June 21, 2009 2:52pm
for the last two weeks i have been gambling like an idiot. now i am broke, single and not sure what to do.
my boyfriend broke up with me a …
May 1, 2009 3:00pm
it's been a while since i have been on this site. i have been very busy and haven't really felt the need to come here.
last …
April 11, 2009 8:37pm
a week ago today i was in the process of depleting my bank account and more. today i find myself trying to find projects to do around the house …
April 10, 2009 1:31pm
I don't know if it is just the passage of time or the that I am actually finding peace but I feel pretty good today. Things are settling …
I saw you are online and had to send you some peace, I love the little guy's shades!
You're getting some sunshine from Las Vegas... and I going to request you as a friend. You can read my journals. I know we're very different, age wise, too. But I wanted to stop gambling, and I have, and you can too. It's a process. You're doing great, got 3 days great! I'm telling you, it gets easier. Once I got it through my brain that I can't gamble like "normal" people, but I can be okay if I don't gamble, the answer seemed easy to me. There's lots of things I can't do like "normal" people...lol... But, I can change me. I'm discovering that. I've recently quit smoking, uggggg....talk about a battle! I went 8 months then smoke again! Ugggg! But not gambling, I can do that. I want to lose some weight I've gained since I quit smoking, and UGGGGGGGGG! But not gambling anymore, I can do that. I tell myself "I don't gamble anymore", it empowers me. Let's be friends :)
I've heard that online gamblers can put a block on their computer, you could try that. I've also heard that online gambling really sucks up your money, I don't know how it could be worse than sitting at a machine in a casino. But I've also heard it's almost sit up to where you can't easily cash out. I know it seems like it's a hard thing to do, to never gamble again, but it can be done. My husband has given me two chances...when I first told him I was all messed up, gambling, he was mad! Told me if I ever did it again, that would be it. And I did it again, and I told him, again, and I'm still here. I have to ask myself why I was willing to throw away my relationship for an addiction...crazy thinking! But no more! No more gambling, it can only harm me. And it can only harm you. One day at a time is easier to handle than thinking about the rest of my life. Stay focused, you can do this if you really, really want to :)
Online gambling really sucks! It should be illegal. You're in the LA area, huh? I'm in Las Vegas. I've never gambled online, but I sure have kept this town alive! lol I haven't gambled for over a yr, 18 months, to be exact ;) It just makes me sick to think people can lose everything in the privacy of their own homes, online gambling takes the safest place you have and turns into hell. So sorry you lost so much to it. There is recovery. Please read more. Just for today, I will not gamble.
I have a gambling problem. A few years ago I discovered online gambling. I won $20,000 in the first week of playing. I then proceeded to lose all that money plus a couple thousand more. My credit got destroyed from the cash advances I was taking and I was out of control. I reached out to my parents and they helped me out financially. I was able to stay away... until this weekend. I played all day long on saturday and am now $3000+ lighter. Right now I am hating myself.
