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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sk223 07/31/2018

I am dying inside, from time to time this feeling of winning it back, always lead to bigger disaster. The feeling of I told you so and the sickness of the gut when walking in to gamble is killing me every day.

The worst case of dying is knowing, this life is not worth of living and yet I keep turn back to the flame that burn the soul.

Qwit4Good 07/31/2018

Yes, it is a slow, soul-burning death, this disease of compulsive gambling. Life can be worth living again, but it starts with deciding you are not going to continue this self-abuse and you are worth the effort and deserve to have a better life.
Then you need to make changes in your life - do things besides gamble, see a counselor, go to a meeting, write out a good-bye to gambling letter, volunteer some where.
You can have a better life.

skip88 07/31/2018

So true Qwit, or no damn life at all. This stuff drains you of your life force like a vampire. Yet like true addicts we have the urge to return. That is when the real fight begins. The healthy part of us against the sick part. At least now I have a choice, as before it was a knee jerk response to automatically return to the hell. It seems like the longer you can stay away the more you can be able to fight successfully. What other real choice do we have?

Robin-Mc 08/01/2018

Change is possible. When my desire to change became stronger than my desire to gamble, I began to like myself better a little bit more each day. When I was feeding my addiction I held on to my lies about who I am. I actually thought I had the right to lie to others about where I was and what I was doing. I justified bs time and time again, to the point where I couldn’t stand myself! This is a wicked addiction, it can rob us of way more than just our money, it can take every single bit of self respect we ever had for ourselves and everyone else in our lives. But we can change. I love that about life! Take this one day at a time and please stay connected with us here.

sk223 08/01/2018

Thanks you all for joining the conversation, I will keep fighting to resist and remember the pain it caused. Devil must be defeated no matter the costs.

deliaberg88 08/08/2018

years of gambling, hours, days, minutes of compulsive,behavior. I am in a group meeting,and have new and old friends all working hard to change.
I did a good thing today a self barr , Always wanted to, now it is done progress.

i have many hours , days, minutes of new activities, friends, hope and look forward, one day at a time.
peace

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