
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...

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Hi all,im 7 months gamble free and its the longest time in my Adult life without a bet.
The change in me has been unbelivable,i have a new out look on life my self esteem has improved out of sight,and generally my life is fun not full of problem after problem.
There is one thing that is bugging me,i still tell some lies,im not saying i lie like i use to when i was a gambler because most of the things i said were not true, but now and again i lie over just really small things,like what i had for dinner or what i did on the weekend,i think its because of my past gambling,i just got use to lying and now i dont need to lie i do sometimes.
Is this a caracter fault?,i have been really thinking of what im saying at the moment and trying not to lie for anyting or any reason,so i hope i can address this situation,because i am a honest man who has or had a gambling addiction.
John
The change in me has been unbelivable,i have a new out look on life my self esteem has improved out of sight,and generally my life is fun not full of problem after problem.
There is one thing that is bugging me,i still tell some lies,im not saying i lie like i use to when i was a gambler because most of the things i said were not true, but now and again i lie over just really small things,like what i had for dinner or what i did on the weekend,i think its because of my past gambling,i just got use to lying and now i dont need to lie i do sometimes.
Is this a caracter fault?,i have been really thinking of what im saying at the moment and trying not to lie for anyting or any reason,so i hope i can address this situation,because i am a honest man who has or had a gambling addiction.
John
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I would do things that i dont want to do just so others could feel proud or impressed. Mainly my family.
What you said Ramma from my opinion i dont think it has something to do with gambling. Could be just the personality.
Dont know. Hope to hear more opinions here to get a better idea