Best way to stop playing?

Hi all, long time lurker of liquid poker

Today I come to you guys with a question. How the hell do you make yourself determined to stop playing? I don't come here to seek compassion and pity because Ive lost all my money but rather, since I know some of you have probably been in the same spot at some time, I wanna know the best way to get the hell out of it!

So my story goes...
Back in April I had just finished my second year of uni in computer science. I live at home and therefore could pay off all of my schooling without getting any loans, I was looking forward to playing working full time at a semi-fine dining restaurant and playing starcraft2 all day and hopefully going on a trip at the end of summer. My bank account had 5 grand in it, I had enough for a trip and for going out about everyday after work. With some fellow co-workers I started going to the casino, i started playing blackjack and roulette, but hated them both because I was one of those people who always thought you cannot beat the house... So i started going to the poker room, it was entertaining and my money lasted me a lot longer than it did at blackjack and roulette. The trips to the poker room became more frequent and instead of playing 1-2 no limit i started playing 2-5 no limit where the average stack was 500-1000, most of you will see me as an idiot already (wtf are you doing playing with a 500-1k buy in with only 5k in your bankroll). But my work was good and i was making 100-150 a night in tips (5 days a week) since it was cash I was ending up going to the poker room every night... I bought books on poker, read a ton of internet articles, but surely enough that wasn't what i needed and I ended up losing all of my bankroll... This summer I ended up losing all of my revenue from work (around 7-8grand) and had about 1 grand of credit card debt... my dad was kind enough to have sympathy for me and bail me out of my CC debt if i promised to never go back... I of course broke that promise... at the end of summer i maxxed out my credit card (5grand) and ended up having to buy student loans to pay for this semester, Now i have to juggle a full course load in 3rd year computer science and a full time job... I managed to pay off a grand from my card, but with intrest accumulating it went back up to 4780 a few days after the deposit... I was about to make another payment of a grand but stupidly enough I went back to the poker room and lost it...

Now the worst part is... the casino is a 5 minute drive away from university, so if I even have any cash on me im tempted to go and spend it at the casino and even skip classes to do it...

So LiquidPoker What would be the best way to stop playing? as unlikely as it may sound I have had good days where I've won a ton and then either spent it or lost it later on.. with being in school and working full time poker seems like a sanctuary if i win helping me reduce that CreditCard Debt.

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