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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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katmandu34
katmandu34
Well, here I am again. Just coming off a 7 month binge. Feeling scared, confused, and completely overwhelmed. Have very little confidence in my ability to get clean. However, I am not going to quit quitting. At this point, I will be grateful if I don't gamble today.
Leapyear22
Leapyear22
Happy to see you post. For me, counting the days was a bit much, but, it is nice to see the milestones, when I go to a meeting, I don't announce the time I have without gambling, I simply say, I didn't gamble, today. For me, its a one day at a time process / recovery. I wouldn't say, I quit, quitting though. I am in recovery, and today, I will not gamble, today, I will remind myself of how grateful I am, that I am not sitting alone in a casino somewhere, as life goes on, on the outside. Take today, and move forward. Terri
Qwit4Good
Qwit4Good
Even when you have gone back out to gamble, you have not lost what you learned in recovery before that. Upon coming back to abstinence, you have the opportunity to look closely at what triggered you and plan how you will deal with that trigger in the future differently.

Minimizing or cutting off your access to money for awhile can help tremendously.
Doing something creative can make it easier to get through the urges. Welcome back and keep fighting.
mars54
mars54
I am paddling the same canoe katmandu34. This is day 4 for me and I woke up this morning trying to figure out how to manipulate my monies so I could go "one last time". It feels like I'm in some abusive relationship where I am convincing myself the other person didn't mean to hurt me and giving them one more chance. I read your post and that gave me the thought for today. I am not going to quit quitting. I also will be grateful to not gamble, just for today. Thank you for your words. This started my day off in the right frame of mind....
frank12
frank12
Take 1 day at a time or even hour to hour whatever works for you. It's not an easy fight for most but life's better gamble free. I wish you the best in your recovery.