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...
Gamble Free since Saturday..
Cant wait for 120 days, so this disease doesn't have any control over me anymore!!
Cant wait for 120 days, so this disease doesn't have any control over me anymore!!
You inner compulsive gambler is like a shadow that hovers over your shoulder waiting for a weak place to grab onto you.
Cultivating your true friendships, making new ones, reviving old ones, getting some hobbies, arriving at your values, and taking meticulous care of yourself will be what ultimately gets you to where you no longer are willing to take the risk of going back into the old patterns of gambling and self-loathing.
There is no one silver bullet that is a cure for this addiction, it will take a combination of actions on a day to day basis that will make your life whole again.