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...
Thank you all for your advice!!!
I don't know if this has happened to any of you but I have also come to realize that whenever I am succeeding in life, the self sabotage comes in with a vengence and THIS is what I will be very alert to from now on. The thought to go and gamble is at the very TOP of my self sabotage list. Negative self talk is another one and what is worse is that I myself am creating /doing all of it! There is no one else, no one and no situation to blame for my actions.
I am really looking at the way it really is for me. There is absolutely NO reason to go to a casino and gamble for me, NONE. I will succeed and in my mind I already have. I love all of you and I am on a SPIRITUAL path now. One thing I really have come realize is gambling and casinos are a spiritual death to me. I love all of you for your support!!! I WILL NOT WHINE about any of this because it serves no purpose.
I also noticed when it comes to buying things, I will ask myself if I can afford it or if its in my budget, but when it comes to gambling, those thoughts didn't even come to mind, they went right out the window!!!!
I will no longer be a rat being sucked in by intermittent rewards at the casino slots. I'm a bit angry at the insanity of this because I am an intelligent person who becomes VERY STUPID when it comes to gambling. Ugh!!! I will keep coming back to this site.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT!
I don't know if this has happened to any of you but I have also come to realize that whenever I am succeeding in life, the self sabotage comes in with a vengence and THIS is what I will be very alert to from now on. The thought to go and gamble is at the very TOP of my self sabotage list. Negative self talk is another one and what is worse is that I myself am creating /doing all of it! There is no one else, no one and no situation to blame for my actions.
I am really looking at the way it really is for me. There is absolutely NO reason to go to a casino and gamble for me, NONE. I will succeed and in my mind I already have. I love all of you and I am on a SPIRITUAL path now. One thing I really have come realize is gambling and casinos are a spiritual death to me. I love all of you for your support!!! I WILL NOT WHINE about any of this because it serves no purpose.
I also noticed when it comes to buying things, I will ask myself if I can afford it or if its in my budget, but when it comes to gambling, those thoughts didn't even come to mind, they went right out the window!!!!
I will no longer be a rat being sucked in by intermittent rewards at the casino slots. I'm a bit angry at the insanity of this because I am an intelligent person who becomes VERY STUPID when it comes to gambling. Ugh!!! I will keep coming back to this site.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT!
Abuse in my family of origin led to me picking abusive spouses in my marriages. Each time I sought help/treatment in my life regardless of the reason, I grew a little. As I got healthier, I made better decisions, as I removed abusive people from my life I recognized the self abuse more clearly. Part of what helped me quit gambling was realizing this fundamental personality defect. If I see a poker machine now, I visualize the face(s) of my abusers on their screens. The self-loathing that gambling led me too was excruciating, I have never been so alone and hopeless.
A tool that has helped me and continues to help me is Louise Hay's video: How to Love Yourself - 10 Steps to Loving Yourself - Here's a link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUxdBTnXjE0
She is a great psychologist and has many books and YouTube videos available.
Congratulations on three days, it took me many attempts to get to three days, I just attained 11 months, 10 days of abstinence and I did one day at a time.
Hugs and Prayers