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...
all of are addictions need to be fixed on the inside. That s where the real problem and the solution are. Meditation is helpful and prayer. Nothing will work until we identify why we gamble. Then the solution can be applied. Most of us have emotional issues that we are running from. Gambling is the escape. It was for me. I m learning to stop running and start fixing. Facing my emotional problems head on is tough but very effective. The running has stopped. One day at a time taking little steps to get to know myself better and better. The want is getting less and less to gamble. I m finally dealing with me. Openly and honestly. It s a process worth starting. Best of wishes all.
Using reason and compassion (both for yourself and others) will strengthen your efforts. I am using a site for emotional recovery. You might want to have a look at it.
http://helpguide.org/toolkit/emotional_health.htm
I am finding it very informative and it is helping me in my struggle with my inner self as I search for some kind of peace..
Take care
I will tell you when I 'was New to Recovery..I wanted all the answers to the Why I gambled.
Since I was still in the Cycle mode I believed if I found out why I gambled I could then gamble normally with ridding myself of the 'reason. LOL '(yep I was mixed up then)
'It took me a long time to see what some of the reasons were. But honestly once I crossed the line there was no turning back to 'any ''knowledge or self awareness.
Being a complsive gambler there is the Rush /buzz/adreline feeling.
'when I stopped I had to Address the External problems gambling created.
Debt repayment. Coming clean.Job hunting resume building, schooling, and then just the daily committment to the 'relationship I had which was not the best due to my not being honest.
Lots of time spent on amending outside of me with 'connecting with all that I cast aside while in the pursuit of my dReam which was 'introduced to me while gambling. Once I found I could become rich..LOL.. I followed, chased..it..
When gambling stopped. Outside problems first for me.. Then and only then did I have the time for internal .And even that was iffy due to being all over the map..with emotions.
All I know is for me..it has taken a long time to come to this time in my Recovery to 'accept and understand that there is a process..a slow day to day living in the now. And my biggest Assett is not sitting and thinking but 'getting up off my buttochs and doing. It could be a small chore, task , job .. or even helping another.
Any accomplishment lasted longer than my brain farts of 'acheivements wanted.. LOL>.
'Be well.. Sandra gams5.