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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strength2stop 10/04/2015

Is there a chat service for recovery? what's app, skype, etc? Would love real time chats

This site is helpful but I always forget and then fall off.

mybestself 10/04/2015

Once, several years ago, I came across a site that had chat for recovering compulsive gamblers but it was not a user friendly site and I lost interest. At that time, I did an internet-based search and found it. I cannot even recall what it was called.

One thing that I know about me is that I hide from recovery by remaining in online and Internet based recovery programs. It is only when I supplement my online recovery work with a face to face GA program that I start to recover from this horrid addiction.

I am an isolator with this addiction so I need to be around others to pull myself from the isolation of being a compulsive gambler.

itsjustmeagain 10/04/2015

gamcare is a good tool for chatting

strength2stop 10/04/2015

thanks for the responses, i will check out gamcare

nancyzoman 10/05/2015

I love chatting and receiving messages. Usually can answer 1-2 times per day. Just message me on here!

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