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Hey Cjg ! I am so happy for you! You finally did it. It is a very difficult step to recovery but a very important one. Congratulations !!

Thank you Steve and Diamond ! Gambling has taken too much from me and I won’t let it anymore. I’ve got to stop to giving it power and take mine back. We can do this!

Hi Cjg! I still can not believe how my husband can accept me despite everything I did. But I believe this experience is teaching me a lesson. To love unconditionally, to understand people are human and bound to make mistakes, to not be so quick to judge and be angry, and most importantly we are worthy of love no matter what. Before I opened up…[Read more]

Hi Serenity, thank you! I appreciate you for being very supportive, to me and to other members here as well. What you said is very true. We can not give what we don’t have. How can we give happiness if we are not happy? Gambling has taken away this happiness from us, and I will try my very best to not let that happen anymore. Wishing you the very…[Read more]

Flavorman, true, gambling takes away your interest in doing anything else, even the one you love doing before it. I’ll also try to be more consistent here and give support as much as I can. I self excluded from casinos last month and today from online sites, but the thing it is so easy to lift the ban after the first year. I guess I will take…[Read more]

Thank you Lindy. I have been looking for that something I will have the same “passion” as gambling. I tried furniture painting (which I used to love doing before) , yoga, zumba, and other things. Hoping that I will find one soon :). Kenl made me understand a bit about GA so I might try it soon. I’m going to work harder this time to resist…[Read more]

Thank you Flavorman. Whew, 3-4 million ! I’m about half of that. I agree with you, we are addicted to the numbness. We forget all pain and worries while we’re actively gambling. But then, after the high specially when losing a lot of money all the pain and worries comes back a hundredfold. The guilt and the shame in addition to that. I know a lot…[Read more]

I told myself the same thing, wait for that decent win and I’ll stop. Believe me, the big win came but the stopping did not. I have also just request self exclusion to the online site. I’ll work hard on excluding myself to every casino. Stay strong.

A New Day, it was 8 months ago when you replied and yet I managed to still continue gambling. I fell numb right now, just gamble my whole paycheck and Christmas bonus. I hope you’re doing much better than I am. Happy Holidays.

This is exactly what I did too. Self excluded last month and a week later found myself gambling online. I just requested for a self exclusion from the site since I just gambled away my paycheck, Christmas bonus, my phone bill money and no idea where to get money to pay my gambling loans which are now all past due. This gambling addiction is way…[Read more]

30 years of this. If I saved the money all the money I gamble, I would have had a house and a much better life. Instead I have a pile of debt. If I didn’t gamble most weekends, I would have had time for family and friends. I don’t even have best friend, just gambling friends. The life of lies is wearing me down. And the worst li of them all is…[Read more]

Thank you. The sad thing is this not the first time. I stopped for a couple of years. I managed to stop for a couple of years. I even had counseling. But as soon as everything reopened last year, I started again. I am afraid that even if I stop, it will happen again. I’m in a very dark place right now.

Hi IA.. 20 months ago I felt exactly the same way, I gambled over $10k in 24 hrs, all my savings, negative checking account, and all credit cards maxed. I also gambled $2k of my friend’s money. I felt so ashamed and wanted to end my life. But instead of doing that I decided to do something about gambling. I self excluded from casinos and got s…[Read more]

Know that it will get Better and always remember that the only way to win is to stop gambling

By law ? Does that mean you’ll get arrested if you go and get caught? I like the idea. I for sure will be very afraid to risk it