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I have gambled for the past 8 years and desperately need to stop.  I am a 32 year old woman who works 2 jobs and has for the past 5 years.  I wanted to save money to clear some debt and have a nice savings account to buy a house.  Instead I have worked 55 hours per week all these years only to accrue more debt and keep trying to pay it off.  Spinning my wheels.  The financial losses haunt me daily.  I think I am trapped in these thoughts, and honestly believe the obsessive worrying about money and what could have or should have been keep me addicted.  I have told my partner and she is trying to stand by me.  She does not totally understand it, but is trying to be supportive.  I am afraid she will leave me if I don’t stop for good because she wants to have a nice life.  I am ruining this prospect for the both of us as nether one of us have any money saved right now.  I just continue to struggle with the losses, and keep feeling hopeless.  I know people say you cannot look back, and can only change what you do in the present.  I want to know how to stop fixating on past mistakes and what might have been if I had never turned to gambling to feel better.  Any suggestions?  Thanks.It’s a great life if you don’t weaken.

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