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...
I received this in an email yesterday and thought it worth sharing.
When you rearrange the words SLOT MACHINES you get
CASH LOST IN ME
I have now been gamble free for six months and am really working on myself now that the insane cravings to gamble are at bay. Last night I took a HUGE .some would say brave others insane.step, and met a friend for a drink at the Casino lounge. I went early and walked around the Casino. I just wanted to see how I felt doing so. I stood and watched people gamble. I felt almost disassociated from it all at first. Then I began to notice how some gamblers were engaged while others were like zombies just clicking the buttons. Even when they would win they would hit the button before it was over. Addiction in action is a sad thing. And I will NEVER forget BUT FOR THE GRACE OF GOD GO I.
have a wonderful and gamble free day my friends.
When you rearrange the words SLOT MACHINES you get
CASH LOST IN ME
I have now been gamble free for six months and am really working on myself now that the insane cravings to gamble are at bay. Last night I took a HUGE .some would say brave others insane.step, and met a friend for a drink at the Casino lounge. I went early and walked around the Casino. I just wanted to see how I felt doing so. I stood and watched people gamble. I felt almost disassociated from it all at first. Then I began to notice how some gamblers were engaged while others were like zombies just clicking the buttons. Even when they would win they would hit the button before it was over. Addiction in action is a sad thing. And I will NEVER forget BUT FOR THE GRACE OF GOD GO I.
have a wonderful and gamble free day my friends.
it is the ability to see others gamble through the glass door makes it how far youve come in your journey. It no longer appeals to you because you have chosen to not gamble with your free will. And you are content withe your choice because you know you have the power to choose this freedom.
I do visit casino for their show and occasional dinner but does not bother me at all watching people gamble. I am allergic to gamble and they are not. It is what it is.
awesome! WTG!
love,
victoria
I'm glad you had a good experience, but please keep the basic idea of don't test or tempt yourself in your mind. I've had a couple of similar incidents that involved me going to Atlantic City for work and I always stay very, very far from the casino itself and I, personally, would not go on a social call. I've met many folks who have tried it and before long it doesn't seem that bad and then they ended up right back in the thick of things.
Just my 2 cents.
Jay