Gambling Addiction - My Last Bet: March 2014

Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Things Ain't Going My Way ...

If things ain't not going my way or according to plan ....

There need to be changes ....

And There is ONLY one thing that need to be changed .....

That's ME !!!

and If I have made the extra effort to change .... and still changing and yet things still ain't going smoothly and not in place yet ...

Then

KEEP THE FAITH !!! That's all we can do ..

But I have to admit that ..... CHANGE IS NEVER EASY .....

WHY ??

So take it Easy in Recovery .....

One Step @ a Time, One Change @ a Time, & One Day @ a Time !!

Help For Problem Gamblers in Singapore

1) National Addiction Management Centre
Gambling Helplines:
1800-X-GAMBLE (1800-9-426253)
1800-6-668-668
http://www.nams.org.sg

2) WE CARE Community Service
Helpline: 6471 5346
admin@wefoundation.org.sg
http://www.wecare.org.sg/

3) Thye Hua Kwan Moral Society
Helpline : 6337 1201
http://www.thkms.org.sg/

Debts Repayment Issues
1) One Hope Centre
Helpline : +65 6547 1011 (9am to 6pm)
http://onehopecentre.org/

2) Credit Counseloring Singapore
Hotline 1800 CALL CCS (1800 2255 227).
Mondays–Fridays, 9am–6pm
http://www.ccs.org.sg/

Gambling And Depression

Although not an addiction, depression is commonly associated with problem gambling.

Depression can both result from problem gambling and exacerbate it. The problem gambler may experience a strong desire to gamble during times of depression.

Symptoms of depression include:

1. Depressed mood most of the day
2. Diminished interest in pleasure
3. Significant weight changes
4. Difficulty in sleeping
5. Fatigue or loss of energy
6. Feelings of guilt or worthlessness
7. Diminished ability to think or concentrate

Alcohol or drug use may also occur in conjunction with gambling. After consuming excessive alcohol or drugs the problem gambler is drawn to gamble. After losing money gambling, the gambler feels an urge to consume alcohol or drugs.

AM I A COMPULSIVE GAMBLER ??

1. Did you ever lose time from work due to gambling?

2. Has gambling ever made your home life unhappy?

3. Did gambling ever affect your reputation?

4. Have you ever felt remorse after gambling?

5. Did you ever gamble to get money with which to pay debts or otherwise solve financial difficulties?

6. Did gambling cause a decrease in your ambition or efficiency?

7. After losing, did you feel you must return as soon as possible and win back your losses?

8. After a win, did you have a strong urge to return and win more?

9. Did you often gamble until your last dollar was gone?

10. Did you ever borrow to finance your gambling?

11. Have you ever sold anything to finance your gambling?

12. Were you reluctant to use gambling money for normal expenditures?

13. Did gambling make you careless of yourself or your family?

14. Have you ever gambled longer than you had planned?

15. Have you ever gambled to escape worry and trouble?

16. Have you ever committed or considered committing an illegal act to finance gambling?

17. Has gambling caused you to have difficulty in sleeping?

18. Have arguments, disappointment, or frustrations caused you to gamble?

19. Have you had an urge to celebrate any good fortune with a few hours of gambling?

20. Have you ever considered self-destruction as a result of your gambling?

*--Seven or more positive responses suggest pathologic gambling.Reprinted with permission. --*

12 Step Recovery Program

1) We admitted we were powerless over gambling - that our lives had become unmanageable.

2) Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to a normal way of thinking and living.

3) Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of this Power of our own understanding.

4) Made a searching and fearless moral and financial inventory of ourselves.

5) Admitted to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.

6) Were entirely ready to have these defects of character removed.

7) Humbly asked God (of our understanding) to remove our shortcomings.

8) Made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all.

9) Make direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.

10) Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong, promptly admitted it.

11) Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.

12) Having made an effort to practice these principles in all our affairs, we tried to carry this message to other compulsive gamblers.

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Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Things Ain't Going My Way ...