$5000.00 out of the bank and
lost it all that same day. He was upset with no where
to turn.
Another year past and he lost
even more money. All of sudden his world was crumbling
with no where to turn. He thought about committing
suicide by making it look like an accident so his life
insurance would take care of his family. He was in so
much pain and no one knew. He wanted this madness to
stop. He knew his wife knew nothing about his addiction,
but knew she was going to find out shortly since he
maxed out the credit cards and gambled his mortgage
payment.
Sean’s job began to suffer
because he was always preoccupied with placing his next
bet. He began to isolate himself. He stopped going to
lunch with his co-workers. No one questioned why or I
should say no one took the time to find out why.
His wife was called by their
mortgage company telling her that they did not get their
March payment. She called Sean at work and he old her
the check must have gotten lost in the mail. He began
to panic, became very resourceful and found a way to
cover the mortgage. Another two months went by and he
finally had to tell his wife. She was stunned in
disbelief. She basically told him to get help or get
out.
Sean had already known about
Gamblers Anonymous but was afraid to go and was scared
people would find out. He finally decided to call
Gamblers Anonymous and check it out.
Sean
found out that Gamblers Anonymous has helped thousands
of individuals beat their compulsive gambling addiction.
He was a very smart individual. He realized the
expectations that are placed on Gamblers Anonymous are
excessive due to the volume of gamblers seeking help
with a very unique program. He attended his first
meeting and realized he was not alone and help was
available if he wanted it.
Gamblers
Anonymous has a twelve step program geared towards
helping individuals with their gambling addiction.
The
twelve steps are as follows:
-
We
admitted we were powerless over gambling - that our
lives had become unmanageable.
-
Came to
believe that a Power greater than ourselves could
restore us to a normal way of thinking and living.
-
Made a
decision to turn our will and our lives over to the
care of this Power of our own understanding.
-
Made a
searching and fearless moral and financial inventory
of ourselves.
-
Admitted
to ourselves and to another human being the exact
nature of our wrongs.
-
Were
entirely ready to have these defects of character
removed.
-
Humbly
asked God (of our understanding) to remove our
shortcomings.
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