Do you really want to change your gambling ways?
 

My game happened to be roulette.  I know it started out for fun but it turned out to be much more.  I thought on certain days I could predict the number of sequences that would come up.  I was sure of it.  I would be standing there for hours at time, leaving only if I had to get more money.  On occasion when the fog would clear, I would realize that my stomach was aching from not eating or holding in the urge to use the bathroom.  Sometimes I would take care of these annoyances but mostly the urgency of the table was just too strong.  I was in over my head but I did not want to admit it because I did not want to stop.  I was addicted. 

No more bets!  For those of you who are roulette players out there, you know that is what is called just before the ball is about to land on a number.  Many times I was glad to hear that call.  It was a relief somehow that I did not have to put any more chips down on the numbers in front of me.  I did not have to decide to increase a bet or add a bet it was simple-there were no more bets.  That moment of relief is what I experience all the time now. It is simple.  There’s no deciding, no wondering how to juggle money, and no conniving, there is simply no more bets.

I did not start off like this.  The thought of an addiction was something I associated with drugs or alcoholics.  I helped  ‘those’ people.  How could I be one?  I viewed myself as a moral stand-up citizen.  I now was entertaining thoughts of illegal activities to raise money… not to pay off my gambling debts but just to keep on gambling.   Something was wrong and I knew it.  I was lying to my partner, my family, my employer and myself.  How did this happen?

It has been over two years since I last placed a bet.   Before I stopped betting, I thought there was no way I could go through life without it.  I am going to share with you what I did and how I got to where I am today, so that you may also live your life to the fullest.  I know it’s hard to believe, but there is more to life than gambling, getting more money and gambling some more…. TRUST ME, I’ve been there.