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 venture into the casino last night, had dinner, play cards and won a couple of hundred dollars. Today I went back, and right before I enter the casino, I said to myself "Once you loose your winnings just leave."
Well long story short. I ended loosing my winnings plus my half month's salary. Yes i'm mad at loosing, But i'm even more angry that I was not able to keep the words and promise I made to myself.
I was doing OK prior to this, I had not play cards for the past 3 months and only made $5 parlay sports bet on the weekend. I will continue to work on this issue, by directing my time and energy towards something more meaningful.
I wrote this with hope of helping someone as well as myself. My family does not know the extent of my gambling issue. So this is my outlet. God bless us.
Well long story short. I ended loosing my winnings plus my half month's salary. Yes i'm mad at loosing, But i'm even more angry that I was not able to keep the words and promise I made to myself.
I was doing OK prior to this, I had not play cards for the past 3 months and only made $5 parlay sports bet on the weekend. I will continue to work on this issue, by directing my time and energy towards something more meaningful.
I wrote this with hope of helping someone as well as myself. My family does not know the extent of my gambling issue. So this is my outlet. God bless us.
put a plan in place, set your mind, and stick to it
thanks for sharing..
I learned over time that I did well or poorly in direct relationship with how good or bad I felt about myself.
Getting treatment not only gave me the ability to get quit but many more tools and a broader understanding of the disease. There is no shame in getting help.
Directing time and energy toward something more meaningful is great. Not hard to find something more meaningful but sometimes very hard, especially in the beginning to actually do it.
Some States subsidize treatment making it cost little or nothing.
What I meant to get across is that before treatment in my many attempts to do "controlled" gambling - I could keep within a limit until something didn't go the way I'd like in my life. And I would be back at it more intensely than ever. The ultimate lesson was that I can not control it.