Hi Angie
You are so right. It isn’t the money we lose, but ourselves. The sheer act of gambling steals our lives, because it becomes all consuming. We are playing intensely, more intensely than we work or do anything else. When we are up we are elated, but when we lose we are disconsolate. And regardless we gamble more – we lose our winnings and lose more trying to get it back. All for a short lived, evil buzz. I knew when I was gambling last year it was destroying my soul, and yet I couldn’t stop. I wasn’t working, projects were sliding, my contact with clients decreased, I wasn’t planning for the future. I am very sick – all I think about is gambling and the effects it has had on me. I cannot focus at all.
Thanks for your note. It means a lot.
Good luck.
mav