What is Gambling Addiction
Compulsive gambling is an urge or addiction to gamble despite harmful negative consequences or a desire to stop. A preferred term among many professionals is problem gambling, as f...
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I just don't seem to know how to do this LIVING as a NON GAMBLER thing...I go a few weeks or days with no gambling and then POW!!! .I think I am one of those people who really is plain BAD- not caring who I hurt to drink and gamble, or just to gamble- the drinking sorta helps me to blot out what I am doing...i don't usually drink until I gamble and don't gamble very often without drinking..... it doesn't seem to matter how much I have to lie to cover up the mounting debt....that's why I am here now- I want to stop but pretty much have to stay in the house and ONLY go to work or I will gamble...it is everywhere-in every bar and restaraunt and even at the convenience store.....i am a musician (WITH A DAY JOB) and every penny I earn from both has gone to the game....
lying to my partner to cover losses is so hard but i do it all the time.....payments are all due and there is no money for rent or anything.....he will leave me if he finds out i gambled it away. i went to na meetings a long time ago and they really helped me get strong enough to kick dope....maybe ga will help me but there is only a couple of meeting places and one of the times conflicts with my day job (I CAN NOT LOOSE!!!) so today i joined this group and am hoping you all will help me to make it through this day....i am a "monkey on a limb" (TBone Walker) but really want to be a FREEBIRD!!!!! Posted on 06/30/09, 03:06 pm |
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wow! i wrote this (above) and then read a bunch of other posts and really feel stronger- have committed to GA meeting this thurs....god bless you all for sharing 
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Monkeyon a limb..
Sounds like you know where you have to go by previous 'addiction.. Drinking /gambling 'now.. both 'seem to go hand in hand for you . Guess 'both would be 'well to 'try to stop with help.. AA for booze and GA for gambling.. I think YOU know as 'NA helped with ''dope''. In fact touching base there would help too.'?? Hey any resource helps..I found) I ''went to what 'helped me..as 'friends , family could not with 'my gambing addiction. Today they can. GA works.. Be well Sandra gams5.
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Hi, I'm going through the same problems as you. I vow to stop then when the feeling of guilt subsides, i head back for trouble again. I have lost all the money that should go towards paying my bills and i feel sick in the stomach.
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Can you find a place in your heart when you were content? In the beginning of my recovery, I found myself thinking about who I was before I became addicted to gambling. I had to go way back in my mind to zero in on what "normal" use to feel like. Back to when I could summon up courage to face fears and broken dreams. Don't get me wrong, I know I can't dwell on the past, that can be very dangerous to my recovery. But deep down inside, something told me I'm not a bad person. That I was capable of happiness if I didn't give in to self loathing. There's so much more to recovery than just giving up gambling. There's life! Embrace it, friends :)
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