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Jenny I will be the first and hopefully not the last to tell you that you do not have sobriety when it comes to being a compulsive gambler. Setting a budget number that you can gamble monthly is the farthest thing from sobriety. I have read every post you have made and while I would like to believe you have moments of clarity, the majority of your posts are excuses to justify your gambling. If you truly want to quit, go get professional help. You would benefit from an inpatient facility that helps clear the thoughts and can put you on the road to true recovery. True recovery takes work every single day. I am far from perfect but I self admitted myself into an inpatient facility almost 5.5 years ago and I have never been happier. I go to my GA meetings every week talk to my sponsor every day and life is wonderful. I give this advice because I was living your story and knew that I just could not keep going on as a compulsive gambler. I truly pray for you every time I read a post from you that you will surrender and find the help you need. Sometimes it’s a good thing to be told what you need to hear not what you want to hear. I hope this helps. Have a great day.

BT suggested I check in to an in-patient treatment center not counseling while I do hear she’s got some valid points regarding my sobriety, I don’t think I need to check in to an in-patient treatment center. It’s still early in my recovery and perhaps i shouldn’t have shared the fact that i gambled to you guys before i told my therapist but i needed someone to talk to and i don’t see my therapist till tomorrow. . I see a recreational therapist and talk to a gambling therapist, I think that’s enough, I don’t think she is qualified to diagnose me of needing to check in to an in-patient treatment center. I speak to a therapist for that, although I’ve only spoken to my therapist twice I haven’t told her i gambled this week before I told you guys. I only see her once a week and she hasn’t suggested I check in to an in patient treatment center. When she does mention it then I will go but in the meantime i juat needed someone to talk to before i spoke to her days later. Our meetings are scheduled once a week and i needed to confess to someone before that. I will take advice from my therapist rather than a stranger like BT. I think we all have our paths and mine is just different from hers. I don’t know where this road will take me but I will listen to advice from my therapist rather than a stranger like BT who only knows my story from what I vent out in this chatroom.