Couldn’t have said it better myself. Tonyj has bit the nail on the head. While we may come from all walks of life this addiction affects us all in a scarily similar way. Almost no one walks away from gambling after a big win. Nor do they walk away after a loss. So why do we even play? The truth is the majority of compulsive gamblers only stop once they hit rock bottom, and by rock bottom this is often not just financial rock bottom, but the loss of everyone they love, their assets/house, their jobs, their health, and most importantly the person they were. The only way to stop this downward spiral is to give up, accept we cannot defeat gambling and come to terms with our losses (knowing that chasing will only amplify the damage) and move on towards rebuilding our lives and becoming someone we can be proud of.
