Gambling, like any other addiction, is overpowering, it can and will drive you to insanity. If you have not succumbed to insanity, it just might cause you to consider committing a crime to obtain finances so you may continue with your addiction to gamble; thus leading you closer to the gates of prison or worse yet – death.

I came much too close to getting arrested for a felony like a few of my sisters. I have tried and failed at committing suicide on three different occasions. There are those brothers and sisters in the fellowship who have succeeded at suicide. You just might go so far as to embezzle funds from your employer. There are those sisters who have spent time incarcerated for their crimes, and yet others are still in prison.

Gambling is described as one of the most “baffling and insidious” addictions that can “never be cured” – but it can most definitely be arrested through diligent, hard work in the Gamblers Anonymous Program. The meaning of the word “insidious” strikes me: “ambush, sly, treacherous, seductive” and the meaning that tears at my heart is “having a gradual and cumulative effect; subtle.” As the snake slithers through the grass seeking its prey for food, so does a gambler seek funds to feed their addiction to gamble.

The gambler’s addiction is a slow, “subtle, and treacherous” deterioration, especially to the gambler herself. Gambling will perplex you, it will frustrate you, and above all, it will thwart every emotion you possess. It will turn you into that slithering snake! You will become enthralled by anger, greed and hatred. You will destroy everything good in you.

If you are suffering from a gambling addiction, reach out for help through Gamblers Anonymous, grasp the program with all your might, and take it to heart!

It may just save your life …

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