News of Gambling Addiction Forum

Hello,

I have been gambling for about 10 years now. I used to do it just for fun. In the past 3 years plus, it has become an income opportunity to me. I wont explain all details for obvious reasons, but there are certain machines that me and a few friends and family know how to make money off of, and make a living off of. My dad is very good at it, and has ...

Someone on this board wrote the above quote in a post. Whomever you are (sorry, I forgot), I thank you a million! (Was it you, Kat?) That quote I keep in my head. It is ever so helpful.

Anytime we bet, it is because we are, on some level, worried about something. We are worried that maybe our own life will never be enough, that we will never have enough, so we need to take ...

New to site but know I need to stop!

I have been gambling for over ten years. I have lost over $100K and now have lost my wife and kids. My addiction is sports betting and tavern poker machines. I know some of my triggers and have made it months without gambling but before you know it I am back in the same situation.

I have always felt like I can win the battle with ...

I am a joyless lump. I am numb and crumbling. I truly need someone to take over my life right now. Any ideas? Im 56 and single.

You paid for it, you paid for it with blood pressure going up, with nervousness, with other symptoms of stress. I think that gambling damages us, our clarity of thought, our bodily wholeness.

If one were to place a bet today on, let's say, the presidential election, where the outcome seems fairly certain, there is still a chance it can go the other way, and between now and the election the bettor has underlying nervousness. ...

I am addicted to online casino slot games. I have been playing them for a number of years and have steadily got more and more addicted.
I am now finding myself in a very serious situation - I was paid on Friday (monthly wage) and have now gambled all but £150 of this money. I feel sick to my stomach, disgusted with myself, I loathe myself at the moment and I really don't know what ...

So this is my story, I'm 30 years old and have a lovely family with a beautiful wife and 2 lovely kids with another on the way this is the main reason why I have to stop to save what I have, so this post is that my online gambling has got way out of my control and I am gambling money that I don't evem have, this is the first time I have done ...

I can't remember if we discussed this issue that I find interesting "your biggest single bet?".
I can clearly remember that my biggest single (sports) bet was 1.000 EUR on odds of 25. I thought that if I won I would quit betting for good. That bet was supposed to recover all my losses (up to that point) and bring me an extra 5 or 7 thousand EUR as a "reward for the spent time, ...

Sorry I haven't been on here in a while. Still clean so that's good but I'm not anywhere close to being in a good place in any regard. The afterglow of starting recovery is gone and I'm just left with pure, unadulterated rage.

I've never been an angry person but now I'm finding it increasingly difficult to keep the anger under wraps and it's starting to scare me. My thoughts are racing with people who ...

When i mean too much, i mean spending too much time on gambling.

A bit about me and reason i a here:

I have been gambling since i was 15 on the horses/dogs/sport and roulette.

I worked in the wagering industry from 20-30 so i could actually see the figures and how the odds are against you.

My gambling peaked at age 25/26 in terms of losing amounts, but the last nine months i have ...