
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...
It is surrendering to the demon or the addiction. In the GA fellowship Step # 1 reads
We admitted we were powerless over gambling - that our lives had become unmanageable. This Step took me forever to admitt, almost cost me my life. But once I finally got my head around it I was able to reach out to others with the same disease as me and start my journey of recovery. So Far One Day At A Time I am moving in the right direction. A better life without gambling.