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[QUOTE="This Fish Chums, post: 5403953, member: 359399"]
I'm someone who has poker problems. At one point I almost lost my wife over it. When that happened I quit cold turkey. No freerolls, not even playing for points. It was horrible for the first few weeks. Yes, it took weeks to get over those urges, but they do eventually go away. It was bad enough that I would pace around the floor obsessing about poker.
Since then, my wife has allowed me to come back to playing on a very limited basis. There's no time limits on my playing, but she has absolute control over the amount I can spend on poker, plus what little I can win playing freerolls. But I do have some control over it now. Forcing myself to quit for half a year was the best thing I could do. It showed me I can control it if I have to and how to get over it when I need to.

I'd recommend anyone who thinks they might be an addict to give it up for an entire month, cold-turkey. Or as long as it takes so you're not thinking about it all the time (which may be longer). Then, after you have control over it, ask yourself if you truly want to come back to it. You actually might not want to after realizing how hard it is to overcome the obsession.
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