I'm addicted to b(@)(@)bs

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{But i'm good with that}

silly man

Boobs are for kids.

Tricks are for men.

What a stupid comment

adam there not making fun. There just a couple nice guys from the forums who joke and have fun.

Well, Adam.
How's your not gambling coming along?
I forgot to assure you.
If you did gamble, no one will condemn you.

You made a very bill step admitting you have a problem.

If you gambled and felt remorse, great!

The idea to overcoming is the desire to quit. The goal is 24 hours at a time. Sometimes, we have to focus on 1 hour of not gambling, depending on how strong the urge to gamble is.

Desire. Do you desire a different way of life?

Things are going quite well thanks, however I thought abo going back on a site today and chose against it. I seem to just enjoy life now and not have a constant wory :)

If I fall off the map, I have faith, others will be around for you.

I'm sure I won't go back now

great to hear one day at a time

Be careful of this kind of thinking. You have to be on guard all the time when it comes to addiction. Even after you 'kick the habit', it can pop up and bite you when you least expect it. The key is to recognize the urges and plan other options to get you through the urge when it comes, because in all honesty, that urge once instilled never really goes away. If we're lucky, we learn to overcome our addiction and make good choices. Not trying to scare you, merely trying to keep you focused on how to overcome your problem. Looks like you're off to a good start though!

Here are some suggestions that may help you. Come on here. Write in this forum until the urge passes. Start a journal and record your feelings, your thoughts and actions when you're free of gambling, and if you happen to slip, what that made you feel like. It'll give you something to go back to for perspective. Do you want to gamble out of boredom? Find other healthy activities to get into instead. Take up paintballing or start jogging for instance, become active away from the computer where you seem to be drawn in by the gambling sites. No matter what, if you DO gamble, don't consider yourself a failure and stop trying to live free of gambling. You can overcome this and live a happy life. If you continue to gamble, things will just get worse and worse, trust me I know! It's a hard addiction, mostly because you're addicted to an idea instead of an actual thing, like alcohol or drugs, but you CAN control thinking so it's not hopeless. Don't bet your future away...it's far too valuable!

Best wishes to you Adam.

I Couldont agree with you more :) have you ever been addicted to anything darling?

Yes dear, many things. I seem to suffer from an addictive personality.

I had a big problem with gambling when I moved to Vegas years ago. Lived there 3 yrs and it got bad. I broke into my child's piggy bank one night and stole his money, an actual old school piggy bank made out of ceramic that you had to break! Felt horrible afterwards, of course, but at the time all I could think about was not letting anyone else get on the machine that I had already primed to hit with all my money. The machine still didn't hit, at least not for me and I was dead broke and feeling miserable for stealing my kid's money.

I won big at times, sure, but I lost so much more in the process. In the end, that one night made me go to GA and it worked for me; I was abstinent for 9 months and life was great. I fell off the wagon though and almost landed myself in jail all in one weekend! Rang up $1000s of dollars in debt, not to mention blowing through everything I had managed to save in that previous 9 months. Sucked big time and took me years to recover financially from that one stupid weekend! So yes, I understand the gambling addiction first hand. And that's also why I posted the "be careful of that kind of thinking" post. Hope that helps lend credence to my advice.

Keep making good choices kid. (Kid not meant to be derogatory in any way, just a term of endearment in my vocabulary for a young person).

What did you find was the hardest thing about the addiction? For me I believe that my friends and family arnt that interested. What was the case for you

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For me it was the fact that I was addicted to the IDEA of winning, not a physical thing. With drugs and alcohol, I can avoid that particular thing...when I see it, I run in the opposite direction or just say no. I can't escape my thoughts though, they're always there!...so battling the idea versus a substance was hardest, if that makes any sense. If it doesn't, don't feel bad...sometimes it doesn't even make sense to me!

And do you bet anymore?

No, for the most part I don't. Once in awhile I'll bet on a game, like the Superbowl or a Red Sox or Bruins game...a friendly bet between friends. And I bet a guy $5 the other night that I could put my hands flat on the ground with my feet together and legs straight, but I knew I couldn't lose that bet so it wasn't really a bet in my eyes, just a way to make an easy $5.

But other than that, not worth it to me to set myself up for trouble. No lottery tickets, no poker machines or slot machines at the casinos, no online gambling. I still have a gambling problem, I will always have a gambling problem...I just don't gamble now!

See for me personally I wish my problem was more to do with the scratch cards and lottery tickets and then to do with online gambling because that's where my issue lies