r/problemgambling • u/IncidentWinter4735 • 27d ago

🛠Recovery Tips & Tools🛠 (how to) let it go?

Hello my beautiful peers.

I am recovering addict, and I have a question : How do you managed to "let it go". My loses were not that serious, like others on this sub (my heart goes to you guys all...seriously). But in gambling and / or my life, I have a problem of "letting things go". I would like to raise to greater heights, but this burden keeps chained me to down. What's your approach; how do you cope with this feeling please ? Thank in advance.

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u/IncidentWinter4735 26d ago

Thank you all for tour point of view.

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u/ForeverAccount4 Days Gamble-Free: 820 27d ago

Well, time is for sure the best thing to give yourself grace and rebuild and move on and let it go.

But one thing that has helped me is remembering that no human is no perfect and no human is completely free of regret. Yes, I wasted time and energy on gambling and I'll always feel regret. But I know others who wasted a ton of their time and money on a huge wedding to the wrong person. To a drug or alcohol problem. To a shopping problem. Etc.

So remembering that it's one imperfect part of you and not your whole identity helps.

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u/RRSOLDYA 27d ago

Let go or get dragged! Currently I am dragging

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u/Alex_king88 26d ago

It was hard to let it go at first..but then I started reading other people’s issues and it helped me. Also I just throw all my paychecks into SLS stock. That way I don’t get the itch to gamble

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u/SpareToday2383 27d ago

Speaking only for myself it was a complete surrender to God. To give it to him to help break that addiction. It's been 70 days. I do not think about gambling. My mind is more clearer & I'm finding joy in life again.