Another attempt at giving up gambling after 40 years of doing it!
Hi i have gambled all my life but now want a different life as it has been like living two lives rather than one
@ruthi15 i feel the same. This secret kills me. Also the same and guilt. I often wonder do people know
I am also making an effort to stop but finding it difficult because I have been gambling for many years, mostly out of boredom. You get one life. Why be miserable. Yes, that's how it makes me feel whether I win or lose. I feel miserable because I know I've opened pandora's box. One day at a time. Now that you have acknowledged that you have a problem and want to stop surely that is progress and you are on your way to recovery. 40 years you can't get back but you can keep the next many years you have left. Good luck on your journey to recovery.
Hi
The addictions and obsessions just indicated that I Had certain emotional triggers.
I am a non religious person and questioned if the recovery program would work for me.
In time I went to more meetings and found a healthy meeting that had some really healthy honest therapies.
Only once I was able to abstain from my unhealthy habits and unhealthy emotional reactions could the healing start and happen of my hurt inner child.
No one could stop me gambling in time that would be my healthier choice.
My lies were all pain and fear based.
Before my recovery I felt a very lonely inadequate insecure failure and that was on a good day.
I have been going to meetings now over 2/3 of my life.
I have been going to meetings now over 50 years.
I have been clean from gambling over 32 years.
And the simple truth is if I can do it any one can.
If you feel guilt shame or regret you have a healthy conscience and at base root are a healthy spiritual person.
If you feel guilt shame or regret if you work your recovery in a healthy way you will no longer need to go against your own conscience.
The time and effort you put in to your recovery will help you fulfill your healthy needs your healthy wants and in time your healthy goals.
I felt that there was no way I would ever find a healthy life without unhealthy addiction and unhealthy obsessions for my self and my family.
How much do you value yourself, how much do you think you can do for yourself today in becoming a much healthier person.
I went to meetings and still do today in finding a life without me being an unhealthy person today.
Just for today I will not gamble.
Healing love and Peace to everyone.
Dave L
AKA Dave of Beckenham
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