I'm a pool addicted
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When you approach a pool hall does the sound of balls clicking together and the sound of balls rattling in a wooden rack make your adrenalin start to flow? If so, you're too far gone to save. You're a full fledged degenerate. Welcome to the club.
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Here is how happned for me..i had laid off pool for 8 years ..was really good ..but time killed my game..the wrap on my cue had gotten realy bad and i had just put my cue up and left in my case for the 8 years..well i told my wife of just a year how much i loved pool in the past and how great i would be to play again as a stress reliever..we worked at the same place..working with kids with Autism..which is stressful. we were both supervisors there...so she goes behind my back takes my cue to Todd at Parrot cues..gets it re-wrapped..and brings it to me one friday at work and says go shoot some to relax..."BAD IDEA" i know leave work on thur and friday and sat to play pool...she doest see me...she calls me on the phone hears the music of the bar and goes ..playing pool again...i laugh and say yepper..two night ago she said she heard me in my sleep say..nine in the corner...she just laughed..and said..dear god what have i created..ha ha ha ..
Addiction?!?!?!
That's funny about the girlfriend/wife being upset about playing pool. Way back when, the first time I had a serious relationship, we went to the bar I used to play league pool in. We had not gone in there before and she could not believe my total attention was not on her. She had never seen me look at anything other than her before that day. I never looked around at other girls, but if there was a pooltable where we were, she had to settle for part of my attention! Fortunately for me, now, my wife is well aware of my pool playing, and encourages me to go out and play more!!! Boy was I lucky she said yes when I asked her to marry me!
That's funny about the girlfriend/wife being upset about playing pool. Way back when, the first time I had a serious relationship, we went to the bar I used to play league pool in. We had not gone in there before and she could not believe my total attention was not on her. She had never seen me look at anything other than her before that day. I never looked around at other girls, but if there was a pooltable where we were, she had to settle for part of my attention! Fortunately for me, now, my wife is well aware of my pool playing, and encourages me to go out and play more!!! Boy was I lucky she said yes when I asked her to marry me!
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birdy said:
Yup, you got the bug and it's hard to get rid off. It's ok, I'm just as bad if not worse. I just added a 2nd Fl. to my house just to have a billiard Rm. of my very own. Welcome to the world of Billiard addiction!! It's great if you can afford it, just like any addiction.
I'm glad that there are so many people like me. This addiction is the greatest and the side effects are not so bad! The problem is that I can't earn a constant income without having a job , just playing pool.
It would be great if someone would pay me to play 10 hours/day pool, because I don't like my stupid desk job as a accountant!
It would be great if someone would pay me to play 10 hours/day pool, because I don't like my stupid desk job as a accountant!
birdy said:
This is why i envy RandyG and the others, as they get to teach Pool, now it doesn't get any better then that
supergreenman said:My name is James, and I'm a billiardaholic.It all started when......
{In chorus} "Hi James."
James I really think your hiding your true feelings. You need to describe in fine detail your runouts. Just saying, "I ran out." or "I had a fifty in straights" just don't cut it. Generalizing the root of your problem will not solve anything.
Can someone get this guy a Wei diagram to use? Anyone?
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gosh I think in the last 28 days, I played 27. Tournaments included. Like today, I just played at an amateur tournament and I won!! Plus I stayed to play afterwards....6pm to 3am. Its either I'm at work teaching guitar or at the pool hall.
I understand your feeling.
I understand your feeling.
Wife
I met my wife in the barracks pool room when I was stationed in Korea. Thank god she doesn't care that it's my obsesion. She has her crafts and is working on her graphic design degree. So she has some hobbies and lets me have mine. It is a good trade.
I don't know what cure there is for being obsessed with it. I think if it hurts your relationship and you want to keep her then you need to talk to her about it and maybe set up guidelines as to when you can play. If you don't want to keep her then I wouldn't worry about it much. LOL
They say you can only handle 3 things at a time. So you have Pool, Work, and your G/F. If you want to make time for anything else you have to give up one of those 3 things. LOL
I met my wife in the barracks pool room when I was stationed in Korea. Thank god she doesn't care that it's my obsesion. She has her crafts and is working on her graphic design degree. So she has some hobbies and lets me have mine. It is a good trade.
I don't know what cure there is for being obsessed with it. I think if it hurts your relationship and you want to keep her then you need to talk to her about it and maybe set up guidelines as to when you can play. If you don't want to keep her then I wouldn't worry about it much. LOL
They say you can only handle 3 things at a time. So you have Pool, Work, and your G/F. If you want to make time for anything else you have to give up one of those 3 things. LOL
mattman said:
I've pondered this kind of question many times: How can one have grand, future visions and still not hold false beliefs? Visions are necessary for growth and they easily could be classified as false, because they don't yet exist in reality. So, visions, affirmations, goals, etc. are in some ways false right up front, are they not? A conundrum....hmmmm.
So, I've come up with a distinction...see if you agree. The answer to your question is YES, they can be classified as false beliefs, UNLESS there are specific actions backing up the dreams...actions that are part of a process of growth in that direction. Not always winning actions, but successful actions that, regardless of the immediate outcome, still lead one toward the dream. For example in pool, quitting your job and hitting the road and living like a bum for a few years.
And I'm thinking that after a time and if the dream is no closer in any way, then MAYBE that belief is false for that dreamer. For example, staying on the road living like a bum for too many years.
Perhaps the value of it lies in the difference between "addiction" and "dedication?"
Whadda ya think?..Can a dream of being a pro be real for you?
Jeff Livingston