Gamblers Anonymous. Simple solution. Not easy, I know. Help yourselves before you lose everything and everyone in your life. Don't think it can't happen. This disease is toxic. Good luck.
I went this morning and lost. I say that today i am going to NOT go back in there. I am so depressed. How do i get it out of my head? If i have a dollar i am going to go and spent it. I spent everything i had today and more. So, i want to stop.
Hi,
I think the first and most important step is to admit that gambling(addiction) is a problem and interferring with your normal activities...so congratulations. Have you taken any steps at all to quit?
I would think that you would first have to choose, just like drug addicts, if you can quit c/t or with tapering. Have you tried?
deb
Is any one out there that can help me. I so need to talk with someone. I drop my children off for school and can not wait to go and gamble. I get this happy feeling come over me when i get to go. It is like when you first start dating and you can't wait to see that person. I hear the machine in my head. My counseler say that i have post traunatic disorder from an attacked that happened 10 years ago and that is why i gamble. I don't know maybe. I do know that when i am there i think of nothing. When i am at home by myself i hear every noise and i am just a big basket case. So when i gamble i am not scared and it feels good. The counseler say that gambling is like drugs it is in the same part of the brain as a person who does drugs. I know that my attack has something to do with me going and i need to know how to stop.