Hi All
One thing I've found helpful in my recovery is looking into the owners, investors and top execs of the gambling industry. It really helps me think again before depositing any of my money playing slots online. We're funding them build their property portfolio and luxury lifestyles.
STOP!
Fund your own lifestyle and spend your money on things you love which add positivity to your life. You deserve it, we all do!
Yes its one of the reality exercises thats helps focus the mind.
Get miffed and look into how these gambling dens operate, the real odds and who is shouldering the real risk in all of this.
A lot of these places are run by the super yacht class. They dont care as any amounts out are basically the misery stained money from other punters.
They owners wouldn't run slots unless they were taking a set percentage per year which is all fixed and carefully calculated.
Channel your energy in a positive way and don't let anger eat you up. How this whole charade remains legal is painful to me.
The gambling addiction problem is going exponential.
Best wishes to everyone on the forum
Ultimately we know this already because we keep on being stuck in actions and as we keep on funding these slots or bookies or bingos or roulettes we keep on doing the same thing so that others may benefit from our pains. Where is our responsibility? I have never felt so empowered as I did when I started to own the sh.t I was creating. The feeling of being responsible is one of the ways out of this massive TICK that we are carrying. You need to focus on yourself and change that loop that you are in. Only you can do that and it does not come from saying .. you to those... It comes from accepting and owning everything you do from this today and forwards. When you do that no one can touch you. No one.
not sure this is a recommended recovery method but whatever works for you
No this is a step towards recovery. Being responsible for all your own actions. When you can own it you can change it so it is not just about stopping and hiding it is about taking charge of yourself and your own affairs.
Way too many times I read about blame here. Forget blame it does not solve anything. Responsibility is much more empowering.
Yes you are right C43h that did know this already. it was not a revelation to me that those people are no angels.
A proper recovery is accepting overall responsibility and letting it go with all the help you can get.
However I do feel that anger...even a mild anger is part of the process of coming to. Its like awakening from a bad dream as the mind clears. I felt manipulated and that it was all a lie. In essence it was!
I think there is a stage where all these emotions start coming out and I had to deal with that. Reinforcing the truth about the gambling dens was one thought process
I was showing a repressed anger while gambling and its all part of the chasing behaviour of trying to get back at the man. That just added to my depression really as I really didnt compute I was a drug addict for it. What I do know was that I wasnt enjoying myself. My large human brain was showing all the characteristics of a lab rat pushing a button for my drug trance induced reward ( and I dislike people who trap animals for experimentation)
The gambling dens are not blame free and sometimes I feel that accepting full responsibility for my actions lets them off the hook.
Its a stage that has to be worked though. I have to accept that bitterness and anger will just eat me up and I have to let it go gracefully if possible.
Its all part of the cold turkey process along with other feelings. This is why I hate what gambling really does to people.
Best wishes to everyone on the forum
We are available 24 hours a day, every day of the year. You can also contact us for free on 0808 80 20 133. If you would like to find out more about the service before you start, including information on confidentiality, please click below. Call recordings and chat transcripts are saved for 28 days for quality assurance.
