gambler

I have a problem gambling and i do not know how to stop i have been to differnt counselers for gambling and other things but it does not seem to help. I go to this place because the is a guard with a gun and i feel safe going there. It is the only place i go by my-self. I so need to stop. Today day i say this is the last time that i go and it is in the back of my head about tomorrow. HELP

[fannie71]

Is any one out there that can help me. I so need to talk with someone. I drop my children off for school and can not wait to go and gamble. I get this happy feeling come over me when i get to go. It is like when you first start dating and you can't wait to see that person. I hear the machine in my head. My counseler say that i have post traunatic disorder from an attacked that happened 10 years ago and that is why i gamble. I don't know maybe. I do know that when i am there i think of nothing. When i am at home by myself i hear every noise and i am just a big basket case. So when i gamble i am not scared and it feels good. The counseler say that gambling is like drugs it is in the same part of the brain as a person who does drugs. I know that my attack has something to do with me going and i need to know how to stop.

[littldeb]

Hi,
I think the first and most important step is to admit that gambling(addiction) is a problem and interferring with your normal activities...so congratulations.  Have you taken any steps at all to quit?  
I would think that you would first have to choose, just like drug addicts, if you can quit c/t or with tapering. Have you tried?  
deb

[fannie71]

I went this morning and lost. I say that today i am going to NOT go back in there. I am so depressed. How do i get it out of my head? If i have a dollar i am going to go and spent it. I spent everything i had today and more. So, i want to stop.

[ready2help]

Gamblers Anonymous. Simple solution. Not easy, I know. Help yourselves before you lose everything and everyone in your life. Don't think it can't happen. This disease is toxic. Good luck.