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What to do?

Postby unluckydegenerate » Sat Apr 21, 2018 4:49 pm

What to do when you have no friends who you can talk to about your problem? what to do is when you cant to talk to your family about your problem?what to do when you wake up every morning and you find your life to be pointless?
i ve not lost nearly as much as some people over here,but for me it hurts even more because i cannot ever get that money back. why do i want the money back?i dont know...im not a big spender . i rarely go out. but knowing how much i worked for it at my stinking job that i hate and how fast i lost it and i will never get it back ,it hurts me deeply . cant stop thinking about it no matter how much i try . i have nothing to occupy my time with on a regular basis . gambling was my biggest thrill. i know im a loser.i feel so ashamed. i wish the earth would swallow me.best of luck to everyone. writing here heleped me a little bit in the long term.....i cant stop thinking about that money lost. i hate my life.
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Re: What to do?

Postby 58gambling » Sun Apr 22, 2018 1:15 am

Hi: It's no secret that this gambling thing thrives in secrecy. You need to go to a GA meeting.
There you will find people who understand exactly what you're going through and may help you.
It takes some courage and lots of determination to do it, but if you quit gambling, you can begin to live the way you ought to...with more interest in the wonderful things in this world that can occupy your time which gambling blocks out of your life. Then life will be good for you. If that's what you really want.
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Re: What to do?

Postby prologx » Sun Apr 22, 2018 2:14 pm

As I posted in another post, gambling robs you of all of your possessions. Time, money, time away from friends and family. You spend all your time gambling or thinking about gambling that you ignore everyone else in your life. You ignore friends, family, and making new friends. Instead you become a different person, you hide yourself and make yourself unavailable, you lie, and all of this leads you to become antisocial. So your only comfort is gambling. As a compulsive gambler nothing else excites you other than gambling. It might seem impossible right now to understand this but you can get the same thrills doing something else other than gambling. I’ve been gambling free for almost 2 and a half years, I was anti-social had very little friends, and no friends I can talk to about my problems. And now...... I have a hobby I really enjoyed, connected with many many friends and made lots of new friends as a result. We enjoy our hobbies together, and to me and I get excited every single time. I don’t need to gamble anymore.

Please find your local Gamblers Anonymous, they will listen to what you have to say, understand what your going through, and they will not judge you. They all have been there, and will share their stories and their road to recovery.
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Re: What to do?

Postby NoMoreBetsPlease » Wed Apr 25, 2018 6:31 am

Obsession with money is terrible ... you want the money back because you have an obsession for it... the best solution is to develop new obsessions and realize gambling will hurt you not only financially but individually as well, gambling is like fire, you need to stay away from it because otherwise you will get burned.
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