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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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Do you find it's harder to get away from online poker or real life games (casinos, etc.)? I used to re-install poker programs every week after un-installing them from a terrible bad beat. It was a cycle. But I also would stay at casinos for really long periods of time trying to win. They were both rough.
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Internet gambling is by far the most invasive, difficult form of gambling out there. I once heard an addiction expert say that playing online is like "living in a casino," accessible anywhere, any time. You are not alone, keyboard. I've gone through the same recurrent pattern of downloading software, then uninstalling, only to return the next day and mechanically go through the motions again. I URGE YOU to, right now, purchase GAMBLOCK software. It is not fool-proof or perfect, but it has saved me, I'm certain, thousands of dollars over the past two years. It blocks your ability to download nearly any casino or enter any gambling Web site. If you can't bring yourself to do it, simply copy and paste my post into an email to your partner or loved on or friend as a request to help you with this. It is the first step to stopping.

I also want to tell you that I'm in a government program for gamblers that began only after Internet gambling became popular. The statistics are staggering. Internet gambling has forced the government to acknowledge this disease. You are among millions of us who fell victim to the call. For me, it all started with ONE casino CD-Rom that I got accidentally in the mail 2 years ago. $10K later, I am convinced it is evil.

Trust me, Gamblock. Spend your money on a nice dinner or a movie. Enjoy your weekend without playing. You'll be so much happier come Monday.
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