Compulsive gambling recovery Community Group
Daily support and encouragement for the compulsive gambler
I am finally admitting to myself that I have a problem with gambling,. I read through some of the discussions and agree that there is a "part" of me that causes me to go back to casinos even though I know I will only lose in the end. When I think about all of the things I could have done with the money I've lost I feel like such a loser. I am committed to figuring out how to keep whatever is in my brain causing me to do this to stop. I do not think GA is for me as the only GA meetings I can locate in my State are 50+ miles from where I live and the nature of my job which highly public, would be risky...I am keeping a journal, finding other activities to keep me from thinking about gambling. and owning my problem with family. Any other suggestions would be appreciated.Thanks!
I tried GA for a long time and although 12 stepping is a good way to live, I still struggled with gambling.
Here is how I quit.
I identified that "part" of me that bullied all the other "parts" of me into thinking I had to gamble. I then got those parts to team up against the bad part and shut him down. Individually the good parts could not defeat the bad part, but collectively it was pretty easy and quite successful for me.
Life goes on and I have more evolving to do but being gambling free is a great feeling for me.
You can do it, it's only as difficult as you want to make it.
Thanks again for the encouragement!