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...
http://www.getselfhelp.co.uk/docs/DealingwithDistress.pdf
Hi all,
There are some wonderful tools here to manage distress (even though this is a part of something called DBT therapy it's excellent for what we are all dealing with)
I love reading stories and sharing our common angst but it's so uplifting to me to also have TOOLS and tips at my disposal. It makes me feel less helpless and scared and while we have realized we are Powerless to control our gambling we are not Powerless in the investment and active healing of our recovery. I hope you find a little gem or two in this info as I did.
Day 6 for me I think.
The test will be payday.
I am going to allocate funds to so many other things I have nothing left and maybe treat myself to something substantial for a change.
Happy Valentines.
May your hearts know ease and be filled with enough self love that you celebrate another day Gambling free!
Hi all,
There are some wonderful tools here to manage distress (even though this is a part of something called DBT therapy it's excellent for what we are all dealing with)
I love reading stories and sharing our common angst but it's so uplifting to me to also have TOOLS and tips at my disposal. It makes me feel less helpless and scared and while we have realized we are Powerless to control our gambling we are not Powerless in the investment and active healing of our recovery. I hope you find a little gem or two in this info as I did.
Day 6 for me I think.
The test will be payday.
I am going to allocate funds to so many other things I have nothing left and maybe treat myself to something substantial for a change.
Happy Valentines.
May your hearts know ease and be filled with enough self love that you celebrate another day Gambling free!
I too have read and read and counseled and posted and read some more.
I take great stock in the GA program and when I started actually reading the blue book and working the program the addiction started to make sense. It started to feel doable. It became real for me.
I spent so much time trying to understand and then when I just went to work on it; it started happening.
I recenlty relapsed but I know what I may have done wrong.
I didn't replace my old behavior with new activities and so I became once again bored and BAM !!!
I think all of us have different stories of addiction and of recovery as well but by being here and GA and doing the work we will find out what works best for US.
That is why I feel it is so important to read the posts and to POST so as to put as much information out there so we can all find the right path to keep us gamble free forever.
If something doesn't work then adjust the program.
Keep at it and you will succeed.
Nothing in life that is worth having is that easy and this is so worth having.
I am grateful for your posts and for the information you impart.
I look forward to more from you and together we will be victorious.
Just think months from now our stories will be different, in a good way.