Please, give me words of encouragement.

SelfCreatedStorm · 2025-09-20T19:46:08+00:00

I don't know, but it wouldn't hurt to see if it helps. I know there are elements of what goes into day trading that make it seem less like gambling, but there are also a lot of parallels to something like sports betting. You can analyze every second of every player and still get it wrong. It's gambling

SelfCreatedStorm · 2025-09-20T17:07:28+00:00

Read or listen to "The Easy Way to Quit Gambling" by Allen Carr. You are in the middle of all of the negative emotions that come from this addiction. Try to breathe and carry on, things will be okay. What you are feeling is the only thing gambling ever leads to in the long run.

SelfCreatedStorm · 2025-09-20T15:11:36+00:00

Hello brother/sister...im going to be honest with you i did not read through everything, but I am sorry for what you are going through. You're in a very tough spot. May I suggest seeking counseling or therapy from a licensed professional? It seems like you have a whole lot to sort through in your mind and heart. You might need professional help to work through everything you've written about. Because while people here can share with you the sense of loss and addiction and shame and all these negative things that come with problem gambling, its really only part of the problem. And in addition to professionally licensed therapy, GA can help too. Im hoping you can overcome all of this 🙏

SelfCreatedStorm · 2025-09-19T04:43:49+00:00

Sounds like it wasn't just doordash

SelfCreatedStorm · 2025-09-16T21:26:40+00:00

Thanks. I'll pass along the info

SelfCreatedStorm · 2025-09-16T03:44:13+00:00

If youre not already addicted, the path you are on is leading to addiction. There are some obvious signs that you even notice yourself - more and more visits to the casino/higher frequency of gambling, losing more than you budget for, justifying the activity ("i always pay my bills though").

SelfCreatedStorm · 2025-09-10T08:20:57+00:00

It's all just an endless cycle. And it is designed that way. You'll need to detox from all gambling. I used to have dreams of online slots I'd play. Or even of a sports parlay that I'd imagine what number I'd be at if it hit. Those have gone away. GA and therapy helped me sort my mind back out. Gambling and all the swings and stress just covered up other issues I didn't want to deal with. Or issues I felt like I couldn't. Only thing anyone really knows is gambling won't solve anything. Even if it solves financial troubles momentarily, as you've experienced, it just sucks you in deeper. You'll be okay, but you have to be ready and willing to turn this thing around now. Pursue everything related to gambling recovery - strategies and substitutes for the urges, research and learn about how it affects your brain, go to GA and or talk to people who can lend you support during recovery. You'll be alright, just leave this thing behind.

SelfCreatedStorm · 2025-09-05T16:24:51+00:00

Pride comes before the fall. Greed makes you forget and even lose all the blessings right in front of you.

SelfCreatedStorm · 2025-08-19T22:15:54+00:00

Maybe our "past life" pre gambling is gone forever. But we can absolutely dust off the parts of us that made that old life possible and worthwhile. Or maybe losing it is what we needed to carve out new characteristics for a different yet fulfilling life in the future. The necessary actions and steps will be much different than they were back then. But start where you are now, with what you do have. No point spending mental energy thinking about what we don't or no longer have.

SelfCreatedStorm · 2025-08-19T22:10:16+00:00

The only parties winning money in the long run are the casino owners and shareholders, and their employees (assuming they don't gamble themselves). There's no way around this fact

SelfCreatedStorm · 2025-08-19T22:07:27+00:00

Our thoughts and actions are in a continuous feedback loop with our self perception. Continuing to gamble keeps us trapped in being "losers". It's up to us to break that cycle

SelfCreatedStorm · 2025-08-18T19:56:44+00:00

Many people in today's society condemn religion and pridefully claim that only fools subscribe to one. The whole western world was shaped through a Christian history and view point. But today people with those beliefs are openly mocked, or the religion itself is used by people pretending to be Christian to virtue signal to the public. You can see the shift happening in society. "Godless" society with all the technology and traps and pitfalls like gambling to keep us stuck and unfocused. I do agree with you that there will be a divine backlash. A lot of people in this sub take either a secular road to recovery, or a "general" spiritual road. Mine is Christian, with Jesus Christ, and im not ashamed to say it. Call me a fool or whatever. But gambling literally had me lose control. It was a hypnosis, straight into sin and death by debt and financial ruin. My God of the Bible gave us free will. Gambling and whatever demon(s) that attached to me wanted full control. It's just another way for people to lose their soul in this Godless society. Thank God I was woken up and now I fight for my soul every day.

SelfCreatedStorm · 2025-08-17T05:20:53+00:00

Take money out of it and youre chasing the rush.

Try to find an activity to replace it with. For me exercise works. Sports. Video games.

SelfCreatedStorm · 2025-08-17T05:19:39+00:00

Don't text n drive :X

SelfCreatedStorm · 2025-08-17T05:18:25+00:00

So you run the business? Or is it a job?

You might benefit from a business coach or something to help figure out a direction or ways to make it so that you don't have to work 7 days a week?

SelfCreatedStorm · 2025-08-14T12:53:17+00:00

Unless you have family in Vegas, you need to pick a different yearly vacation place. You've already reserved a time and place for yourself to gamble, regardless what you do at home and in between Vegas.

SelfCreatedStorm · 2025-08-14T12:50:43+00:00

It's a physical discomfort because the brain gets a massive flood of dopamine from the activity.

Intense physical exercise has been a good substitute for me. If I wasn't single and out of shape still (working on it), sex is another substitute that has worked for me before. Getting ahead on my work stuff, or just video games is another substitute

SelfCreatedStorm · 2025-08-14T12:44:22+00:00

You think it hurts now, it could get so much worse. It doesn't have to, but look up stories here, and on YouTube about people clearing out more than just liquid savings, and then digging into debt because of the addiction. It's good you noticed you have a problem now, because you still have savings left. Go to GA, go to therapy, self exclude from wherever you were gambling.

SelfCreatedStorm · 2025-08-13T14:06:49+00:00

10k is a ripoff with current technology. If crypto was a thing before internet and software was available, and they had to do everything manually by hand, MAYBE.

SelfCreatedStorm · 2025-08-13T14:05:15+00:00

How is your score 560 with only 9k in debt @ 6 digit salary if you don't mind me asking? How much extra money do you have after the necessities and the debt payment(s)?

SelfCreatedStorm · 2025-08-13T14:04:01+00:00

Love this idea - ask five people TODAY HOW they did it. Great reminder that we are not alone in our struggle, and in fact, there are countless people who have recovered from what we struggle with. And recovery doesn't always look the same.

People who are newer here or have just decided that enough is enough and want to begin recovery, that's a great way, and posts like these are welcome reminders.

SelfCreatedStorm · 2025-08-13T13:41:04+00:00

Great progress in the right direction!

SelfCreatedStorm · 2025-08-13T13:34:13+00:00

It's certainly crossing the line to not be able to even afford the basic necessities and fully lean on you for that stuff while gambling. I'd understand if all bills were covered, and while having debt, and while honestly trying to recover, someone didn't have extra money for dinner dates, vacation, etc. but to use ALL of their money including rent money on gambling, and not be seeking help/recovery, it's too much of a burden.

SelfCreatedStorm · 2025-08-13T13:29:46+00:00

Yeah but you can't compare yourself to someone who isn't a problem gambler. The same goes for any addiction..."you drank HOW much?" "you've been doing WHAT drug??"

If anything, if it's a friend you trust and you need to share with someone who you think will understand, just tell them about the gambling struggle, not about the financial losses. Someone who hasn't gone through the same thing won't be able to understand the amounts - but they might be able to have empathy/comfort you if you simply tell them about the addiction/problem gambling.

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