Giving it up
Yeah, I gave it up years ago for a long time.
It wasn't that I was failing at it. Just the opposite, but after my brother embezzled a major part of my
bankroll, even then I thought I could recoup the losses and continue. I probably would have had my son not committed suicide.
After that everything changed. My heart was no longer in the game. After a year of living at an airport, sleeping in airport hangars, my wife and I reconciled. I got a job, became a working stiff and never looked back.
It wasn't until twenty years later, after my wife and I divorced, that I started playing again. Once again I'm consistently building my bankroll, but this time I'm being exceptionally careful to maintain a balanced life, especially with my new wife. Well, she's not so new anymore, but I'm still being careful.