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...
so much for stopping gambling. down $300.00 and hit on a machine for a couple hundred and then another for almost $400.00 but left only about 100.00 ahead. if only i could walk away when i do win a little. last weekend i blew $3500 in atlantic city. spent friday through sunday there. sick sick sick sick about it :(
take this with the most deeply felt and heartfelt sincerity....
sooooooooooo............
don't hit it ever again,
make the deepest and strongest committment to never
ever give away,gone for good, kaput, no more, the hard earned
money you made, how long did it take you?, $3500 in ONE night.
What you can do with that??
Put hinderances in place,
doesn't your husband care that you spend this gambling?
No credit cards, very low daily atm limit, self ban ............
and GA is really important.
You need to put the hinderances in place,
tell your family you are quitting for accountability
and go to GA and come here,
we understand and will help you always.
We are all fighting this addiction.
It is a disease, an ILLNESS, you can't fight cancer alone can you??
please stop the insanity
and get your life back just
we all are trying to do and doing it each and everyday.
WELCOME
I am a little confused by your post. Are you sick because you went to the casino and lost all that money, or are you sick because you can't leave when you win? As compulsive gamblers - we can't gamble at all. We can't control our gambling. We very rarely can leave with our winnings. When we do, we quickly go back to the casino and give it back. So, actually we are not winning at all. When we win, we lose because we just go back and lose that plus more. That is what the addiction/disease does to us.
If you do stop going, I am almost certain you will feel so much better about yourself and you will be better able to cope with other areas of your life. If your husband is a gambler, find someone else that would be willing to be someone you can be accountabe to. You can do this!
Your husband needs to go with you to GA meetings so he better understands compulsive gambling and knows that encouraging you to go to the casino is not helping you at all.
Keep coming back!