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...
It is interesting when I was gamble free for over a year I counted the days. This time around, I have no idea how long I haven't gambled for and have to keep referring tot he calendar. December 30th. was my last day of gambling. I feel great! The biggest thing for me is I am not a slave to the casino anymore. The urges creep up now and again but I am using tools to keep from gambling. I find if I stay positive, keep telling myself I choose not to gamble today but if I want to tomorrow I can (even though I feel pretty certain I won't gamble tomorrow) it somehow helps with the urges. I guess that is living one day at a time. What helps you deal with the urges?
what I read recently ..........
" TO PILE IT ON" .........
to pile on the meetings,
the DS site,
the reading about the devestation of addiction,
the making of plans not to gamble,
the keeping busy,
the helping others with addiction.....
just keep "piling it on" and being headstrong in my recovery effort.
I also read recently...
that a relapse needn't be thought of as a RELAPSE,
but as a LAPSE and that the lapse is when we don't continuing
going back.
The lapse can be significant and show us just how hard it is to beat this very consuming addiction and disease and illness.
I think of all of this and
think about it each day
as much as time will allow
because right now,
only about two months down,
I know that I need to simply
"pile it one".
thanks Rainietoo,
always thinking and getting us
on the thinking recovery path too.