22-10-2010, 12:36 AM
Liam,
Not going to post much to you that you dont already know!!
I have been there got the book and the T shirt.
The best 2hours you will spend every week will be inside a meeting!! I wont say it will be a cure, it doesnt work for all and there are lots of people who come and go but if you dedicate your time each week and realise it is a neccessity to always go then you have a chance to live a normal life.
I found your story quite interesting in so much as you banned yourself for 60 months but they still let you in. I used to stand in one arcade saying "why cant you bar me??" the answer to that quastion is simple "does a bookmaker/arcade/gambling place actually care if you eat tonight??"
Well fortunately i hate gambling more than ever now after nearly 4 years off. Gambling deprived me of dignity, pride, social responsibilty, trust and respect and even when i screamed at the places that i couldnt cope they didnt care.
When you go to your first meeting you join a fellowship of men and women that have come together to do something about there gambling problem, this wont be a cure, I will say now you cannot trust everyone there. But it will give you the tools to truly tackle this desease, by following a programme of a better life.
Now I am "day by day" for the rest of my life.....the arcade/casino/bookmaker has lost and i have won because now im a different person.
Get strong my friend, get to them meetings and stick to that programme....forever!
Not going to post much to you that you dont already know!!
I have been there got the book and the T shirt.
The best 2hours you will spend every week will be inside a meeting!! I wont say it will be a cure, it doesnt work for all and there are lots of people who come and go but if you dedicate your time each week and realise it is a neccessity to always go then you have a chance to live a normal life.
I found your story quite interesting in so much as you banned yourself for 60 months but they still let you in. I used to stand in one arcade saying "why cant you bar me??" the answer to that quastion is simple "does a bookmaker/arcade/gambling place actually care if you eat tonight??"
Well fortunately i hate gambling more than ever now after nearly 4 years off. Gambling deprived me of dignity, pride, social responsibilty, trust and respect and even when i screamed at the places that i couldnt cope they didnt care.
When you go to your first meeting you join a fellowship of men and women that have come together to do something about there gambling problem, this wont be a cure, I will say now you cannot trust everyone there. But it will give you the tools to truly tackle this desease, by following a programme of a better life.
Now I am "day by day" for the rest of my life.....the arcade/casino/bookmaker has lost and i have won because now im a different person.
Get strong my friend, get to them meetings and stick to that programme....forever!