@stephann
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stephann posted a new activity comment 1 years, 1 months ago
Hi Serenity, I went to GA mtg.The rooms seemed more full today considering slirts betting just became legal in Mass so seeing a lot of new faces.I been in and out of GA for 22 yrs.Its only when i stay involved and keep going i get time free of gamb.However the mtg was good i always hear something from someone that describes what ive done or what i…[Read more]
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stephann posted an update in the group
Community 1 years, 1 months agoToday im goin to GA in just a few hours from now.I am determined to stop gamb i gamble everyday lose my paycheck every wk.Im tired of losing my $ and having nothing..
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Way to go 🙂
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If you don’t mind sharing I’d like to hear your thoughts about your meeting. Good for you Stephann. I’ve attended one but never gave it much of a chance. And for myself I’d have to drive 200 miles. There and back for an in person meeting
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Hi Serenity, I went to GA mtg.The rooms seemed more full today considering slirts betting just became legal in Mass so seeing a lot of new faces.I been in and out of GA for 22 yrs.Its only when i stay involved and keep going i get time free of gamb.However the mtg was good i always hear something from someone that describes what ive done or what i…[Read more]
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Thank you Stephann it’s sounds like it was a good meeting. When I think about the meeting I went to that’s awhile back. There definitely was more men. There must of been 30 people and out of that three women including myself. I never thought about until now. Maybe that’s part of my discomfort in the meeting although everyone there was really kind…[Read more]
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stephann posted a new activity comment 1 years, 1 months ago
Each day is a new chance to start over!
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stephann posted a new activity comment 1 years, 1 months ago
Hi Frog.Isnt it crazy how we get that thought that we can control our $ while we are gambling.I feel your pain.I have not been anle to get 2 days free of a bet.Going to a GA mtg a few hours from right now.
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Each day is a new chance to start over!
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stephann posted an update in the group
Community 1 years, 1 months agoHello.Day 1.Im done gambling it has takin everything from me.My last dollar my sanity so on and so on.I gambled yesterday at a store and watched it seemed everyone around me win while i kept on losing.I gamble every time the max bet and until my last dollar is gone.I was reading lovelyt post and it hurts me when people suffer from this addiction…[Read more]
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Good for you Stephann I agree with you gambling is so painful.
I lost count of the slips I had when I trying to stop. And really it wasn’t long after I started that I realized it wasn’t good for me and wanted to stop. Not so easy.
I’m a few days short of a month without a bet and before that one slip in a total of three months.
What I find…[Read more]
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stephann posted a new activity comment 1 years, 1 months ago
Hi.Say what is on your mind.I can almost guarantee we have alot in common.
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I’m ready to stop gambling. O just don’t know how.
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That’s a start I don’t know what type of gambling
you do. I used to play slots.
I found the best way to stop is to make it impossible to gamble. Self exclusion, Gamban which is a bet blocker. Handing over your funding for gambling to someone you can trust. Until you’ve been away long enough you can reason with yourself not to gamble.
See a cou…[Read more]
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stephann posted an update in the group
Community 1 years, 1 months agoDay 2.Im so upset with the mess i have created.The money i have lost for somw reason seems to bother me the most.Gamb has literally ruined my life.Its Monday morning and i habe no $ after gettin paid 1400$ on Friday.I have to stop this now!! Im in bad credit card debt.However im goin to just try to make today a good day.My $ is gone.Been losing my…[Read more]
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Stephann Good for you. It will be another day free for myself also
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It is sooooo difficult to pull away from gambling… It just takes like you said one day at a time… Hoping you can get some help for the credit card debt… take care… Lindy
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stephann posted a new activity comment 1 years, 1 months ago
Hi Serenity.You are right i will end up with nothing.Day 1 today hasent been easy but has to be done.
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You’ve got this! You are more powerful than the automode of your mind. What makes you feel alive? Music and dancing? Cuddling with pets? A walk with your spouse? Try something that helps you feel connected to yourself…I heard that often times gambling and addiction attempt to fill disconnection
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It’s a start Stephann . You deserve a gamble free life! So you can start spending your money on yourself and your family.
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stephann posted an update in the group
Community 1 years, 1 months agoDay 1.I feel like a tornando has ripped thru my head and im left to picking up the peices.I have to work today and and put the $ in the bank to cover checks ive cashed to buy scratch tixs.This just suxs i feel like i have no control.I also wanted to mention my Mom works with me i had 19 days last wk free of a bet i stopped foe gas and she ran in…[Read more]
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Do what you feel is best. If you feel like time apart to get your head straight is what you need, do it. Prioritizing you can never leas tou astray. Also pls know you’re not alone, this is a tough addiction to break esp when you’ve won and gotten some dopamine hits from it.
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stephann posted an update in the group
Community 1 years, 1 months agoI am struggling once again.I cant stop gamb.Somebody please talk some sense into me before i end up divorced because that is next.The urge to gamble gets the best of me everytime.I feel like im pray to this disease and im never srop….
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Okay so you keep gambling till your spouse is gone. Your money is gone. Then you’ll have no choice but to quit anyways.
How’s that 🙂
For some really strange reason I feel I miss gambling today. But I’m going to let it pass. I know it will pass.
Make a list for yourself
Reasons / benefits of gambling.
Negatives of gambling.
See where…[Read more]-
Hi Serenity.You are right i will end up with nothing.Day 1 today hasent been easy but has to be done.
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You’ve got this! You are more powerful than the automode of your mind. What makes you feel alive? Music and dancing? Cuddling with pets? A walk with your spouse? Try something that helps you feel connected to yourself…I heard that often times gambling and addiction attempt to fill disconnection
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It’s a start Stephann . You deserve a gamble free life! So you can start spending your money on yourself and your family.
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stephann posted a new activity comment 1 years, 1 months ago
Hi Hope.Sounds lime something i have done.I gambled away are mortgage $ at threCasino back in 2010.Lost are house it was forclosed it still didnt stop me.I would suggest telling your wife to keep all the money somewhere u cant get it.
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stephann posted a new activity comment 1 years, 1 months ago
Hi Luiz.You have to fight back.Ive read on here their are ways to block yourself from gamb on the computers.I wish i had that option with scratch tixs.To lose everything is a terrible feeling.I currently have 16 revolving credit cards i owe on for cash advances.The interest rates are insane on cash advances.Each day i say to myself what have i…[Read more]
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stephann posted a new activity comment 1 years, 1 months ago
Its insidious.This is why i feel i am no different than any other addict.I also feel like im going to win and i never have won anything substantial.The store i typically would gamb at sold a 1 million dollar winner on the same tix i always buy.Like i just have absolutely no luck at all.I gamble until my last dollar is gone always!!
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stephann posted a new activity comment 1 years, 1 months ago
Meant to say i only got 2 yrs free from gamb in all those yrs.
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stephann posted an update in the group
Community 1 years, 1 months agoDay 15.This has been by far the hardest thing that i have ever had to do is stop gamb.Why does something i love to do cause so much pain? I been gamb since i was 13 im going to be 47 this wk and out of all those yrs i only managed to get free from gamb for yrs.If i told u how much $ ive blown i dont think anyone would believe me.I read in an…[Read more]
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Meant to say i only got 2 yrs free from gamb in all those yrs.
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I feel you. Ill be 40 this year and ive been a problem gambler since 18. Its exhausting to be honest, isnt it? I dont know about you but isolate a lot. I think we need to keep reaching out for support when we are vulnerable. Im on day 1 mate. 15 is a great start.
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Its insidious.This is why i feel i am no different than any other addict.I also feel like im going to win and i never have won anything substantial.The store i typically would gamb at sold a 1 million dollar winner on the same tix i always buy.Like i just have absolutely no luck at all.I gamble until my last dollar is gone always!!
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Changing your mindset helps… possibly find something else to replace the thinking ‘only’ of gambling and that ‘big win’ that never comes. Thinking that way and living constantly with disappointment after disappointment is draining not only of physical nature but your emotional and rational thinking. Remember every person likely on this…[Read more]
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stephann posted an update in the group
Community 1 years, 2 months agoDay 7.I have been struggling really bad with gamb.I stopped posting because it was always Day 1. I could not put any days together.I have done so much damage gambling just last wk i could not continue on living that way.When i gamble i am a danger to everyone around me because i gamble and drive my car.Thats a disaster waiting to happen.I made 2…[Read more]
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Take it one day at a time. I have been at day 1 many many many times. Just know that you are not alone and we are here to help and support you!
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Definitely have high hopes for you Stephann. ❤️
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stephann posted a new activity comment 1 years, 3 months ago
Hi yes.im always here to chat usually unless im working.I called 2 counselors today both reached back out and 1 of them i missed their call.At this point in my life im at the worst of my addiction meaning its progressed to a point i feel like i am completly unable and will not be able to stop.Gamb rules my life i need to get control back.Ive lost…[Read more]
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Same here I’m here writing and totally depressed and feel disgusted and disappointed with myself. Are u in the US OR CANADA ??
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Im in the US
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stephann posted a new activity comment 1 years, 3 months ago
You and me Both.I feel like running away myself i cannot stop gambling and i feel like im having gambling withdrawels just like a drug addict does.Im online looking for a counselor i need more help than just GA.
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I’m with you it’s so HARD and embarrassing!! I need more too more than a GA FOR SURE. MAYBE we can start by helping each other. Sounds like we are in the same boat. If you don’t mind I would like for us to talk see where we can go to help each other
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Hi yes.im always here to chat usually unless im working.I called 2 counselors today both reached back out and 1 of them i missed their call.At this point in my life im at the worst of my addiction meaning its progressed to a point i feel like i am completly unable and will not be able to stop.Gamb rules my life i need to get control back.Ive lost…[Read more]
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Same here I’m here writing and totally depressed and feel disgusted and disappointed with myself. Are u in the US OR CANADA ??
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Im in the US
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stephann posted an update in the group
Community 1 years, 3 months agoDay 1.Yesterday i went back out and gambled after attending a mtg thre night.before.Last night while out gambling sitting at the corner store my daughter pulled in and was enraged with me she took my debit card literally cut it up in front of me and then took whatever i had left for $ on me and left the parking lot like a bat out of Hell.This am i…[Read more]
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Is this what you want your life to be about stephann? Do you want your obituary to read “she spent most of her life being a slave to her addiction”?? If you let this addiction take over stephann it won’t just take your money……It wants your happiness and your dignity too. It wants to isolate you from all the people that love and care about you…[Read more]
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Very well said Diamond!♥️
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Thank you Stephann it’s sounds like it was a good meeting. When I think about the meeting I went to that’s awhile back. There definitely was more men. There must of been 30 people and out of that three women including myself. I never thought about until now. Maybe that’s part of my discomfort in the meeting although everyone there was really kind…[Read more]