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...
This all sounds so familiar, we all fall and come back again. Does anyone beat this? I have become someone that I have never been in 44 years. It amazes me how far I have fallen. It makes me sick.
But I want to beat this, I want to be the person I was for the first 43 years of my life. Responsible and controlled.
Hello Day 1 again
But I want to beat this, I want to be the person I was for the first 43 years of my life. Responsible and controlled.
Hello Day 1 again
To answer your question- YES. It takes hard work and commitment, but many, many people have arrested this disease (it never goes away, you must be diligent). I know several people with 40+ years abstinence and they are truly an inspiration and the 3 I'm thinking of right now all have very different stories, very different approaches and personalities, but all never forget what got them on the path to their abstinence.
Hang tight and fight the fight.
Jay
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