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I am a compulsive gambler who as been in an out of a in-house GA Rehabilitation Home. I ended up in the GA home 3 times which was very embarrassing . I want to quit, but am having the hardest time controlling my urges. I live in a rural part of Oregon with a bar which I spend a lot of time. I know I need to attend meetings. Meetings work. I’m having a hard time making myself participate on the zoom meeting. We don’t have many GA meetings. There is just 1 meeting in Roseburg, Oregon and I work nights so am unable to attend. I guess I just need someone to talk too. I don’t really have much support. Thanks for listening to me ramble.
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Wanting to quit I think is the key… How much does this affect you or others around you… I can truly empathize with the lack of control… Unfortunately the only way is to somehow replace the time you use gambling with other things or other people…. and where possible if you do online is to exclude yourself so you can’t give in to the urges…I do ‘amateur’ painting … just watched videos on ‘how to’… I don’t mean it’s simple but if there is something you can think of to distract the urges try to … and if you can’t attend the GA zoom meetings, keep coming here and I know you’ll get a lot of support from those who have been through it… I’m fairly new myself… but trying to keep away from those urges… anyway… take care .. Lindy
I am having the same urges right now. I am mentally just having conversations in my head to talk myself out of it. The urge is so strong and we will just have to work on being stronger. I made dinner and watched movie and the urges just ticked away at me all evening. I’m now getting in bed and going to sleep but I know I have to prepare to fight this battle again tomorrow. One day at a time. You can do this!