Glad you are depending upon God and not your own strength. I think we all know what happens when we trust ourselves. God's glory is great. We can glorify Him by avoiding temptation, and to not 'look back' like Lot's wife did. Don't look back.

good for you. dont give in, the body goes where the minds tells it to

keep busy, find yourself again

Just for today I will not gamble. That's how it's done, one day at a time. Life has so much to offer us if we give it time. Our addiction doesn't have to control of our lives, we can change if we want to, I love that concept. We can change. Just for today I will not gamble.

Saying it to myself helps but saying it to the group is more powerful!

Just for today, just for this hour, whatever bitesize we need, it can work. Good for you.

I even joined the call tonight, although the technical difficulties cut it short I look forward to next weeks version.

I know this is an old thread, but I just need to talk with somebody so I clicked on the first I saw. I slipped up last night. And now I don't know what to do. The problem is that first time in my life I actually won. Won a whole lot of money. Not $50 or something. I was gambling on a a https://clubvip777.com/web/w88/ online casino, started hating myself for this and then... Ding-ding-ding! I won $2000! The only thing I had enough for is to transfer money to my debit card. Yes, now I have extra $2000 but I don't really know how to fight this temptation. By my mind, I understand that it was a a blind luck. But I can't stop thinking about gambling again. What should I do?

Along with reading these posts, I Read the gamblers anonymous 20 questions and 12 steps. These things help me to realize rock bottom is not far away. There is no winning in gambling so fight like mad to stay away! Just for today, I will not gamble! Stay strong!

Could you give the money to a trusted someone?
Maybe you could go on a vacation... ?
Some people might save it for a rainy day, aka nest egg,
or use it to buy something that you’ve always wanted?

You could throw it away or give it back to the casino.

I’m not trying to sound sarcastic, not even. It’s just that I remember a time where I thought I would rather toss the money in the trash than to go back out there knowing I wouldn’t stop until I felt empty inside. Panicked and empty.

Extra money takes on a different meaning when we win it by chance. It can almost feel like it’s the casinos money, earmarked to be used to gamble with again. Have you ever heard someone say they were “playing with the casinos money”? I’ve said it and I’ve thought it so many, many times.

Extra money. What to do? STOP You don’t have to give in to the temptation you are feeling, give those thoughts time to pass, because they will. Please, don’t get back on that crazy train, it leads to all places dark and insane, it’s the nature of our addiction.

Often winning is the corner we turn that makes us compulsive gamblers rather than social. Sometimes it is that one big win that we can fuel years of justifications for continuing to feed the monster.
If you have not already stolen that much from your retirement, or children's college fund and raided all your savings, then maybe you have not hit rock bottom yet.

If your bills are paid, and feel like you can not stop on your own, a private counselor would be a good investment. You might also check to see if any counseling is providing by your state gambling commission for problem gamblers. National Problem Gambling Helpline: 1-800-522-4700 can direct you to your area's resources.

Taking a vacation to reward yourself for not continuing to gamble is a great idea too.

There were many times for me that I would have had a better chance of getting my money back if I would've just gone in and thrown it on the floor.

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Yes I agree with all of you. As I sit and think about all the times I thought I was a winner, I can see just how it made me dig the whole deeper. I never won anything. It always eventually went right back to the casino along with a considerable amount of my hard earned money. A win only made me crave a bigger win. The outcome was all the same. As I said, I was never a winner but slowly destroying myself as others around me believed I was "the lucky one". It was very hard to admit differently and face my truths. Still moving forward day by day.

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