This is a lil story about my 7 years deep addiction to sport bet and in this 7 years I lost everything when I mean everything

and I beg you in whatever you hold dear, I beg you in your mother's name, I beg you in your child's innocent life, I beg you in whichever God you pray too if you're in sport bet or about to start or no matter how far you have gone you can still stop so you don't lose everything like I did before I got my salvation

I was 18 in 2014 and I had just finished from secondary school and Because I loved football so much anything about football intrigued me

I remember writing my jamb and came out in flying colors (260) and I was to proceed to take my post utme when I first found and heard about sport betting

Then it was Rapido I think and Nairabet. It started as fun, just wanting to waste that 100 in excitement of what you loved and I remembered my first winning of 14k ( I wished I never won that)

That 14k I won hooked me in till February of this year and because my close knit friends knew I won that 14k and my love for football they always asked me to "forcast" games for them

I was so hooked to sport bet that my spiritual life suffered because I stopped thinking about God all I wanted was to win that imaginary millions

I remember passing my utme and Mom was happy I passed my utme as all she wanted was for me to have a quality education

Unfortunately life happened and I couldn't proceed to school again as there was no sponsor so I had to get a job in apapa wharf

I was the quiet type, I never drank or smoked or womanize , I don't even talk much unless in my line of duty but all I did was sport bet. I was paid 85k per month because my job was high risk but before I get my salary I would have used it all on sport bet

One thing I never did was steal or lie or use someone's else's money to play sport bet but I was so addicted to this demon called sport bet

From 2016 when I started working in apapa wharf till we were made to stop working because of the pandemic last year I Lost everything I had and worked for due to sport bet

I always dressed well, even till date I still dress well with neat and good cloths so you never know but in between those clothes I was suffering, I was crying each day because I knew I was wasting away

I have never taken cocaine or no the effect it has on those addicted to it but I can tell you nothing beats that of sports bet

I would cry after each lose and say no more but the moment I got another money I was in it again

The bet9ja guy in my neighborhood could allow me play games up to 100k because he knows I would pay him when I get my salary. Each night I prayed and cried to stop this but I was never able to

I rather play sport bet than eat, I knew I was destroying my life but I couldn't stop

I was a good guy, a loyal guy, my boss loved me because I was hard working so he dashes me money but I never saved any, all I did was sport bet

I remember after the first week the pandemic was eased I went to him and told him I had a problem and he asked what's the problem and I told him you are like a father to me so I feel comfortable telling you this( I thought after 4 year's a loyal worker can see a boss as a father), I need help because I'm addicted to sport bet. Then he asked me questions upon questions and I was sincere to each of his questions and he asked me if I had any savings left I told him no that sport bet took everything, he asked if I have ever stolen from him I told him if I did Mr shonibare the auditor would have known but after that he changed drastically

It was after that incident of me telling him I needed help I lost my job.

I was told because of the effect of the pandemic I had to stop coming that I would be called back but it's More than a year I haven't been called but I blame me telling him I was addicted to sport bet

All I wanted was just help

Then I had no job again and had a mouth to feed so I decided to start working as a labourer or doing any menial Job just to survive ( one thing about me was I was hard working and never derelict in my work or hustle) but guess what I never stopped playing sport bet because I wanted that imaginary millions

I would be paid 1500 as a labourer and 1000 would surely go to sport bet that same day and I would eat with 500 and I didn't win

No one knew I was in bondage, no one knew I lost my job because each morning I would dress neat and go do labourer and come home neat like I was coming from apapa, no one knew I was dying slowly due to my addiction

I can't begin to mention in naira how much I lost but thank God today made it 4 months I last played sport bet and I remembered how I stopped

It was a game I was suppose to win 1.8M with a stake of 1500 which was my last money and Liverpool vs Fulham was the last game and I staked it over 1.5 goals and I was excited because Fulham scored in the first half and I said at Last I finally won today and would get a car to do Uber and stop this finally but guess what it ended 1-0 and oh I cried, I cried aloud, I cried and yelled and gnashed my teeth like a woman crying to bring forth a child or like when Mom died, I cried so loud my tenants came and I told them my brother died but that day was my day of salvation

I cried so much ehh and In my tears i prayed to my mother this time around to come and deliver me as I was overwhelmed and needed help and I slept hungry that day because I had no money and I had used my last money to bet and in my dream I remembered I was choking so I vomited I think 50k and a palatable food and in the dream I wanted to take the money and food to eat but I had a voice. Oh I had that voice I hadn't heard for years and she called me my native name that only she did and I looked up and I saw my Mom from afar and she said don't touch it and go back now, but I said to her I was broke and hungry and she said do you want to touch or carry back your vomit? And I said no and she said now go back and I turned and Immediately I woke up I knew I had won but I knew I still had to play my own part to win finally

I went out from all the telegram betting group I belonged too, deactivated my nairaland account because I was always in the bet section, deactivated all of my bet site account

I remembered I didn't play for 3 days and I had 3k saved for the first time in months and I got on Twitter and I saw a guy saying a game is sure and the devil wanted to play with my mind but guess what that same day I had to sale my phone so I don't think or see anything about football , I packed up my DStv and TV not to watch football and see the advert of any sport betting company and for the first time in almost 7 years I went a week without sport bet WOW I was happy. the following week passed and another and another and the money I sold my phone with I didn't touch it, I had saved like 15k from my working as a menial labourer and I got another phone and I thought I was gonna fall but this morning Made it 6 weeks that I got a new phone and I haven't played or logged in to any betting site thank you Jesus

Last night I had to go to Instagram because I was feeling sad because of everything I had lost and i saw my best friend picture, I felt so sad, I cried my eyes because we are Miles apart, he doesn't call or text again and I understand I was useless, I was the brilliant one that fell, I was the lil innocent quiet handsome one that lost his easy due to sport bet

He looked so good and I blamed my self for everything but I'm in the road to recovery

Sport bet Made me lose my job, my mom, my peace, all of my savings, my friends because I couldn't compete with them financially as I was always broke but thank God today I have a New beginning and a fresh start. I know things are so hard right now but I feel like a fresh Man, a Man born again, a Man like a new born. It's almost or More than 90 days now since i last played sport bet and oh I have peace, lol I have such peace, yes occasionally when I don't have somewhere to work or when I'm lonely and think of where I should be I sigh but I say Thank you Jesus, thank you my savior

Please I beg you, sport bet would destroy you, sport bet would end you, sport bet would make you so useless, sport bet would would take everything from you, sport bet would make you lose everything you worked for, sport bet would make you become so isolated. Please stop now. I know it's hard, very hard I have been there but if I can do it I swear you can, I have lost 300k in a day before and the next day I had 2k and lost it again. Please sport bet is devilish and a destiny destroyer. You can't win them, Come out of nairaland for a while if you have too, come out of Twitter if you have too, anything that makes you think about it I'm begging you now please come out of it. Just like yesterday I was 18, now I'm 25, broke, lost everything but it's fine I would rise again. Don't be like me ok

Thank you and God bless us all for reading

Greed and desperation is what finished you, not betting.



Modified :
To those of you quoting to insult me,
you can all hang urselves for all I care...

See how gambling has made you to be weeping and gnashing your teeth.

The Lord is your strength

1chronicles 1vs1


Thou shall fear betting and gambling and save thy life

I dont do betting, but buying crypto, trading forex, binary, crypto and comodities can they be classified as betting?

Lalasticlala

This is front page worthy

Hehehe .

Sports betting is for the strong hearted ones,and is mostly motivated by greediness.

You want to use 100 naira to win 20m,without considering the plight of the owner's of the company.

My advice to anyone into sports betting is to quite,or if you must bet use money you can afford to lose without any skin pain.

if only

Thank GOD for your life

Draw closer to God, that is the only way out. Speaking from experience

Gambling is a spirit of its own.

The moment you begin, then you would realise how difficult it's to get out.

Remembered back then, a roomie of mine used his school fees to play virtual soccer and since he couldn't meet up with payment deadline he had to forfeit one session.

Many people don use polybag go back to their villages because of gambling.

Say no to GAMBLING!

Damnnn niggar

Sport betting don't ruin anyone.....anything you do in life. ...always use your sense

For everyday we wake we are faced with more than a hundred ways to become a millionaire of which Gambling and sport betting is among

A big shout out to all my fellow gamblers,risk takers, high rollers , punters and stakers
We will not quit like the bros op
Because quitters never win and winners don't quit

I remember when i wanted to get a new phone, have already saved up to 54k and i saw one nice phone of 95k, i wanted to get that phone of 95k, i decided to use the 50k to play a sure game of 2odds that was how i lost the my 50k o, las las that remaining 4k i used it to drink beer and goat meat pepper soup, i was so depressed, sad, hopeless and sober that whole week.


You can't point 10 gamblers that are millionaires around you, that got their millions through gambling.

Thanks for sharing....the article is very helpful

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Thanks for sharing, I hope others can learn from ur story.

How do you guys get addicted to this things. I don't have an addiction....may be that is why I don't have a girl friend.

You were greedy bro.

You can always bet responsibly

While staking #1000 on a game when you have only #1500 @ hand.

Though, I understand that's addiction for you!

Also, I'm super sure you also bet on virtuals(Baby). That was the height of your downfall!

my nigga said he WAS WAILING AND GNASHING HIS TEETH AND TRAVAILING LIKE A WOMAN BRINGING FORTH A CHILD. this nigga done read bible tayaaaa

In Nigeria, sports betting is youth empowerment scheme

When betting, two things are always involved, its either you lose or you win, gambling won't take you places, it will only slow your pace towards success, real men gamble with their spare cash ....

osamz007:
1chronicles 1vs1


Thou shall fear betting and gambling and save thy life

They would tell you that Nigeria is a secular state

I've lost more than 1 million. It all started in 2014 I was in 100level then In school.
Good thing I started a buisness that distracted me if not I would have played all my money in sports bet.

A lot of people are going through this right now lol

Hmm

Two seconds, your winnings done disappear