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Hi Linda
Well… gambling sucks the very life out of us as it is an addiction.. Just like drugs or alcohol it is a very real very dangerous addiction. The reason we keep thinking we can win is the addiction talking, trying to get its next fix, trying to get you to go one more time. Addiction just wants you in action, more and more.. its like saying to an alcoholic just have one drink.. once we cross the line into that world of compulsive gambling we dont seem to cross back, I’ve never seen anyone do it and i certainly cannot.. so its abstinence with the help of here GA and counselling for me. Can you find a gamblers anonymous group nearby.. the biggest thing i have learnt over the years of trying is that if you get knocked down, get back up.. i got knocked down down down down so many times but i got back up up up up… its the only way to go , never give up on giving up.. stick around, try the chat, ban if you can from gambling places, get someone to help with your money if you can, carry little cash, join GA, come to chat groups here, post, read, get counselling, really put as much effort into recovery as you did into gambling.. that is what i have learnt and i am not a great example i have tried for years and years and still months free just now but i am not giving up and without that help and trying spirit, i would never have made it, there would be no gamble free time.. now there is lots just and lots learnt.. you can do it, you are not alone, we all understand so take our hands and join in recovery… dont be a stranger

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Well its a gamble free day in February and i am glad our cat made this monthly pledge again.. i like it. A day at a time of course but yeah i agree.. if i look back i can say well i didnt gamble in those last months etc, it feels good..
Just for today for this month, sometimes just for this hour but yeah good to be gamble free and living free in february..

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Sam i am in lees group
I think you logged in but no one there, he is there now

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Hi sam i am in group now i see you logged in, we are there now if you want to chat

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Chatting in charles group great start to my day
Posting here and staying strong
Planning my day in advance and filling it with good things
Playing with my kitty
Being on my own and filling the void with walking, posting, movies, meetings, friends, relaxing.

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I can, way to go on the finance decision and switching to a better plan for you. Good on you, ugh, yes i remember those withdrawals on the statements all too well.. yikes.. horrible times, but now things are looking up hey, so good you dont have any on this statement and you are living gamble free today

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Hi Sam
I really enjoy talking to you in the groups.. i think you add something special here, with your knowledge of the addiction and your story.. thank you for sharing and being part of the community.. see you again soon in the next group

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Nancy i am so happy to see you posting again , i missed you over the years at the times you were gone from here.. i am so sorry to hear the news of your husband, i am wishing you the best from across the seas here.. congratulations on 8 months of gamble free time that is amazing, you gambled one day in that time that is amazing, i know for me if i went once i would not stop so congrats on getting out of there and into here… proud of you for all your gamble free time, why not post a little more on the way when you are gamble free.. miss seeing you round here..

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Coyotegirl congrats on being honest and coming here and sharing what happened.. perhaps if you post some more too along the way it can help as you get more support, or try the chat rooms too.. when you get those urges to gamble you could jump online and see if anyone is in chat or post and read here too.. it has helped me many times.. also can you get someone else to help you with your money at this time.. or can you ban from that place? Whatever happens keep posting, keep coming back, never give up on giving up

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Carole we are all missing seeing your posts here and i am so glad that your mum is improving.. wonderful news that you are doing the bone marrow thing. So good of you. Be proud of yourself Carole, you are a very loving and giving person to do this and we all know that by your time posting here too.. Miss you when you are not here posting., can’t wait till you are back home again and we hear all of your adventures with meeting up with cat also..

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Hi R2C

As your name suggests you are ready to change and this might take some time, progress not perfection they say and i am one shining example of that here. Please never feel bad saying you have slipped up. If you know my history i slipped for four years coming back saying I’ve done it again it was total madness and for the life of me i couldn’t stop it. It just got to a point for me that the relapse was longer and longer and harder and harder to overcome to the point the pain was so intense i had no alternative but to get into recovery if i wanted to survive. Keep going R2C, never give up on giving up. One day at a time, just get through today not gambling, when your money comes in pay it straight on your bills or make it hard for yourself to access.. if you get the money out of the way its half the battle. Its good you keep coming here. The addiction wants you to stay away. The addiction just wants a feed and its hungry and if you starve that addiction it will eventually quieten down its just getting support while its so ravenous. Keep coming here, keep trying, for as long as it takes. If you go out there and stay away you are playing right into the addictions hands, just keep coming back here, reach out and grab onto whatever support you can get, counselling, GA, post, read.. i totally understand what you are going through i was the queen of relapsing here, but i hope no more. Our whole lives go down the drain the obsession takes over and its all we can think of.. as soon as you get that desire to gamble, try to change that thought to something else, anything, start doing other things, call someone, go to a meeting, get online, eat, read, cook , work, watch a movie, anything.. because those urges do eventually pass.. they do, just gotta wait them out and they will fade. Keep going, you are doing great by acknowledging here you gambled and you are trying to move on from it. You are not alone you know that right..

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Hi Sam

Thank you so much for your poem and your post to me.. really appreciate it, i am feeling a lot better today. My moods just go like that and things are looking brighter for me today.
I feel a lot more settled now. I hope you are doing well and i am sorry you haven’t been able to get into groups, there is one starting in a minute with Charles, hope you can figure out how to get in. If i dont see you Sam i am wishing you are having a wonderful gamble free day. You seem so wise Sam so early on…

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Hey Sam
Hope things are going well for you today and it is happy and gamble free.. see you again in group soon

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Hi there.. just to let you know.. self exclusion in Melbourne is much simpler than going to all the venues to exclude separately they actually have a system there where you can exclude much easier and you dont have to walk into a venue to do it, one of our members Kathryn who has lived the gamble free life excluded from there so it can be done.. Unfortunately where i am the rules are not the same.. how i wish they were, i have to go to each one on an individual basis which is impossible but hey i am getting there with the tools i have.. if you have the opportunity to exclude, please do it, i wish i did.. would make life so much easier. You are not alone, stick to this site and find your local gamblers anonymous meetings, you can go for counselling also if you want.. carry little money. only enough for lunch or coffee or what you need for the day. Just dont give up.

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Привет … просто чтобы вы знали … Самоисключение в Мельбурне намного проще, чем ходить во все места, чтобы исключить отдельно, у них действительно есть система, где вы можете исключить намного проще, и вам не нужно идти в место, чтобы сделать это, одна из наших участниц Кэтрин, которая вела жизнь без азартных игр, исключена оттуда, так что это можно сделать … К сожалению, там, где я живу, правила не такие … как бы я хотел, чтобы они были, я должен пойти к каждому из них индивидуальная основа, что невозможно, но я добился этого с помощью имеющихся у меня инструментов … если у вас есть возможность исключить, пожалуйста, сделайте это, я бы хотел, чтобы я сделал это … значительно упростил бы жизнь. Вы не одиноки, придерживайтесь этого сайта и находите анонимные встречи местных игроков, вы также можете пойти на консультацию, если хотите … носите с собой небольшие деньги. Достаточно только на обед или кофе или на то, что вам нужно в течение дня. Просто не сдавайся. п

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