. It is the same as blaming guns for shooting.I hope you learn from this and maybe this story will open some people's eyes and will have them take a look at themselves and how bitcoin is affecting their lives.
Do you know that Switzerland has free access to weapons the same as US does? Do you heard about any shootings there? Moral of the story - don't blame others for your mistakes.
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