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...

I’m Robin and I’m a compulsive gambler. We’re all addicted to gambling on this site and do our best to give advice on how to stop gambling and stay in recovery one day at a time. It’s more than just a challenge to stop gambling. Of course at first it feels awful, like you’re never going to feel better. But little by little your mind starts to heal by staying away from that next bet.
I hope you’re reading posts and gaining an understanding about what I’m writing about. I can feel the pain and fear in tour post, I’m sorry this addiction can mess us up so badly.
Please don’t encourage online gambling here. This is a safe place for so many people in recovery, and for others who want to quit gambling. I live in Las Vegas, the town is closed. Period. Despite the fact that we’re closed, I still remind myself, on a daily basis, that I no longer gamble, that I don’t have to feed that addiction if I don’t want to.