News of Gambling Addiction Forum

Hello everyone,
I am a 24 year old girl.
Today is a turning point for me. I have lost over 2000 that I needed for moving to another country. Now I really don't know what I am going to do. I can't ask from my family, because they have given me a lot of money already(spent at online slots of course). I am feeling so so stupid and angry at myself. I can't sleep good, ...

I started treatment for gambling addiction in an out patient program yesterday. I get up early tommorow to ban myself from all casinos in the state. Self exclusion. I go to two GA groups tommorow. I have a really sharp pain in my stomach. Filing Chapt.7. No matter how I try to cheer myself up I feel the greatest shame and embaressment, Like a kid who just got done doing something very naughty and irresponsible. ...

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 ...

Hello
I have never posted here but i was used to always read the topics, so it's my first time posting.
I have been gambling a 8 years after i lost my father, i started just for kill time not knowing where it would lead me, if i knew i would never had made a single dollar bet because only me,the "gamblers" and ex-gamblers here know how much pain and suffer it can cause to ...

Hi everyone, I have been just 1 day gambling free. (After 29 years of gambling) One would think that there is nothing better to do. All I do is throw my money away, unable to stop, once started. I have been everywhere for help. psychiatrists, therapists, gamblers anonymous programs. etc., Nothing seems to help. I am hoping to communicate with someone on this site that can help me.

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For to miss the joy is to miss all.
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I was talking to a friend the other day about addictions. She put it so simply, but I found her words profound. She said that people engage in addictions "because they are sad about something."

I find that simple truth to really help me heal. It helps me contextualize the very strange, weird, self-destructive behavior -- casino gambling -- that I engaged in, for hours and hours at a time, over a period of years. ...

After a few weeks of reading books its a divided opinion about ga vs a dedicated sponsor to call on in times of need

Ive seen a councillor and it was a waste of time as in my opinion he didnt have the first clue about gambling and the methods used and ended up just trying to explain how to rather than why am i

Has anyone got a sponsor they contact? as in the ...

As we know, this addiction often does everything it can to sustain itself and 'lies' to us constantly in order for us to continue gambling. Here are my top 10 'lies', how about yours?

1. Its only 1 bet
2. This will be the last one and then I'll stop
3. I don't have a problem. I can stop whenever I want
4. I have been doing great the last few days, I deserve a ...

So i guess this is day one .... again

I cant seem to keep any money i have all i want to do or seem to do is gamble every penny i have. Last night i won £1500 on the football on *mod edit* and by 11:39 it had all gone. I just cant seem to stop this cycle week in week out and its led me to having some really dark thoughts and its ...