Suicidal after gambling

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Hail Mary, full of grace,
the Lord is with Thee.
Blessed art Thou among women
And Blessed is the fruit of Thy womb,
Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God
Pray for us sinners now
and at the hour of our death.
Amen
 
Hail Mary, Full of Grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women, and blest is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death.

Amen.

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Holy Mother, please send angels to help Paul. Please ask our Lord to pour his unending love and mercy on Paul, to help him understand what is behind this addiction, and to give him the graces and healing that are necessary for him to overcome it. Amen…

Hail, holy Queen, Mother of mercy, hail, our life, our sweetness and our hope. To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve: to thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this vale of tears. Turn then, most gracious Advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us, and after this our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus, O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary!
Pray for us O holy mother of God
That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Amen.
 
Paul_theApostle said:
I feel better,yesterday after so long instead of going to a gambling venue I went out for a social night with a friend where there is no slots /pokies and did something different other then going to a slot/pokie venue

I feel its just about doing other things with my time other then be obsessed with those machines and spending a lot of time playing them which only leads to major despair if I lose

thanks for all your prayers !

I even plan on taking up swimming again for exercise at nights so that will help me also to do something else other than gamble

Peace
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Thanks for the update. Establishing different and healthy habits should help.
 
Hail Mary, full of grace,
the Lord is with Thee.
Blessed art Thou among women
And Blessed is the fruit of Thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God
Pray for us sinners now
and at the hour of our death.
Amen
 
For Blessed Matt Talbot’s Help in the Presence of the Lord
Gentle Matt, I turn to you in Paul the Apostle’s present needs and ask for the help of your prayers. Trusting in you, I am confident your charitable and understanding heart will make his petitions your own. I believe that you are truly powerful in the presence of Divine Mercy. If it be for the glory of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the honor of Mary, our Mother and Queen, and the deepening of his relationship with them, show that your goodness towards him, in his daily struggles, equals your influence with the Holy Spirit, Who is hidden and at home in his heart. Friend of pity, friend of power, hear, oh hear me, in this hour, gentle Matt, please pray for him. Amen.

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Prayer for the Canonization of Matt Talbot

Lord, in Your servant, Blessed Matt Talbot, You have given us a wonderful example of triumph over addiction, of devotion to duty, and of lifelong reverence for the Holy Sacrament. May his life of prayer and penance give us courage to take up our crosses and follow in the footsteps of Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

Father, if it be Your will that Your beloved servant should be glorified by Your Church, make known by Your heavenly favors the power he enjoys in Your sight. We ask this through the same Jesus Christ Our Lord. Amen.
 
Holy Mother, please send angels to help Paul. Please ask our Lord to pour his unending love and mercy on Paul, to help him understand what is behind this addiction, and to give him the graces and healing that are necessary for him to overcome it. Amen…

Hail, holy Queen, Mother of mercy, hail, our life, our sweetness and our hope. To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve: to thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this vale of tears. Turn then, most gracious Advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us, and after this our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus, O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary!
Pray for us O holy mother of God
That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Amen.
 
Thank you for your prayers

Unfortunately ive still been playing a bit but I havnt been feeling devastated afterwards

As I would make my way in I would pray to God to not let me be depressed afterwards and its as if God heard me and I didn’t have depressive suicidal feelings

The last two days I went with the money I made from work and ended up losing it all both days

The counsellor said she would ring me back in two weeks but about 3 weeks have gone by and she didn’t ring so I plan on ringing so I can get help I need to stop this habit

Please spare a prayer to pray that I may seek counselling,i cant keep playing these machines,they addict people and many people have become victims losing all their money their families and their lives even,they make you addicted because sometimes they pay and you may win extra money but most of the time I see how hard it is to win and I don’t want to wait around anymore waiting for these machines to pay.

Ive been putting my mother through terrible stress and frustration gambling as she hates these machines and hates to see me losing my money on them.

God bless you all

Our Father in heaven
Hallowed be Thy Name
Thy Kingdom come
Thy will be done on earth
As it is in heaven
Give us today our daily bread
And forgive us our trespasses
As we forgive those who trespass against us
And lead us not into temptation
But deliver us from evil
Amen.
 
With respect, it is not the machines that make you addicted. It is YOU that has an issue with addiction. Not everyone that plays these machines becomes addicted. Just like not all that drinks alcohol becomes addicted.
It’s about taking responsibility for YOUR actions, throwing money into the machines, hurting yourself and your Mother. Taking responsibility is about not waiting for the Counsellor to call back, but calling him/her sooner than you waited and getting to Gamblers Anonymous where you would be around others that have been where your at and are now in recovery. Where YOU will be held accountable by other members and a Sponsor who will support you through the 12 steps and will be able to see and share with you where you are not taking responsibility and BS-ing yourself. Because it takes one to know one. If you want to change and find a new way to live, the freedom from this active addiction then YOU have to put the work in. YOUR way isn’t working is it? Try GA’s way.
You are in my prayers.

It’s not for those that need it…it’s for those that want it.
 
Holy Mother, please send angels to help Paul. Please ask our Lord to give him the graces he needs to seek help from a counselor and/or 12 step support group. Please ask him to pour his unending love and mercy on Paul, to help him understand what is behind this addiction, and to give him the graces and healing that are necessary for him to overcome it. Amen.

Hail, holy Queen, Mother of mercy, hail, our life, our sweetness and our hope. To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve: to thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this vale of tears. Turn then, most gracious Advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us, and after this our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus, O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary!
Pray for us O holy mother of God
That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Amen.
 
acacia12 said:
With respect, it is not the machines that make you addicted. It is YOU that has an issue with addiction. Not everyone that plays these machines becomes addicted. Just like not all that drinks alcohol becomes addicted.
It’s about taking responsibility for YOUR actions, throwing money into the machines, hurting yourself and your Mother. Taking responsibility is about not waiting for the Counsellor to call back, but calling him/her sooner than you waited and getting to Gamblers Anonymous where you would be around others that have been where your at and are now in recovery. Where YOU will be held accountable by other members and a Sponsor who will support you through the 12 steps and will be able to see and share with you where you are not taking responsibility and BS-ing yourself. Because it takes one to know one. If you want to change and find a new way to live, the freedom from this active addiction then YOU have to put the work in. YOUR way isn’t working is it? Try GA’s way.
You are in my prayers.

It’s not for those that need it…it’s for those that want it.
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yes and I did my bit in reporting your post,i don’t appreciate that kind of advice

Gaming machines are designed to addict and manipulate people and are called the Crack cocaine of Gambling which if you didn’t know Crack is a very addictive drug

The music and the wins the machine gives are also known to be addictive
 
WaitingForJesus said:
Holy Mother, please send angels to help Paul. Please ask our Lord to give him the graces he needs to seek help from a counselor and/or 12 step support group. Please ask him to pour his unending love and mercy on Paul, to help him understand what is behind this addiction, and to give him the graces and healing that are necessary for him to overcome it. Amen.

Hail, holy Queen, Mother of mercy, hail, our life, our sweetness and our hope. To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve: to thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this vale of tears. Turn then, most gracious Advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us, and after this our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus, O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary!
Pray for us O holy mother of God
That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Amen.
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Amen
 
Holy Mother, please send angels to help Paul. Please ask our Lord to pour his unending love and mercy on Paul, to help him understand what is behind this addiction, and to give him the graces and healing that are necessary for him to overcome it. Amen…

Hail, holy Queen, Mother of mercy, hail, our life, our sweetness and our hope. To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve: to thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this vale of tears. Turn then, most gracious Advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us, and after this our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus, O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary!
Pray for us O holy mother of God
That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Amen.
 
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.

Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.

Amen.

†

Our Father who art in Heaven, hallowed be thy name.

Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread.

And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us.

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

Amen.

†
 
Thank you dear friends.

Recently ive joined a YMCA and have been exercising which has been great to move on to better and other things,the suicidal feelings and wanting to die after gambling haven’t been back really since I posted this thread so thank God for that and all of your prayers,and overall ive been feeling better and more healthier.

The down side is I injured myself at work and havnt been able to exercise so ive turned to going to play the machines again although not as much lately but ive still lost quite a bit of money though in the last few days.

I got a missed call from the counsellor the other day and once again thought to myself that I will still try and can do it on my own,but after I lost again today I rang her back but she didn’t answer.

I am confident I can beat this problem and one day get away from these machines for good,im sure soon hopefully I can keep persisting in efforts to reach out and get counselling help which will help me I believe,im kind of real stubborn when it comes to admitting I cant do it on my own so I don’t know how long it will take.

God bless.

and another positive I went to adoration yesterday and had confession and felt connected to God a bit also which has been really lacking since all the gambling begun.

Hail Mary full of grace the Lord is with You
Blessed are You among women and
Blessed is the fruit of Your womb Jesus
Holy Mary Mother of God
Pray for us sinners now and
At the hour of our death.
Amen.
 
For Blessed Matt Talbot’s Help in the Presence of the Lord
Gentle Matt, I turn to you in Paul the Apostle’s present needs and ask for the help of your prayers. Trusting in you, I am confident your charitable and understanding heart will make his petitions your own. I believe that you are truly powerful in the presence of Divine Mercy. If it be for the glory of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the honor of Mary, our Mother and Queen, and the deepening of his relationship with them, show that your goodness towards him, in his daily struggles, equals your influence with the Holy Spirit, Who is hidden and at home in his heart. Friend of pity, friend of power, hear, oh hear me, in this hour, gentle Matt, please pray for him. Amen.

:gopray2:
Prayer for the Canonization of Matt Talbot

Lord, in Your servant, Blessed Matt Talbot, You have given us a wonderful example of triumph over addiction, of devotion to duty, and of lifelong reverence for the Holy Sacrament. May his life of prayer and penance give us courage to take up our crosses and follow in the footsteps of Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

Father, if it be Your will that Your beloved servant should be glorified by Your Church, make known by Your heavenly favors the power he enjoys in Your sight. We ask this through the same Jesus Christ Our Lord. Amen.
 
Holy Mother, please send angels to help Paul. Please ask our Lord to give him the graces he needs to seek help from a counselor and/or 12 step support group. Please ask him to pour his unending love and mercy on Paul, to help him understand what is behind this addiction, and to give him the graces and healing that are necessary for him to overcome it. Amen.

Hail, holy Queen, Mother of mercy, hail, our life, our sweetness and our hope. To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve: to thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this vale of tears. Turn then, most gracious Advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us, and after this our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus, O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary!
Pray for us O holy mother of God
That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Amen.
 
Lord Jesus Christ, You have willed that St. Dymphna should be invoked by thousands of clients as the patroness of nervous and mental disease and have brought it about that her interest in these patients should be an inspiration to and an ideal of charity throughout the world. Grant that, through the prayers of this youthful martyr of purity, those who suffer from nervous and mental illness everywhere on earth may be helped and consoled. I recommend to You in particular those for whom we now pray: Paul the Apostle

Be pleased to hear the prayers of St. Dymphna and of Your Blessed Mother. Give those whom I recommend the patience to bear with their affliction and resignation to do Your divine will. Give them the consolation they need and especially the cure they so much desire, if it be Your will. Through Christ, Our Lord. Amen.
 
Paul_theApostle said:
Thank you dear friends.

Recently ive joined a YMCA and have been exercising which has been great to move on to better and other things,the suicidal feelings and wanting to die after gambling haven’t been back really since I posted this thread so thank God for that and all of your prayers,and overall ive been feeling better and more healthier.

The down side is I injured myself at work and havnt been able to exercise so ive turned to going to play the machines again although not as much lately but ive still lost quite a bit of money though in the last few days.

I got a missed call from the counsellor the other day and once again thought to myself that I will still try and can do it on my own,but after I lost again today I rang her back but she didn’t answer.

I am confident I can beat this problem and one day get away from these machines for good,im sure soon hopefully I can keep persisting in efforts to reach out and get counselling help which will help me I believe,im kind of real stubborn when it comes to admitting I cant do it on my own so I don’t know how long it will take.

God bless.

and another positive I went to adoration yesterday and had confession and felt connected to God a bit also which has been really lacking since all the gambling begun.

Hail Mary full of grace the Lord is with You
Blessed are You among women and
Blessed is the fruit of Your womb Jesus
Holy Mary Mother of God
Pray for us sinners now and
At the hour of our death.
Amen.
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Stick with GA! The wife of a co-worker of mine had a worse problem than yours; she started GA, quit for good and has just passed her 3rd year of not gambling. Instead of going to the casinos, she and her husband go to the movies almost every night. It’s cheaper than loosing and I get firsthand movie reviews every week. Addictive gambling is a mean, sinful habit, but it can be overcome and you can get your life back. :rolleyes:
 
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