Hi D,
I don’t know if it ever “kicked” in for me that enough was enough until it was almost impossible to avoid financial calamity without a herculean effort. I wa a 38 year old woman who ended up needing a financial bail out from her parents to avoid losing my family’s house. And my husband found out I really had a problem then and there. The longer we gamble the bigger the hole we dig, the longer it is going to take to get out. And we sure as heck won’t win our way out, cause if we win it just goes right back in. We can’t control ourselves. We need to find ways to have our money controlled so we don’t have access. We don’t tell people that we are done gambling, because quite often we don’t really want them to stop asking us to go. What I wanted for a long time was to be be able to control my gambling. But what I needed was to stop the cycle of insanity. Can’t believe I jumped back into it! Good to see you in group. Laura