Am I addicted to taking risks???

Question

I'm 38, have made bad choice after bad choice after bad choice. I'm taking steps to getting my life together for the first time since I was born. The things I'm talking about are so small that most people don't even think about it. I feel like an ex-con who can't make it on "the outside". I don't drink or use drugs. Despite repeated, very unpleasant consequences, I keep making bad choices. It's like the rush I get from taking a risk over-rides everything else. I know I'm making a bad decision, but I do it anyway. I'm the fool who never learns! What's wrong with me???

Answer 1

hey dude, you need to be patient in almost all circumstances, u noe i was a bit like u but then i stated controllin my nerves. its hard 2 do in the beginning as you cant just avoid wut u r used to do but i belive have a half an hour analization of ur day at the night jus b4 u sleep, and find areas where u cud have been better.

  once u have done that u noe ur mistakes and start a new day having a firm determination of not repeating them again. might fail once or twice but then v learn from our mistakes....

             and jus dont forget the key to remedy to ur prob, "HAVE PATIENCE".

Answer 2

Since you've asked I'll try to answer. You sound like you're finally learning that you make decisions/choices in your life and live with their results. This is the hard truth that many people don't realize before making bad decisions. Now if you have family members, friends or anyone cares about you and most importantly you can trust, invite him/her/them over for lunch or dinner or whatever and try to talk how you're really feeling and ask him/her/them to help you. By saying "to help you", I am not saying someone else control your life and make decisions for your life since now on. It means, the individual you can trust to help you, should open your mind and help you to see  different aspect of life and choices you make. But you need a good discipline to learn to not fall back to your old habits and make bad choices over and over again. You learn mistakes you made and move on. Don't repeat it. You also need pray.

Answer 3

you should start drinking that always solves all of my life problems.