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Almost didn't make this one!
Being that it's the Christmas holidays and we are working when we feel like it this week I took off early on Monday and headed straight over to the South Point Casino around noon. Walked around for a bit, it has been almost 5 months since I was last there and they moved or removed many of my favorite machines.
I ventured toward the rear of the casino, it is ...

I am in my mid twenties and for as long as I can remember (12 years or so) I have ruined my life gambling. As most, I started out winning but then the chasing and the compulsion make it impossible to ever walk away a winner. It guarantees being a loser so why do I consistently destroy my life and that of those around me.

My family bailed me out of debts which were always ...

This will be my last post til I reach 200. Yesterday it donned on me that maybe I'm monopolizing this site and that is certainly not my goal. I only want to assist others in overcoming this ominous disease.
Ironically, it is also the day our son graduates from Marine boot camp.
I owe a lot to this site and the many good folks who share and commiserate this plight we hold in common. Many ...

I plan on swearing off gambling at the first of the year. I know i know I'm weak. I just finally started catching up after I found this guy on Twitter who releases a lot of free winners and he's won me about $3,000 the last 2 weeks. If I can get it to $5k I'm done. Winning or not this is no way to live!

Thanks for the support and the great site!

FF

Just heard on the news that there are more new casinos in the works near me. I'm in NY, and it seems the government has become dependent on gaming revenue (we have one of the biggest lotteries too) From everything I read, they really hurt a lot of people and also business (more employee missed work, theft, etc)

I make me sad that this means more people are going to be become addicted. NY also ...

Today I was at work and in my head I was thinking about gambling. As the day was almost over I was really making a decision I would go to the casino. I asked myself what is going on? I realized what the trigger was. I have had this happen many times at work and would end up running to the casino. But stopping to think first is awesome. I said to myself, ok well ...

Today I have made the decision to step down in standing for my marriage. There have been so many things just in this past week that I nor my kids can deal with anymore. For one I had a pinched sciatic nerve and couldn't even get out of bed... no help from husband. That was a low blow... but even worse is that our kids (2 on Saturday and 5 months) have now been let ...

106 Days today - not a "milestone" per-sey, but just to know I'm not wasting my time online simply clicking my mouse, watching the spinning (pre-programmed)wheels, wasting money that I have much better use for than donating to the already wealthy casino owners.
There have been numerous days in those 106; that on the way to work; I have looked upward through the sunroof of my car and said aloud "THANK YOU!". Thankful for not ...

So a bit of foresight and planning ,downloaded 30+ movies ive wanted to watch ,,,going to try learn to play a musical instrument starting over Christmas and into new year ,,going to walk at least half an hour every day and doing as many sit ups as my ageing body will allow ,going to read my favourite book through the holiday period ,and will be working most the holiday period too.
Also my gambling blocking ...

Dear all, I am new here.

My situation deteriorated so badly that I searched "recovering from gambling losses" on Google hoping to help myself recover psychologically from losing a huge sum of money in gambling, and Google led me to this forum. I feel like crying but there's no tears. I do not feel like going out anymore and I am suffering from headaches and nausea, feeling like throwing up every now and then. My ...