I was in the
eighth grade when I started gambling. There was no way for
anyone to find out since I was gambling in school. At
first it was small bets. For example: if I could shoot ten
baskets in a row I win $5.00 if I lost I had to pay $5.00.
From there I gambled on sports. It felt real
good to be on top of the world. I had money in my pocket
and I could do anything I wanted. I wasn't into drugs and
my school grades were pretty good. I never really
understood how this could happen to me, but I no longer gamble
and my life is turning around. Oh I left out that I was
suspended from school, my parents found out I was gambling and
my grades were bad. I became irritable and
impossible to live with. The teachers in my
school new what was going on, but they didn't know what to do.
I was a compulsive gambler, now I am a teenager trying to pick
up the pieces.
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It was my first year in college, I had
just turned eighteen and my life was just beginning. I was
accepted to an ivy league school. My family and friends
were really proud of me. I was living on campus when my
friends decided to go to the casino for some fun. I won
$220.00 on black jack. It was so exciting. I started
to go every Friday Night, then it was two days a week then three
days. Before I knew it, I spent all of my next semesters
college money and I was broke. I never knew I had a
problem. I thought I was smart but in reality I was
stupid. I never went to any meetings to stop my habit, but
I did learn everything there was to learn about gambling.
I called my family and they were quite upset, but in a bizarre
way they were okay because I never ever was in trouble and to
them this was the first time they thought I was normal.
The one thing that helped me was chatting with other people who
are addicted to gambling and learning I was not alone.
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No one understands me. I gambled because I enjoyed
it. I never wanted to hurt anybody. I was having fun. I worked
hard and I liked to play hard. I wanted to give my girlfriend lots and
lots of presents. Before I knew what was happening I lost all my money and
my girlfriend. I was alone at seventeen. When I was winning big
playing poker, I was an arrogant person. I don't know why, but I was
unhappy and wanted to stop. My mom helped me to beat my addiction by
educating me and purchasing self help manuals. I was so mad and upset that
I wanted to either rob a bank or hurt myself. I couldn't sit still.
When I learned that I should take it one day at a time, things fell into place.
I am now eighteen and hope I have a good future.
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My first thought when I realized I had a
gambling problem was to destroy myself some more. My
behavior was totally destructive. I had every part of my
body pierced and I went where I wanted to when I wanted to.
People were afraid of me. I was tall for seventeen.
I was always getting into fights. Every other word out of
my life was I bet you __________. I borrowed money from
everyone. I was losing week after week betting on sports.
I had no way to pay these people back. My attitude was who
cares. Then the people I owed money to called my home and
told my parents. My life has changed. My parents
gave me the choice to get out or they will help me with certain
conditions. I was so stubborn I walked out. Two days
later I came back and was ready to change. I love my
parents more then ever now. They took me to the library
and made me read about my addiction.
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I grew up as a tom boy, working on a farm.
There wasn't much for us to do. So a bunch of us would
make stupid bets. Then we progressed into poker. Then we
were betting poker and football. We were all losing our
shirts. My dad gambled too, so he use to allow us to play
at the kitchen table. He figured his only daughter was
home and safe. The day I went to him for help because I
owed $270.00. He was mad, but he gave me the money.
A month later it was $450.00. He was really mad and told
me never to let this happen again. It did and that's when
I placed my last bet. A friend of his had the same problem when
he was young, so my dad introduced me and I no longer gamble.
What helped me stop was talking about it to some one who
understood.
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