[pilotdad1980]

Hello all, I just signed up for this forum and I hope it will help me figure this gambling thing out. Over the past several years my gambling has increased to a point that I know longer like. MY friends and I started gambling when we were young. First it was on chess and basketball, then we made up dice games. There was a casino that allowed 18 year old’s that was close by to my hometown. I remember the first time in the casino and playing video roulette. It was incredibly fun and that’s when the bug really got me. I have led a successful life besides my divorce, and I have always taken care of my children and live close to them. I was an Army Officer and am an Airline Pilot now. I have never been in any legal trouble or lost a job or anything due to my gambling, but there have been some alarming things that have taken place over the past couple years. I have called in sick to work a couple times after a gambling all nighter, I also filed for bankruptcy for the first time a couple years ago. That really hit me hard. Gambling is no longer fun anymore, it is stressful and I think about it a lot more these days. When I fly into a location I find myself wondering if there is a casino close by, and of course there is because casinos are everywhere now. I wonder if I can gamble for fun anymore or just need to stop all together. I am getting tired of thinking about gambling all the time, its kind of becoming an obsession. I am fine with what I have won and lost in the past, I really don’t want to win anything back. I just want to not think about gambling all the time anymore.

Thank you for any advice and Cheers!

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