Poured a vintage glass of wine I saved down the sink

I was thinking about throwing a glass wine I saved down the sink. I wasn't going to actually do it, as I saved it and was looking forward to the drinking it and the enjoyment I was going to get from it. Savour the moment and the feelings after it. I thought about if I poured it down the sink, how it would make me feel, how pissed off I would be, how I would be denying myself something I had saved and looked forward to doing. How there would be self loathing if I did it, why would I put myself in that head space. Feelings of self sabotage would follow. Something as simple as having a mere glass of wine, but something I now value and look forward to. And the feelings I get from it. How good is it to enjoy the finer things in life. Now if I was gambling and lost, I wouldn't give a ###$ either way. Before, during or after drinking the wine. Because gambling puts you in a negative head space where you don't give a ###$ about anything nor is your head space calm and good enough to enjoy anything.

Anyway, about the glass of wine. Something so simple, it may or may not cost a lot of money. But where I was going with that is, imagine that's money. What you can do with it, where and what it can get you, and the prospects of it. Knowing you can go on that trip, can buy that car, house; see that movie, go out to dinner etc. it would feel good knowing you're going to do or get something good, enjoy doing it getting satisfaction doing it and even the great feeling after it. Now essentially we a source gamblers, have the ability to piss that all away. Before we even do it. Would you knowingly throw down the sink $3000 when that morning you were going to book a flight to the Bahamas with your friend and enjoy cocktails on the beach then going for a swim before dinner? Even $75 when you can take your niece and nephew to the movies and buy lunch and have a good day. Think about all the enjoyment you will miss out on in doing so and all the misery it will Bring you for months or years perhaps. Even decades. I thought how pissed off I would be if I knowingly threw something as sinple as a glass of wine downe he drain. Something so simple, yet something that brings me joy. How many glasses of wine, joy, time, happiness did I actively throw away and how much $#%^ and misery did I bring myself?

Next time you gamble guys know that pretty much eventually what will happen is, you're throwing your money down the drain. But not just your money. The joy and livelihood, your peace, time and happiness with it.

You have $50 in your hand. Go to a movie, buy yourself some lunch. 3-4 hours of peace and fun instead of $50 gone in seconds. Now every time you have $50 how many good things can you do, instead of nothing af all. Think of doing that even once a week or month instead of none at all

Gambling is throwing everything down the toilet literally and ruining yourself to the core.

Very good post. It hit me pretty hard recently when I realized I basically wasted my life from ages 23-26 because I spent every non essential cent on gambling. The last few weeks I've really been making a point to do fun things with my money and enjoy life. Gambling might have taken over three years of my life, but that doesn't mean it has to take the rest of it. I've been making it a point to reflect each day on what gambling has done to my life and why I can't gamble any longer.

Well said HAW .

It's incredible to think of the things we deny ourselves so we can fund our gambling addiction . The monetary loss is only part of it . So much lost time , missed moments of joy with friends and loved ones . Give yourself the gift of a gamble-free life . Once you do , the rewards will just keep coming .