Dealmaker,

Hi, how's it going today. I'm also new to this group. I joined about one
week ago. I also am 46 and trying with all my might not to gamble. Has not
worked for me more than 3 days. I quit casinos about 5 years ago. Was doing
really great on not gambling until last fall when I got a computer with
Internet.
Need I say more. I found the on line casino's and that was all I needed. I
have probably dumped about $20,000 in the last 6 months (credit card
advances). The scary part is I'm a single mother with two small children and I
am
also an alcoholic. I quit drinking and just went to gambling. It like
something
was missing in my life. Believe me dealmaker, I cannot afford this habit of
mine. I know exactly how you feel. I'm proud of myself for giving up
drinking, but now I'm ashamed of myself for gambling. I am working really hard
to
quit again and I know as long as I talk about it, I seem to do better and longer
at no gambling. Maybe I will always fall back to gambling, I don't know. I
for now am just trying to not gamble 10 minutes at a time. Keep in touch.
Karen


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