Gambling Addiction & Recovery Support Group
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 few people described by the term experience true compulsions in the clinical sense of the word. Problem gambling often is defined by whether harm is experienced by the gambler or others rather...
101 days without gambling. 101 days to heal. My thinking is improving, my heart is expanding, my laugh is back! Very slowly I'm learning to forgive myself for who I was then, the poor decisions I made and the lies I told. I've cried by myself and the relief felt so good, I know it's okay to let it out, but this time the relief finally feels real. I don't miss gambling. I don't miss the panic. The lies! The prison I was holding myself captive in is 101 days behind me, thank God. I like my recovery/life better than gambling, so much more. I think I'm finding a tiny bit of meaning to my life... that is something I've longed for, for so long. How? One day at a time. One moment at a time. Grateful to still be alive and able to learn, what more can I ask for but more. And it's mine, if I want it, and I do. 101 days I couldn't have done without you, thank you, my dear friends
Congratulations on self-forgiveness (half the battle), serenity and freedom of spirit. You rock!
Praise the Lord for a good report! I am excited to hear of the journey of 101 days without the addiction of gambling. That is a huge accomplishment and I rejoice this day with you of accomplishing and overcoming this with God’s help!
I believe Tony Robbins said, “Change happens when the pain of staying the same is greater than the pain of change.”
Continue on the good work and keep us in the loo about this!