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...
This is somewhat OT - but I wanted to share some good news.
One of the effects that gambling had on my life is it drained my motivation to do anything except plan my next trip to the casino. As a result, I stayed in a really lousy job for way too long. One of my goals when I quit was to get a better job, and I've done it! I just received the offer a few hours ago.
My new job represents a HUGE bump in pay and room for growth. I am absolutely over the moon!! I can dig myself out of this hole at a much quicker rate. I start the beginning of July.
I wanted to share this here to motivate anyone who is struggling to quit. When (not if) you do, good things will begin to happen in your life. When you reclaim your mind, anything becomes possible!
Take care and stay strong.
One of the effects that gambling had on my life is it drained my motivation to do anything except plan my next trip to the casino. As a result, I stayed in a really lousy job for way too long. One of my goals when I quit was to get a better job, and I've done it! I just received the offer a few hours ago.
My new job represents a HUGE bump in pay and room for growth. I am absolutely over the moon!! I can dig myself out of this hole at a much quicker rate. I start the beginning of July.
I wanted to share this here to motivate anyone who is struggling to quit. When (not if) you do, good things will begin to happen in your life. When you reclaim your mind, anything becomes possible!
Take care and stay strong.
great news, things are looking up and coming your way
stay the course, the best is yet to come!!!
John
I truly hope that everyone who is struggling to hang on finds in themselves to invest in their own lives rather than the casino bottom line.
There is a billboard very near the casino I used to support. Perhaps when I am debt free and have money to spare, I will rent it and post a warning to everyone about to go in!! Or perhaps I will just take a photo of myself giving them the finger and put it up there.
It's not at all OT- we need to celebrate and share our successes and joys with stopping gambling as much as note the pain and disasters of what gambling had brought upon us.
Best of everything!
Jay
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Just a while ago I changed my status to "Good luck is what happens to us when we make the right choices". Sounds like that's what you are doing. WTG! Hugs, ~E
Before I became addicted, I never understood why people who were would claim that bottoming out was the best thing that happened to them. Now I understand!
The addiction slowly but surely chipped away at my confidence (among other things). Now that I've stopped my confidence has been coming back strong! I'M ME AGAIN!!!
To anyone who is struggling to get out - please don't give up on yourself. Keep coming here to read and learn - and ask for support when you need it!
Be well, stay strong and invest in yourself...all the best in your new assignment.
Tagg
Renee, you were one of the first posters I read on the other site. Your postings taught me a lot about what it takes to recover - thank you for that! We are both on the same path of recovery and it feels wonderful. If we just focus on putting one foot in front of the other, the months will turn into years. I am determined to go to my grave a non-gambler.