25-10-2010, 09:55 PM
Hi Dave,
Just read your post it's not that I'm not shocked by it it's that nothing you have said surprises me. If their was a standard operating proceedure for being a compulsive gambler most of the things that you have done would be in it. Unfortuently lying, stealing and cheating pretty much goes hand in hand with being a compulsive gambler. Is there any good news you may ask? Luckily there is. Its called GA and it envolves going to a meeting, which should be your next step if you want to turn your life around.
You're 27 now, were you to go to a meeting and follow all the advice you were given (maybe go to two different meetings to be sure) and view the GA programme as a long term commitment rather than a quick fix, your life could be completly unrecognisable from what it is today by the time you are 30 (often it starts improving straight away). Or you could continue to gamble and your life could still be unrecognisable by the time you are 30, only in a less desireable way.
You never know you could be the one offering the advice to people who are still suffering from their gambling addictions in the future, knowing how completely your own life has been turned around for the better. It's a very nice position to be in.
Adam
Just read your post it's not that I'm not shocked by it it's that nothing you have said surprises me. If their was a standard operating proceedure for being a compulsive gambler most of the things that you have done would be in it. Unfortuently lying, stealing and cheating pretty much goes hand in hand with being a compulsive gambler. Is there any good news you may ask? Luckily there is. Its called GA and it envolves going to a meeting, which should be your next step if you want to turn your life around.
You're 27 now, were you to go to a meeting and follow all the advice you were given (maybe go to two different meetings to be sure) and view the GA programme as a long term commitment rather than a quick fix, your life could be completly unrecognisable from what it is today by the time you are 30 (often it starts improving straight away). Or you could continue to gamble and your life could still be unrecognisable by the time you are 30, only in a less desireable way.
You never know you could be the one offering the advice to people who are still suffering from their gambling addictions in the future, knowing how completely your own life has been turned around for the better. It's a very nice position to be in.
Adam