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...
Got to thinking about something this morning and it kind of freightened me...If you read all the post that people write it almost always is about how much money they lost and the daunting situation that, that had caused in their lives....I wonder if I would have quit gambling if I hadn't lost way pasted my financial limit....Kind of scary, because there is a fairly good chance my finances will increase significantly in the near future, will I return to gambling???? I have had to reevaluate and firm my resolve to not gamble not just because of financial reasons but because I have a gambling addication I will always find a way to go past my limits no matter what they are....I have truly enjoyed the peace of mind associated with being gambling free. I am sure that if I receive a financial blessing that God will give me the opportunity to bless some needy person or family. And that will be a high that surpasses anything I would get at a casino. Ain't going to gamble today and It is one day at a time
In recovery there’s more to lose than money, if we choose to feed our addictions. Personally, I’ve experienced my worst mental pain because of gambling; up to and including a breakdown. No amount of money can bring me peace of mind. Peace of mind lives in my heart.
Today I will not gamble
Good for you to acknowledge it. And it ISN't ALL Bad News! your assets will be stable or grow, your security in life will be solid, you will have much more time to spend w/ friends and family you love, you will have time to generate and nourish your own interests and things of REAL value.
This is most likely a normal part of the mourning ,the letting go, the understanding that it is no longer an option, and we do this one day at a time. (Hate to say it , but it is like breaking up w/ an abusive lover. Remembering all the good, forgetting the awful dreadful things that REALLY happened.) And all this one day at a time.
I like this quote -- "there isn't enough money in the world for me to OD on gambling" that was me. Because I wanted to keep going , it was about the action, yet I needed higher and higher wages to get the rush. Never enough.
I want to die with this disorder, not from it. And if I acknowledge that it is in fact a disorder that is in me -- and will stay in me even as I am "clean" --- I will work to improve my life and make other weak spots stronger in order to fend off this ailment, which could kill me.