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...
Forget about living from 4 weeks at a time until the next paycheck! I've yet again lost my salary with online gambling.
Feel like you need to dive to the bottom of the Mariana trench and stay there.
How do I ever go forward when I hope that everytime I'm gonna find peace by winning big!
Don't know if I'm a sore loser or I'm just hellbent on crucifying myself! :(((
Feel like you need to dive to the bottom of the Mariana trench and stay there.
How do I ever go forward when I hope that everytime I'm gonna find peace by winning big!
Don't know if I'm a sore loser or I'm just hellbent on crucifying myself! :(((
Welcome to DS, Thank you for sharing.
I know it's easier to said and done but, Money is gone, they are not coming back. Be gentle with yourself and get some rest today as best as you can.
My only hope is for you to find that peace by letting it go, let it all go...
Keep coming back and share your story, we understand your trouble. We are all in this together!
Love,
Victoria
I know how hard it is to stay quit. I have quit for 4 months & relapsed...and more recently I quit for 6 months and slipped. It took me many, many tries to even reach that first quit of 4 months.
Just remember this...you only fail if you stop trying to quit.
Don't give up on yourself...YOU are worth it.
If I were you, I would sit down and write a list of healthy, fun alternatives to gambling. It could be from cleaning around the house to going to the movies or catching a nap. Rediscover your old hobbies. Secondly, I would write a letter to yourself describing exactly how you feel after a big loss and force yourself to read BEFORE you make the decision to gamble again.
You CAN do this. Keep trying. Don't give up and say "uncle" :o)
(((BIG HUG))))
Cathy
take it easy today Jelly. you're not the first one to loose a whole salary, and have to pinch pennies for a few weeks......
post again, later. we look forward to hearing more from ya!