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...
oh I was hell bent on gambling after work, you know, the “only 20 minutes” routine. I had a fight with myself- driving towards the casino, then took a left turn o go home, then a right turn to go to the casino, then another left to go home, praying for strength, picturing myself going and and being sick about it. I didn’t go, I went home to my kids. I am sitting here tonight very happy, knowing if I went my guts would be tied up on knots right now. I don’t want to be a mindless ninny sitting in front of a noisy, lit up money pit
Many things in life to come down making the decision to go one way or the other. Often one wrong turn can turn into a huge mess to recover from.