Hey everyone, I’m new to the forum and new to recovery from gambling. A little about how my gambling took serious dive. I had a house fire which we lost literally everything but our lives, however, my foot got burned up really bad and I was in the burn unit for a little over a month and had alot of time on my hands and needed to get out of my head about what had just happened so I started going to my online slots more and more. Since the hospital I’ve been slowly recovering and starting to walk again but have still had alot of time on my hands and I’ve been filling it by gambling. Lately I’ve been starting to realize how much money I’ve been going through and hasn’t realized because I kept telling myself that I would only spend this much today and kept losing, or if I won I would end up reversing my withdrawal and losing anyhow. So I’ve decided that it’s time to try and do something about it. I figured this was a good place to start. Another thing I’ve been thinking of trying to find a counselor or a place that I can get help dealing with the trauma from the fire and the injury and stuff. It’s easy to say “I’m ok” but it’s really hard to say “I need help” so I hope to get that help or at least get a start here. So thanks for having me and I look forward toeeting folks and getting some help and hopefully be able to reciprocate