Gambling Addiction & Recovery Support Group

It was very informative. Just to see the devastation that is possible. My wife watched it with me. Makes me realize how much worse it could be if I don't stop. I was always the type that needed to take a bankroll with me but the one lady she had $900,000 and still couldn't win. It doesn't matter how much you have it all ends the same...I realize that more now than ever.

I watched the Intervention special on A&E and wondered how many people might look at it, as an (I'm not that bad) situation.
I honestly did not know that you could go to treatment for gambling. But what I do know is that I too get that high feeling when I enter a casino, which leads only to the depths of suicide when I leave. Always broke. I too know what it feels like to miss family gatherings, only to regret it later.
I too know how it feels to be in debt so far that you can't imagine how to ever catch up.
So, I choose for today, not to enter that evil space in my mind, that allows me to gamble.
It is an evil thing! An addiction without any boundries.
I wish every gaming building would go out of business and let us all get back to our lives as mothers, fathers, sister, brothers and children.

I had an opportunity to look at the program last night and of course I saw so many similar instances that I could relate to. I would leave work early on payday to gamble or just take the day off because I wanted to go gamble first thing. When you see how bad the addiction can be it is embarrassing and scary. I am glad I watched the program.