Enough’s enough. Hey Mav, I hope you don’t mind me posting on your page. I usually upset people as I have a hard lined approach to things. At the moment I am over 1 year gamble free. It’s crazy to say it but it is actually true. I drove by a casino the other night and didn’t have a horrible urge to go in but the urge was there none the less. I think it’s important for me to realize that. I will always be a gambler. A small voice actually said could I go in and win and leave? The bigger voice of reason said sure you can go in there and lose… But when will you walk away? I thankfully just drove past the shiny lights and went to the hotel and watched a movie and passed out.
The weird thing is why I want to gamble? I have no idea really… I don’t need the money. I guess I just love the action of it. Thats the truth for me. I love the rush and action from gambling. Once I get the rush then comes the down turn. We all know the down turn…
My questions for you are…. Are you just waiting for the other shoe to drop and for your wife to leave you? Is that when you’ll quit or really kick it into high gear and gamble until suicidal?Are you wanting her to take the kids and teach them that their dad was too weak to stop doing something he knew was bad? If you saw either of your kids doing the same what would you do? Shouldn’t you do that for yourself and lead by example? If you saw your child repeatedly hitting his head on the table, you would you ask him to stop? If he didn’t stop after you asked, what would you do? I’m guessing you’d take him to get evaluated and ask why he keeps banging his head on the table after you’ve told him that doing so is a bad thing?
Are you going to lead your kids by example? Are you going to show them the righteous path in life or the path of chasing the action and the easy road? As parents and leaders we need to lead by example. You have said it a number of times Mav… Are you a good person or a bad person?? Only you can answer that question for yourself. Good and bad are only created by those that deem it relative. It’s actually really easy not to gamble. You just don’t. Then as time goes by things start to get better.
Just a thought Mav. I don’t make friends with these posts… But I do hope to make you think a little.
