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  • in reply to: I have to stop #51777
    portnoy58
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    Hi Chris Powerlessness over gambling, which is what you describe in your post, is a truly desperate and desolate place. Suicide often seems an attractive solution and is very much a measure of your current low. The truth is it can get worse, and often does, and can mean jail or institutionalisation.

    One sure thing is that if you stop, it can’t get any worse. This does not mean they will suddenly get better but they shouldn’t get worse and in time they usually get better.

    Stopping and staying stopped is our bugbear. I can understand your sense of elation at being stopped for one hour. I genuinely understand just how you feel …. I found it virtually impossible not to gamble when I could access money. So things like withdrawal limits on ATM machines were a blessing in disguise for me. But I was back at it the next day when I could draw out more money. I should add by means of an explanation that most of my gambling was done prior to the full blown use of the internet for gambling.

    Stopping is the issue. I genuinely recommend getting to a GA or equivalent meeting. You will draw reassurance from listening to people sharing their misfortunes. You will draw hope from hearing how people have stopped and turned around their lives. You’ll also benefit from hearing less fortunate people who have stopped and gone back at it and stopped again and gone back at it and stopped again and again ….

    I found meetings really helpful and have little doubt they made the difference for me. It’s difficult to explain but I don’t think you can stop on your own. We need help and support. Plus it works.

    Good luck and I hope you can convert your hours into days, your days into weeks, your weeks into months and those into years. Let me assure this can be done.

    in reply to: The journey #51764
    portnoy58
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    I can understand why your inability to control your gambling might make you feel suicidal. Where gambling has brought you is, as I recall from my own experience, a truly lonely place – death can seem attractive compared to some of the other options ahead of you such as continuing to gamble and risking jail or the asylum.

    You could also treat this journey as resulting from the gift of desperation. It’s doubtful whether you would be here seeking advice if you weren’t truly desperate. It’s my own personal experience that people like you and I need to experience absolute desperation before we can take any action to try to stop the process of total disintegration that accompanies compulsive gambling.

    Please get to one of the various support groups that exist to help compulsive gamblers. I used Gamblers Anonymous and it’s a simple matter of walking in – no paperwork needed. You can find where your nearest meeting is online or by phoning their help line. Just go as an act if faith and of belief in yourself. Go with an open mind and the belief that you are worth a few hours of this support.

    I found it a huge relief to meet my fellow travellers who understood what it is like to blow all your money, to steal from others, to borrow without any intention of repaying, to switch off from life in order to gamble. These guys talked about it including the guy who talked about his self-loathing about ‘taking’ money from his dead mother’s purse while she lay dead in her bed. As a class of people there is little we compulsive gamblers won’t stoop to in order to fund our addiction.

    On the bright side, some sixteen years since my last gamble, I completed a two year employment contract today and got a two month completion bonus, a fresh two year contract starting from next month with a signing on bonus and a range of great benefits – return flights to the UK for my wife and two kids that I never had when I first showed at GA, health insurance, free schooling etc. My new boss told me she liked my ‘can do’ attitude!

    I say this to assure you that there is hope for you and that I know of one certainty: your life will not get any worse if you don’t gamble.

    You are not alone. Get to that meeting!

    in reply to: forex addiction #51407
    portnoy58
    Participant

    Well done DE, roadblocks are essential at the beginning and the thing is this … it keeps on getting better. Let me assure you, the best is yet to come, for me and for you!  Wonderful!

    in reply to: forexavhengighet #129953
    portnoy58
    Participant

    Godt gjort DE, veisperringer er viktige i begynnelsen, og tingen er dette … det blir stadig bedre. La meg forsikre deg om at det beste er ennå, for meg og for deg! Herlig!

    in reply to: форекс -залежність #132434
    portnoy58
    Participant

    Молодець, DE, перешкоди на початку є важливими, і справа в тому, що … це стає все краще. Запевняю вас, найкраще ще попереду, для мене і для вас! Чудово!

    in reply to: Forexi sõltuvus #132733
    portnoy58
    Participant

    Hästi tehtud DE, teetõkked on alguses hädavajalikud ja asi on selles … see läheb aina paremaks. Lubage mul teile kinnitada, parim on veel ees, minu ja teie jaoks! Imeline!

    in reply to: forex függőség #134810
    portnoy58
    Participant

    Jól tett DE, az akadályok elengedhetetlenek az elején, és ez a helyzet … ez folyamatosan javul. Biztosíthatlak benneteket, a legjobb még hátravan, számomra és értetek! Csodálatos!

    in reply to: forex ovisnost #104211
    portnoy58
    Participant

    Bravo DE, prepreke na cesti bitne su na početku i stvar je u tome … nastavlja se biti sve bolji. Uvjeravam vas, najbolje tek dolazi, za mene i za vas! Predivno!

    in reply to: forex verslaving #105057
    portnoy58
    Participant

    Goed gedaan DE, wegversperringen zijn essentieel in het begin en het punt is dit … het wordt steeds beter. Laat me je verzekeren dat het beste nog moet komen, voor mij en voor jou! Prachtig!

    in reply to: dépendance au forex #115911
    portnoy58
    Participant

    Bravo DE, les barrages routiers sont indispensables au début et le truc c'est que ça ne cesse de s'améliorer. Laissez-moi vous assurer que le meilleur reste à venir, pour moi et pour vous ! Formidable!

    in reply to: dipendenza dal forex #121288
    portnoy58
    Participant

    Ben fatto DE, i blocchi stradali sono essenziali all'inizio e il fatto è questo… continua a migliorare. Vi assicuro che il meglio deve ancora venire, per me e per voi! Meraviglioso!

    in reply to: dipendenza dal forex #127702
    portnoy58
    Participant

    Ben fatto darkenergy0138, spero che tu continui a bere profondamente dalla gioia di non essere fuori controllo. Ma non dimenticare che ci sono voluti anni per arrivare qui, quindi difficilmente arriverai a una soluzione in una manciata di giorni; Da 30 giorni a sei anni una specie di rapporto. Qualcuno mi diceva all'inizio: ehi Portnoy, ora hai smesso di giocare ci sono tre situazioni in cui sei più vulnerabile di nuovo al gioco: in primo luogo quando sei davvero felice, in secondo luogo quando sei davvero giù … e quando ho chiesto qual è la terza situazione ha risposto in qualsiasi altro momento tra gli alti ei bassi. Conosco un individuo che è tornato per più azione dopo 22 anni: è tornato a una riunione dell'Assemblea Generale traboccante di autocommiserazione e gli è stato detto senza tante cerimonie dalla sedia che il suo problema era che aveva iniziato a contare gli anni e non i giorni e gli è stato ricordato che doveva restare per tutta la riunione e non, come era sua abitudine, precipitarsi a metà strada! Non esiste una soluzione rapida a questa follia. Lavora su base giornaliera e sii grato per qualsiasi periodo di 24 ore che puoi raggiungere senza scommettere. Buona fortuna.

    in reply to: विदेशी मुद्रा की लत #129727
    portnoy58
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    अच्छा किया डार्कएनर्जी०१३८, मुझे आशा है कि आप नियंत्रण से बाहर नहीं होने की खुशी से गहराई से पीना जारी रखेंगे। लेकिन यह मत भूलो कि यहां पहुंचने में आपको सालों लग गए, इसलिए कुछ ही दिनों में किसी समाधान पर पहुंचने की संभावना नहीं है; 30 दिन से छह साल के अनुपात की बात। शुरुआती दिनों में कोई मुझसे कहा करता था: हे पोर्टनॉय अब आपने जुआ बंद कर दिया है, तीन स्थितियां हैं जब आप फिर से जुए के लिए सबसे अधिक असुरक्षित होते हैं: पहला जब आप वास्तव में खुश होते हैं, दूसरा जब आप वास्तव में नीचे होते हैं …. और जब मैंने पूछा कि तीसरी स्थिति क्या है तो उन्होंने किसी भी समय उच्च और निम्न के बीच उत्तर दिया। मैं एक ऐसे व्यक्ति के बारे में जानता हूं जो 22 वर्षों के बाद और अधिक कार्रवाई के लिए वापस चला गया: वह आत्म-दया के साथ जीए की बैठक में वापस आया और उसे कुर्सी से बेहिचक बताया गया कि उसकी समस्या यह थी कि उसने वर्षों की गिनती शुरू कर दी थी, न कि दिन और उसे याद दिलाया गया कि उसे पूरी बैठक के लिए रुकना चाहिए, न कि उसकी आदत के अनुसार, आधे रास्ते के ब्रेक पर ढलान करना! इस पागलपन का कोई त्वरित समाधान नहीं है। इसे दैनिक आधार पर काम करें और 24 घंटे की किसी भी अवधि के लिए आभारी रहें जो आप बिना जुए के हासिल कर सकते हैं। आपको कामयाबी मिले।

    in reply to: forex függőség #131491
    portnoy58
    Participant

    Remek sötétség0138, remélem, továbbra is mélyen iszol az örömtől, hogy nem lehetsz kontroll alatt. De ne felejtsük el, hogy évekbe telt, mire ideért, így nem valószínű, hogy néhány napon belül meg fogja találni a megoldást; 30 naptól hat évig terjedő arány. Az első időkben valaki azt mondta nekem: hé, Portnoy, most abbahagytad a szerencsejátékot, három olyan helyzet van, amikor újra a legveszélyeztetettebbek vagytok a szerencsejátékokkal szemben: először is, amikor igazán boldogok vagy, másodszor, amikor nagyon le vagy esve. amikor megkérdeztem, hogy mi a harmadik helyzet, válaszolt máskor a csúcsok és a mélypontok között. Ismerek egy olyan egyénit, aki 22 év után visszament több akcióra: visszatért egy GA-értekezletre, tele önsajnálattal, és a szertartás nélkül közölte a székkel, hogy az a problémája, hogy elkezdte számolni az éveket, és nem nap, és emlékeztették, hogy maradjon az egész találkozón, és ne szokása szerint dőljön le a félúton! Ennek az őrületnek nincs gyors megoldása. Dolgozzon napi rendszerességgel, és legyen hálás minden 24 órás időszakért, amelyet szerencsejáték nélkül érhet el. Sok szerencsét.

    in reply to: forex verslaving #134696
    portnoy58
    Participant

    Goed gedaan darkenergy0138, ik hoop dat je diep blijft drinken van de vreugde dat je niet uit de hand loopt. Maar vergeet niet dat het jaren heeft geduurd om hier te komen, dus het is onwaarschijnlijk dat u binnen een paar dagen tot een oplossing zult komen; 30 dagen tot zes jaar een soort verhouding ding. Vroeger zei iemand tegen me: hey Portnoy nu je bent gestopt met gokken, zijn er drie situaties waarin je weer het meest kwetsbaar bent voor gokken: ten eerste als je echt gelukkig bent, ten tweede als je echt down bent …. en toen ik vroeg wat de derde situatie is, antwoordde hij elke andere keer tussen de hoogte- en dieptepunten. Ik ken een persoon die na 22 jaar weer op pad ging voor meer actie: hij kwam terug naar een GA-bijeenkomst vol zelfmedelijden en kreeg zonder pardon door de voorzitter te horen dat zijn probleem was dat hij de jaren begon te tellen en niet de dagen en hij werd eraan herinnerd dat hij de hele vergadering moest blijven en niet, zoals zijn gewoonte was, halverwege de pauze af te dwalen! Er is geen snelle oplossing voor deze waanzin. Werk er dagelijks aan en wees dankbaar voor elke periode van 24 uur die je kunt bereiken zonder te gokken. Veel geluk.

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