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Thanks for sharing! Great poem!
Thanks for sharing! Great poem!
Good poem!
Good poem!
Hello sam.sam. I am new here as of yesterday and just wanted to pop a quick note here on something you wrote that caught my attention. About there being no Cure but that one needs to Chain the Beast that is the gambling addiction. That is how I too often feel about my gambling problem. That I’ll always struggle with my addiction but will put my best foot forward to keep the Beast reigned within and simply(? no not that simple) to not ever let it out again. I am at the start of Day 3 for me with no gambling in it and yes, One Day At A Time! I will get through today and take tomorrow when it comes. Stay strong, you can do it!
Oh yes, I’ve felt the anxiety before, during, and after a gambling binge. Talk about a cycle or pattern! I am here to finally Win! the battle against my 2nd greatest addiction that is gambling right there next to smoking cigarettes. You have to start somewhere and the support helps. Also having a place to talk freely about this with other like souls brings comfort to a troubled mind. I have been reading a lot of good advice from here and am already in the process of incorporating it into my daily life. For me today is Day 2 off of a gambling binge and minute by minute the anxiety is lessening and spending time today in these Forums are certainly helping to reduce some of it. Just knowing that I am not alone helps tremendously. Only all too often I feel that I am and that this is my problem only. I only too often feel my life spiraling out of control all over my gambling disease and I need to get a handle on it now! In less than 4 short hours I will hit Day 3 of No Gambling and I hope to continue just as well into Day 4. One thing I learned the hard way after 3 plus straight years of No Gambling in any way, shape, or form is to never stop counting the time away from the activities involved in gambling. Every single second counts toward one’s recovery! This is only the beginning of the rest of my life away from Gambling and I know I have a long road ahead but I will Win this one! I for one have had enough! Just need to learn to take it one moment at a time, baby steps. Thank you in advance for your time reading this.
Just take it one day at a time, it counts and eventually adds up nicely. I quit gambling entirely for 3 years once and it all started with one day. Imagine counting not gambling in years instead of days! The problem was that no one else seemed to notice the difference like it was just expected just like that and I stopped counting the days! Stopping anything bad, negative, or detrimental starts with small steps in the right direction but eventually one gets to where they are headed. That’s why I am here today to get that feeling of accomplishment back! As of today, I have not gambled for 2 days 🙂 tomorrow will make 3. I am determined to Win this! 🙂 Good Luck to you as well!
Hi Libbie, good point! Thanks for sharing!
Hi SJ, I really hope writing and posting here helps because I am here for the same reason. Good Luck & Keep It Up!
Hi SJ! I hear that about change! Too, I know it helps when blocking Gambling Web Sites to allow someone other than oneself choose and make the password and to keep it secret. This way when an urge to gamble online hits one cannot gain access to the Web site, at least on one’s own system. Now, of course this changes when an urge hits and one has access to an unblocked system. So, wherever possible, one should also put gambling blocks and secret passwords to stop access to any gambling Web site on any system one has within easy reach. Not a foolproof solution because one’s mind set plays a big part in the I can do attitude needed, but it helps.
Hi. I am new here so please bear with me as I am just looking and learning my way around but the post this is in reply to really caught my attention. So, I hope no one minds that I begin my venture on this website by chiming in right here. The post makes a good point about gambling not always having to involve monetary gain or as I know it better only all too often loss and makes absolute sense to me. That as far as gambling goes, It Is What It Is but to completely quit gambling does this mean for example that one should never ever in a lifetime play a game like Yahtzee that uses dice to make Poker hands for scoring or if having played Yahtzee to never play another game ever? I ask this because my first game of Yahtzee goes way back to my youth in the 70’s and that eventually my sister and I started playing the game for a quarter. I am now concerned that innocent childhood games may not be so innocent after all and with my own children and now 6 grandchildren I most certainly do not want to lead them onto the same path of gambling I have had the entirety of my adult life that started with my 1st games of Old Maid for candy or Yahtzee for a quarter. smh just makes me realize what I was exposed to as a kid and if I only knew then what I know now I would have most certainly taken an entirely different approach to so-called innocent childhood game playing fun! Thanks in advance for reading this post reply and any feed back is appreciated.