Hi, B here.
Spent a lot of time reading here and obviously not alone.
Forgetting about history, why am I here tonight. after a 5 figure bonus is gone again to the machines, having seen many methods, GA, limiting, exclusion, Hypno etc fail (the only one that worked was working years in a muslim country for 7 years with no gambling machines!! Shows that this addiction does not travel to other sins).
I'm also in current debt 5 figures (how ironic, and stupid of me), and paying of a second similar from my pay over the next many months I can see a way out (but its the same way that has been present the last 5 years). I just need to take it.
I found this website researching dopamine. Thats the drug in your brain that fires each time you win. The same drug the brain wants to get every day. but it has no switch, no control, so its just will power. And looking here I'm not alone in this. So maybe sharing and giving I can start.
I'm feeling about a 2 out of 5 today, back from -5 a few days ago. Started a diary as well. Thanks for sharing and caring everyone.
Yes, I would have to agree with you there B. The Buzz you get out of gambling is the real addiction. I would start off like everyone else. Play to Win, but when I would win, I couldn't stop playing. I kept going and like most people eventually lose.
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