Boredom and its links to gambling.

Being bored isn’t worth gambling for. It isn’t worth risking your wealth for.
Staying Stopped.

My philosophy had been to put as much time and effort into my recovery as I used to put into my gambling.
The start of my recovery from compulsive gambling.

I never had the big crash that made me look at what I was doing. It was the drip, drip of constant losses …
Gambling with lives – video

I was going to write a post around this – but it is so powerful – I knew I didn’t have the words …
Tony 10 – a review.

Tony O’Reilly – his book subtitle is “the astonishing story of the postman who gambled
Eur. 10,000,000.”
The nature of addiction …

A short video showing addiction in a graphic way …
My Gambling Life …

This is probably the most personal post that I will write – but I think it is important to see how “normal” gambling can become a prop that is difficult to let go of. I wasn’t an abused child. I was a neglected child. My father never had any interest in me that I can […]
The 5 things I did to stop compulsive gambling (+ 1 other you can only do now.)

By taking back control I unwittingly did the 5 things that I believe you need to do in order to stop and stay stopped.
My “normal” childhood …

My mother was depressed and my father was a compulsive gambler. Just a normal childhood really!
