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...

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I am also interested to see how many had their addiction started or fueled by access to gambling online?

I feel like online gambling has made me a problem gambler. Is this true for many?
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Although I loved gambling of all sorts (scratch offs, bingo, casinos), I got into most of my trouble with the online gambling. The money spent just didn't seem real, but boy oh boy once those over drafts started--yikes.

You are not alone.

God bless you!
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Nope...started when the casinos came to LA. After the first win I was hooked!
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If I didn't have access to online gambling, I would not be a compulsive gambler today. I rarely went to casinos and other than that I played poker with friends occasionally. I never lost much. I think I lost a couple hundred at a casino on my birthday. I didn't start gambling heavily until I started online. I used 3 different sites and lost over $75000 to online gambling. I may have lost $1000 over my entire life gambling before then.

I may have already been a CG but I didn't act like it until I got involved in Bodog and others sites like that.

chris
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I've always love my yearly trip to Las Vegas, but I didn't lose control until I moved near an indian casino...the rest is history. It doesn't matter what or how we gamble, we are complusive gamblers and we don't stop...that's the problem...
Hugs,
Liz
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hi I just joined today. I am in the UK and I was addicted to online gambling. I never went into arcades, bookis or casinos--just online. Been gambling free for two weeks now, but yes it was online casinos that started my addiction.
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