I understand your pain. There were times at the casino when I would win $5000 and still leave with nothing. There were many times I would be down $1000, win it back only to lose it and withdraw another $1000 – losing that too.
It is an awful addiction and I actually think gambling should be illegal.
I am still in recovery and I do not know the answers. All I know is we are not alone in this. Everyone here has the same story and as someone once said we all have the same outcome – LOSS.
I have said before I am a really rational person but when it comes to gambling I am completely irrational. I don’t understand how it gets its claws into us but somehow it does.
Best wishes to you in your recovery. Stopping is easy. Staying stopped is the trick.
