Hi Stuck and welcome to the forum. I know I surely felt stuck. Stuck on a self destructing loop. In my brain and in my life. And it was spiraling downward fast.
I finally had to admit I had an addiction to gambling and put in place measures that prevented me having money for gambling. I told a few trusted people in my life who helped manage my finances so I couldn’t just go off the deep end. I had minimal access to money and I was accountable for what I had access to. It just made it easier when I had an urge to go gamble when I remembered I couldn’t. My partner would not accept another minute spent gambling and I decided I didn’t want to end my marriage because of gambling. I wanted to be accountable. I wanted to end the madness and had been told repeatedly here that it would help. And it did. I also spent a lot of time here posting and in chat groups. I went to Gambler’s Anonymous meetings and also went for gambling addictions counseling. I was determined to beat this! And it worked. You can get unstuck! One step at a time. One change at a time. One effort at a time! Laura
