[Recovery_time]

Hi everyone,

So this is my first post on here and obviously my life is a disaster right now from this disgusting thing called gambling. I’m 26 years old and I am so deep in debt I don’t even know what to do anymore. I started gambling at 16 and it was always small until I hit about 20. I have a great job that pays excellent but I gamble everything I make plus this past year have maxed out my 3 credit cards and have taken out about 7 loans. My life is a mess right now in every way possible. I’ve been to GA meetings a couple years ago when I tried to stop and that never worked so I figured I would give this website a try and see what happens. 

[Monica1]

Welcome to the forum. GA doesn’t work for everyone. But did you ever admit to yourself steps 1, 2 and 3. That you were powerless over gambling and that your life had become unmanageable? And that a higher power if we turn over lives over to that higher power could bring us back to sanity? These steps work but often we have to find ourselves at rock bottom and in a very deep hole before we do this.
The groups on this site are helpful, but we cannot quit without support whether that be counselling specifically someone who has experience with gambling addiction. I too had loans and maxed out credit cards at the end and more after hitting my rock bottom. Gambling is miserable, it affects our moods with the ups and more longer downs leading to anxiety and depression. Are you able to give your money to someone close to look after. You need to stop the bleeding and for some this does mean handing your money over to a trusted person. There is a way out of the madness of gambling. Hope you keep posting.

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