It is a very strong addiction. Have you thought about seeing a counselor. Many towns have available counseling that goes by your income so you may only pay $15 or it even could be free. Also there is the hotline. I have never called that but maybe someone else has some experience with that. My counselor tells me I have too much time on my hands which could be right so I try to stay as busy as I can to ignore the urges. Sending you hugs

Why are you scared to go to GA? Would it be worse than gambling? Use all of your tools, GA,counseling, this site, the Wednesday call in meeting, handing money over etc. It is a strong addiction but not unbeatable, do not be afraid to do anything you can to kick it. You deserve a life free of gambling. Stand up, straighten your crown and show this addiction exactly who it is dealing with, this is your life take it back. Use all and any tools available. We all have felt like this addiction has beat us down and drug us through the dirt and mud.You can do this, get on your knees, then your feet, then you walk away from it. With all my start and stops I know it isn't easy but we can do this! Hang in there.

can do this, don't give up!

Yes I recall the very feelings and behaviors you are going through. Feeling constantly as though the house is on fire, spending all my money and energy either, gambling, looking for money to gamble with or repairing or hiding the damages, robbing Peter to pay Paul. Living in complete chaos and insanity.
I did not think I could quit and contemplated suicide and it still took me another 2 weeks to get quit after getting myself to a counselor and therapy.
I was afraid of therapy, afraid of GA, afraid of living without gambling, afraid to continue what I was doing and afraid to change. Fear all the way. I dreaded GA and group therapy to begin with, but made myself go because the only other way out I could see was suicide and I am not sure that is really a way out. I made the decision to LIVE and live better than I ever have, to love, to engage in my community to take care of myself. I run to my support group now.

Everyone over 21 is responsible for themselves. Your daughter got a gambling problem because of her own choices and behavior not because of you, even if you introduced her to gambling. She is a big girl and unless you tied her to a machine and forced her to play at gunpoint, what she has done is HER doing not yours. You have enough to worry about with yourself without taking on the problems of others. She may be a good partner to quit with if she is in that frame of mind. If she is not interested in quitting her own compulsive gambling you may need to keep some distance between you while you get through the early part of withdrawal. You may want to start with baby steps, the Wednesday night phone in GA meeting is a good start, but you will have the opportunity to gain much more, more quickly, by going to a face to face GA group. Seek out some counseling, public mental health, private counselor, even clergy if you are so inclined.
Do something about protecting your money from yourself.
You can quit this nasty addiction, it takes accepting that you are powerless over gambling to start with and then a concentrated effort on a daily basis.

I'm sorry for what you are feeling, I remember that feeling oh so well. Sweetie, at this point, I would not recommend you look at the problems of everyone else, it deflects from what you need to do for yourself. May I strongly recommend you go to a GA meeting? Its a start, and even though you may not want to talk, its good to go and to be around others that can relate to what you are going through.

Thankyou all am go in to try my best I told my daughter we have to quit she said she can try with me its going to be hard when gambling is the only thing you think about am go in to try to post everyday and get strong big hugs to u all

Hi Marie. I feel your pain -it is a mirror of my own. The thing I wonder is -How can this disease be even more cunning, baffling and powerful than alcohol -but, for you and me, it seems, it is.
I have been going to meetings and still I was going. I know I needed to be there, yet, my compulsive obsession drove me to the casino. Yes, it is close - but closer yet if this computer (and sometimes phone). I am at the point that I have hit bottom, then proceeded into the cellar. There is always further to fall. Let's you and I tackle this with the help of these fine folks on DS. We can do it! Hugs! ~atticus