Day#9,
it is going ok so far,
Hi Don,
I think the key to success is to admit that you can’t fight that gambling thought all the time, you may win 99% of the time but this 1% when you get tired from fighting the urge, you will surrender to it and it will pull you back to the same hole.
so the solution is to protect yourself from:
1. the extra money that you may use to gamble,
2. from access to casinos by self-exclusion, or blocking the gambling sites.
after that, you can start addressing all your life issues, your personal flaws, and all that led you to gamble in the first place.
but this can’t be done when your mind is busy fighting the urges of gambling. you need a break and points 1 & 2 will give you the break that you need. to see things clearly. and to start to reclaim the life that you deserve.