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...
Checking in with you guys again...so I fell back into the terrible cycle of gambling. I have been down financially and I started buying the $5 scratchoffs again. My hours have been severely cut again at work, I had to pay $150 (nearly my entire paycheck) to my phone company to turn my phone back on, and I had to borrow money from a friend to get by.
The only upside is that with the money I borrowed from my friend, I had urges to gamble with it but instead bought food. I told myself never with borrowed money, ever again. I took out payday loans and borrowed from my sister to support my icky gambling habit and I vowed never again.
There is also a Mega Millions jackpot that has reached over $300 million. Everyone at work is buying a ticket for it and as much as I'd love to have $300 million, I have not bought a ticket. I'd much rather buy a cup of coffee with that money, energy I could use to keep working and earning my money back.
This week, as well, I am also not planning on buying a $5 scratchoff.
The only upside is that with the money I borrowed from my friend, I had urges to gamble with it but instead bought food. I told myself never with borrowed money, ever again. I took out payday loans and borrowed from my sister to support my icky gambling habit and I vowed never again.
There is also a Mega Millions jackpot that has reached over $300 million. Everyone at work is buying a ticket for it and as much as I'd love to have $300 million, I have not bought a ticket. I'd much rather buy a cup of coffee with that money, energy I could use to keep working and earning my money back.
This week, as well, I am also not planning on buying a $5 scratchoff.
Isn't it funny how gambling seems like a good idea when we have little money? It's like an opportunity to get ahead but it doesn't happen. And if we win some, we turn around and try to double it or triple it just because we know in the back of our minds how much we lost and how we want to bring it all back. Then we are left with pocket change.
I hope you can get outta this cycle and move forward. It'll take time but it's better than the sick feeling of losing money that you can't afford to waste. Take Care!