Hi John, I also messed up again yesterday I went to
work and after work went right to the casino and blew
$ 1000 now need less to say I am short on the rent
again. my son is so fed up with me he will go to
college soon and says he is afraid to leave because he
will come back and find me living in my car. needless
to say that the car is not registered. Today I will
make another step toward not gambling I will look up
where the GA meetings are and attend 1. How I stopped
smoking crack was I had been homeless, lost a business
and 2 new cars all in a matter of months well we
finally got enough money to gat an apartment and my
husband and I continued to smoke 24/7 we closed the
restaurant because all we could focus on was crack ,
crack and more crack we needed to be high 22 hours a
day... On Dec 10 th I woke up and we had a few hundred
dollars left and I said we can not do this any more
and he aslo knew it was time as the paranoia was
really bad.. I just sat all day in the chair and
prayed to my higher power for some help not to take
that first hit today and it worked because I went into
the bathroom and there was some welbutrin which is an
anti depressant but also used to quit smoking I took
some and so did my husband ... we took that for 2
weeks never leaving the house and it helped to curb
the part where all we wanted was to inhale the
smoke....
after 2 weeks we still were not cured we will never be
cured we just pick up new addictions ........... Wb
soon,
Gina

--- John Breed <johnnyb3312@...> wrote:
> Man.... This has to be agreat step 4 you. How did
> you get off crack? that has to be just as difficult.
> I know about being depressed because of our
> actions.... It sucks. The first time I stopped
> gambling, I was also taking prozak which I think
> really helped. I started taking long walks, lost a
> little weight and realized that the way I was
> looking at betting was not rational. I can say that
> I'm of above average intelligence (don't judge it by
> my spelling) but I would still gamble even though I
> knew the odds were way stacked against me. talk
> about a sick compulsion!! I also believe that this
> time of year is a great time to be reborn. Be proud
> to be a new non-gambler. Brag about it to people.
> Tell other people who you know are problem gambnlers
> about your new, good feeling. Ask your doctor about
> the prozac. Be honest with him and and probably can
> help. WB anytime. John
>
> Gina Davis <ginadv5555@...> wrote:Please try
> to get to a f2f meeting I am pretty sure
> that you should be able to find one ... I am also a
> compulsive gambler I amke between 1000 - 1900 a week
> take home and have nothing to show for it I also get
> depressed and do not know where to run at times I
> need
> to stop i spend all of my $$$ at the slots i also
> need
> to get to a f2f meeting before I do something real
> stupid.... Well maybe this will be a first step for
> me
> I used to smake crack 24/7 and was able to stay off
> of
> it for over 2 years yet i picked up the gambling
> this
> is a sick life that I lead .....
> I hope and pray to stay away from a bet today
> .......
> Gina
> --- tdna2000 <tdna2000@...> wrote:
> >
> > I hope this is a new beginning as this is the
> first
> > step I am taking
> > as I have accepted the fact I have a gambling
> > problem and might ba a
> > compulsive gambler! I started hanging out at
> casinos
> > about a year
> > ago because I wanted to stop smoking weed. The
> > casino was a safe
> > haven I could go to where I didn't know anyone,
> > because all my
> > associates were pot smokers. well Im happy to
> report
> > that I am off
> > pot but I know have transfered my addiction to
> > gambling. I have an
> > 18 month old baby girl (the reason I quit
> > smoking)and she needs me
> > to straighten out .Today is my first day. I am
> > living in my car in
> > the casino parking lot and work a job that pays
> > daily $ so I can
> > gamble daily and lose daily . every morning I wake
> > up depressed and
> > broke with no $ or food and my gas tank is on
> empty.
> > I can barely
> > make it to work and barely have enough energy to
> > make it through the
> > day (no food). As soon as i earn $50. or $60.
> > dollars I go straight
> > to the casino (($10. gas) and start the process
> > over. I am skeptical
> > about checking myself in to a program because I
> > don't want there to
> > be a record or something tthat might get back to
> the
> > court and ( I
> > owe child support) I am stuck and don't know what
> to
> > do . I am just
> > going to try and not go to casino. It is illegal
> to
> > sleep in your
> > car on the street and I feel the casino parking
> lot
> > is a safe place
> > where the cops won't get me
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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