How many times is a gambler up $500.00 in the first two
hours, they feel good and they’re having the time of
their life. Luck is on their side, so they decide to
play some more. Two hours pass in a blink of an eye,
and now they’re down $100.00. If they are like most
people they are shocked that they lost the money they
had just won. They thought about what they were going
to buy for a friend or relative. Gamblers are very free
with their money as long as they’re winning. If they
are losing after they have been up for awhile irrational
thoughts take over and they do things they wouldn’t
normally do if they were sober. Then to make things
worse they go to the cash machine to get another
$200.00. They use their charge card to get the cash not
caring that the casino is now charging them a large fee
to get more money even though, the odds are you will not
take home. You don’t really care about the fees you
just want to get back to play. I always questioned why
a casino would charge a 10% fee to borrow money off of
your credit card. Most bank atm cards have a $350.00
limit for cash. Other credit cards let you take cash
but the interest rat is outrageous.
The hook is in and the gambler seeks for a way out. A
gambler’s mind thinks differently then others. They
believe if they win two weeks in a row then lose five
weeks in a row they can come back strong. They get
themselves more into debt and show signs of self
destructive behavior.
This is when family and friends need to take notice. If
an addiction is caught early enough recovery really
accelerates at a rapid pace. Those that quit when they
have lost all their resources have more issues to deal
with so recovery seems more painful then it should be.
In reality recovery can become a very rewarding. The
gambler gets to learn more about themselves, realizes
the self destructive behavior, reestablishes friendships
lost and most of all becomes financially sound again.
Gamblers are talented people they just put their energy
in the wrong direction. Once they realize what has
happened to them, they refocus and strive to be better
people.
Gamblers are unique set of individuals who all strive to
be the best. The I Stopped Gambling So Can You website
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