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Never underestimate the power of the gambling addiction. It is subtle because there is no substance involved and one can present as functioning normally in all other aspects of our lives which makes it difficult to detect.

The first step is recognition that your brain is in the 1% that becomes compulsive, once you recognise that fact you can…[Read more]

Your reaction is ‘fight or flight’ when you take flight it is to gambling where you can shut off from reality temporarily, problem is that the gambling creates others problems to make you feel bad and maybe that is the point. Feeling bad about your family struggling now because of your actions is perhaps slightly less painful than facing up to…[Read more]

Most of us start gambling for fun, then we see it as an easy way to make some money and maybe even solve our debt problems, we also use it as a place to escape our problems, the sad truth is that we are wrong on all counts. Gambling is the most perplexing addiction of all addictions because no substance is involved, however, there is one…[Read more]

Hi Dawson S, I understand how you are feeling, as do so many of us who have been where you are right now. I am happy to exchange emails with you, offer support, guidance or simply listen, contact Ken L on this site for my email. Gambling is one of the most confusing, perplexing and misunderstood of all addictions because there is no substance involved.

Hello again, everyone is nervous at first, this is natural, if you want a ‘buddy’ to link up with I am happy to help and give you support, encouragement and share my own experiences with you. I am a ‘buddy’ to two others at the moment. I placed my last bet in July 2018. If you want to link up contact Ken L on this site he will arrange the exchange…[Read more]

Don’t be nervous, no-one is going to judge you, they want to help you, you will be fine.

Help, help and more help. Coming here was a good move. Join GA, get counselling, cancel your membership to online and physical casinos, cut off your line of access to gambling. Switch to a bank that does not accept transactions from gambling sources, they do exist, your own bank may already have that facility. Confide in your boyfriend once more,…[Read more]

This morning I felt fed up and unmotivated so I watched funny videos on You Tube, funny outtakes of The Chase, that soon changed the duldrums and I got on with my work. Motivational videos work well also.

I should have put a forth one in- You can do this.

If you read my post and think it helped please press LIKE, I don’t want to keep referring people to this post if it is not helping, although I think it will. It helped me.

What really drives you is the fact that you have trained your brain to accept gambling as an intgeral part of you routine. You can change this but it does take time, knowledge and help. I wrote a post on GAMBLING ADDICTION, please scroll down and read it, it helps you to understand what is going on in your mind and helps you to deal with it. Read…[Read more]

If you set off expecting it to be hard, it will be hard, your mind controls your gambling because that is what you have trained it to do, learn more about the mind of the gambler, understanding your brain makes it easier to cope with. Scroll down to my post on GAMBLING ADDICTION it might set you on the path of exploring your mind and understanding…[Read more]

There are a few things you have to accept, firstly that you cannot gamble casually, secondly that the attraction is in the anticipation of the win, not the win itself, winning is only fleeting moment and merely represents more playing time. Thirdly, learn to understand why you think like you do. Scroll down to my post on GAMBLING ADDICTION there…[Read more]

Don’t hate yourself, you are not to blame, addiction is a genuine problem but you have come to the right place. You need help and support, not anger and blame. We have all been where you are right now but you can get over this problem but you will need help with it. Try and stay in touch.