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Forgive me for things that I have typed in other posts, but when you come close to not wanting to live, actually when you have those not wanting to live thoughts multiple times because you have lost it all and have nothing to look forward to, you start to do or say things that may hurt other people, or may be negative towards God. Forgive me, I am still in a very very low state. ...

I would like to put out some encouraging words on a personal experience. yes i was a compulsive gambler. Considering i only started gambling in 2007 until 2012 i had lost close to $90,000. Gone through almost everything posted in this forum. Lying, no sleep, no food, spending entire paychecks maxing out credits, setting up a gambling plans, believing i can beat the system, heck sometimes i was up by $5000 but all lost, seems ...

Hi there - my mother has a gambling addiction and its destroying my family. I don't know what to do. I have a good understanding of addiction through much personal research and interactions with a friend who has a very serious opiate addiction. I understand my mothers textbook addict behavior but I don't know what steps our family can take to try to help her.

My father is extremely passive. I think he has taken ...

So I was supposed to make the new years resolution to stop gambling, and I did, for about 10 to 11 days. Yesterday I had the opportunity to go with my buddy and his friends to the casino. I hadnt even slept yet, but he agreed to being the ride to the bus that goes to the casino. I decided I wasnt going to go so I texted him that if I went I would ...

I went to a cardroom for new years eve, lost only 70 total, but now I have got nothing left in my name but $50. The money I thought I had coming, I have gotten screwed out of it. I was supposed to be on a streak of non gambling, and I wanted to make it a never ending streak, but sad to say when the ball dropped I was in a cardroom. Yea I ...

I have been clean for over a month now. I do visit this site quite often to read all the horror stories and know that it was me just a few short weeks ago. I had 10 days off of work over this past holiday season and I was not tempted until this last day. I redirected my thinking, and thought that I would much rather go to the store and find some great bargains ...

Hello all,

I am in California, and I've pretty much been gambling ever since I first stepped into a casino during a family trip to Las Vegas back when I was under 10 years old. I've always had this competitive and addictive personality. During that Las Vegas trip, my family and I stayed at Circus Circus. Being that I was under 21, I was nowhere close to being able to gamble, however, at Circus Circus, ...

I guess its in the genes in my family I have always been told. I have lied,stolen,pretended to of dropped money to explain my paycheck being gone. I have had thoughts of driving off a bridge to end my constant addiction. I always leave saying why did I do that, why is my poor husband who is totally in the dark to my addiction eating peanut butter and jellies everyday for lunch because he is ...

Hi everyone,

Last night I sang at a concert for the first time in many years. My gambling addiction and bipolar psychoses have cost me countless opportunities to perform, especially during the holiday season when I sought escape from depression through playing slot machines at casinos. Fortunately there are a lot of community musical organizations that haven't fallen victim to my mental instability. Some have kept the door open to me when I felt victim ...

This is extremely hard to write. Once you put it into words, you have to admit that it exists. But it does. I have been with my partner for almost seven years. I didn't know going into it that she had a gambling problem. I had never really gambled and could count on one hand the amount of times I set foot in a casino. So all this was new to me. We live relatively ...