Seraph's post

Hi Seraph, 

Hope you are okay and sorry to read you find yourself in the situation you are in. May I ask why you think people are out to hurt you? If threats have been made to you I would encourage you to contact your local police for support on the matter. If you have not already I would encourage you to reach out to local support in your area for how you are currently feeling or visit your local emergency services if you are at risk for support. 

It would also be great for you to get some support for your gambling, if you are based in the UK you can contact our helpline anytime of the day or night on 08088020133 or use one of our live chat services on the website! If you are based outside of the UK you can access support through Gordon Moody's gambling therapy chat, where you can chat with one of their advisers who can support you with your gambling, please see here: https://www.gamblingtherapy.org/.  

I hope you are well. 

Kind regards, 

Fearghal 

Forum Admin. 

Hi

The addictions and obsessions just indicate that you are emotionally vulnerable.

If you stick with the recovery program you will learn to live a much healthier life.

For me the addiction was a form of self destruction.

For me the addiction indicated I was not able to heal my pains.

It took me over 20 years in the recovery program to learn how to live a healthy life.

Even in the recovery program it would take some time to understand what my emotional triggers were.

My emotional triggers were my pains I could not heal.

My emotional triggers were my fears I could not face or reduce.

My emotional triggers were my frustrations I could not resolve.

My frustrations were due to unreasonable expectations of people life and situations.

Because of my unreasonable expectations I hurt my self.

My emotional triggers were my boredom due to me not being very productive and mainly procrastinating avoiding getting things done.

My emotional triggers were my feelings of loneliness due to my fears of emotional intimacy.

The casinos, the horses, the dogs and the machines never hurt me I hurt my self.

The gambling establishments never hurt me I hurt my self.

Please keep going to meetings they are a life saver.

It is not healthy to live in pain all of the time.

It is not healthy to live your life as a loner.

Love healing and peace to every one.

Dave L

Dave of Beckenham

Hi Seraph

Yes, you are right in that, most of us are in the same situation but, nothing is more important than your life...

Problems can be solved and things get better if you stay healthy to deal with them, so, please give Gamcare a call, if you are not under immediate threat of something and have a chat with them.

Please do it and take care.

Ergos