Personal Narrative: How Gambling Changed My Life

What to do to kill time? Growing up i've always had the urge to seek money and to find the easiest way to obtain it. Before I even turned 18 i already had a big tv, a custom PC and all the gaming consoles, so where do you go from there? Once i turned 18 i got into gambling and started pursuing the “so called easy money”. After about 2 months of gambling i had pretty decent luck and made 2,000 off 20 dollars. One night me and my family went gambling, I really at the time didn't know much about poker but they introduced me to it that night which changed my life. That night off of 100 dollars i turned it into 18,000 dollars and that's what set my miniature career off. After about a year of gambling the adrenaline slowly dissipated away. I was
My focus now is to just get out more and live my young adult year life out before i look back. I've gained more progress in my life now than i did 2 years ago. What helped most of getting out of the casino rhythm was my friends to get me into skateboarding and getting into the skateboard and just to go for it. It was a good addiction while it lasted knowing i was going to the casino to win money and actually walk out with money. It was almost a guaranteed win every time i went, I was making 400 a night if not more in high school. Now i can't win anything and it's a depressing thought knowing you have lost your touch in something that you thought you were so accomplished and good in. That's why skateboarding is a better alternative because i know everytime i go i'll be getting better and better and i won't lose that accomplishment. If i could go back and do it all over again i wouldn't change a thing but if i had to i would've quit gambling a year sooner and probably would have saved 10,000 grand more. But it's about the experience in gambling more than the winning and that's where they get