You can stop gambling

[new_man]

Perhaps some of you have been as I have been bitten by the gambling bug. A few months ago I was fired from a job I disliked in a career I dislike and am nearing 40 and wanted to escape so I decided to try to gamble my way through. It doesn’t work It just doesn’t but appeals to weakness. I have just asked Jesus for His help to stop at least until I have an income i.e. a job. I made Him no promises that I would stop forever but I mean to stop until I have an income. Now it’s back to a job I’ll hate but perhaps life begins at 40 after all and a door will open.

I wont ask you to pray for me since my problems are very small but wish me well.

 

[The_Angelus]

 

[new_man]

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thank you very much.

 

[crobynb]

I can wish you well all you want - but what you need more than that are prayers to stay away from gambling - not until you have an income - but forever!!! Let me tell you why:

My well to do parents had it all made. Beautiful home with no mortgage left, cadillac car and other nice vehicles/tractors, antiques, etc - basically all the creature comforts one usually aquires by middle age life. Having raised all of us kids they were living for themselves and for their grandchildren. Guess what? Enter gambling “bug” that bit my mother. Started out as just a once in a while thing for entertainment. Then it progressed to a full time hobby. Then in less than 3 years time it was a lifestyle, an addiction, a plague in their once content life. My parents now had a mortgage at the age of appr. 50 years old that they will never pay off in their lifetime. Credit card debt that is through the roof. Counseling, Gamblers Anonymous, depression and suicidal behavior. Almost divorce on top of it. Empty promises, lies and deceit that crippled our close knit family. All because of the evil thing called “gambling”.

So forgive me for wishing you to stop altogether instead of just wishing for things to smooth over so you can get back at it. Just pray and run away from the temptation to gamble at any time. The thrill and chance of hitting it big will never never never take away or make up for the pain it will inflict on your life. If you need a door to open up for you at the age of 40 to keep on going - pray and enter the door to God to Christ and to the Holy Spirit. Do not enter the door to the casino - no good can come of it.

God Bless.

 

[wcknight]

Gambling is very addictive and folks need to b very aware that it is very easy to get caught up in the something for nothing mentality.

You can NOT beat the casino in the long run, the more you bet and longer you play, the more you will lose.

You can get lucky in the very short run SOMETIMES (and I emphasize sometimes because MOST times you will lose in the short run also), and that is what gives us the appeal and that is what makes it very tempting.

That being said, I might add that I love to gamble… BUT I hate to lose even more. The latter is what keeps me in control at least most times. I’ve gone on a gambling vacation ( 3 or more days) 3 times in the last ten years and I’ve gone on a one day bus trip to a casino 4 times in the last 10 years.

I’ve lost overall on every trip, (you would think I would have learned my lesson by now). Most times just a few dollars, and a few times a couple of hundred dollars. AS far as vacations go, I’ve spent less on gambling than I have at a resort or than at an amusment park.

In that sense gambling is cheaper but potentially each gambling trip could have turned out to be a disaster. I only gamble with whatever cash I bring, and I stick to very inflexible budgets per day and per trip. I never bring checks and I never pull out a credit card or a bank card.

Not everyone can be so disciplined and that is why these huge hotels are built up almost every year. And I realize that everytime I go, I too can be tempted to lose control. The best way to avoid this is not to go.

Sometimes, I can go for years without setting foot into a casino…but other times, like this year I’ve been twice And of course loss both times.

wc