Activity – notthesame

notthesame posted an update in the group Community 1 years, 3 months ago

Depressed and feel hopeless, All I think about is gambling, I won a good amount and swore id pay off some debt. Ended up putting it all back plus some looking for the next high. Tips? Tricks?

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- Lenor replied 1 years, 3 months ago
  
  Notthesame.. I totally understand Been there has my relapsed yesterday morning. Working on day 1 of not going to gamble plus I have e no money anyways to gamble so thats a good thing 👍🏾.. start to ask yourself what are the benefits of gambling?? For me gambling addiction is NOTHING but downfall and self distruction. We OFTEN LOOSE more than we WIN!.. and when we do win.. WE GIVE IT RIGHT BACK as I did yesterday as well. We have to support one another and remind ourselves that gambling addiction is hard and not on our side we must start to fight this ENEMY and regain our FINANCIAL FREEDOM. first off find the issue that causes us to gamble and fix it. Then everything should start to fall into place.
  - Steve replied 1 years, 3 months ago
    
    Hi nothesame I was on the very same thing plus put a bit more back in too
    Oh, I don’t like the casino. It’s a bit to public but I do go once in a while. Haven’t been for a long time. Thank God. I have done a very exact same thing with scratch tickets. There’s some kind of feeling we have where we think we deserve to win there’s someone we know or don’t know we’re don’t like wins anything for why can’t we win too?
    Unless someone else mentioned, there’s the hamster wheel. Sometimes I use the negative thoughts of losing when I get the urge to make a bet sometimes it works sometimes I fail at it. As long as we try all the best to you.
- kenl replied 1 years, 3 months ago
  
  Only tip I have is find some counseling and a GA support group.
  My experience is that one can not stop on our own.
  Wishing you well.
  Ken L Grateful Recovering Compulsive Gambler