ADDICTION: HELLO, I AM AN ADDICT.
FaktaA space for sharing, confessing and helping addicts. Addiction is rough but we will make it through.
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- Episode 19: Love the addict. Live with the addict. Give it all for the addict. (00:30:56)
The people who live with, love and support addicts. How do they cope? Do we tell them we love them and are grateful to them?
- Episode 18: Addiction treatment centers, fraud and abuse. (00:45:25)
What happens when an addict seeks help? Fake and fraudulent facilities prevail in the addiction recovery industry. I get mad and cannot read.
- Episode 17: Delayed recovery for us addicts. (00:29:07)
Do not delay your recovery. A new year resolution to start recovery is useless. It does not work. Start now. I go to a casino. Do I go in? Did I relapse?
- Episode 16: A happy holiday wish and a word of support for us addicts (00:16:19)
Happy holidays, Merry Christmas. Let's enjoy the holiday season with our friends and family. Let's seek support from each other. We will be ok.
- Episode 15: Gambler 1 has a story of addiction and love. (00:29:52)
My addiction manifests in a test of my relationship. Do I keep playing poker or run to save my relationship?
- Episode 14: Gambler 1 suffers depression (00:28:49)
Depression and addiction go hand in hand. I did not record yesterday and I believe I was depressed. How do we navigate depression and addiction?
- Episode 13: Monday update for Gambler 1. (00:30:10)
What happened to me this week? Did Gambler 1 make it through the week without playing poker? Am I back in the good graces of the IRS?
- Episode 12: An addict and the weekend. (00:20:43)
The weekend can be a trying time for an addict like me and like you. We can make it through. Do not spend it alone. Idleness is an addict's worst enemy.
- Episode 11: What is addiction? A gambling addict would like to know. (00:45:07)
Let's talk about what defines addiction. What are the various types of addiction. Is it a brain disorder or not? How can we recover from such a disease?
- EPISODE 10: AN ADDICT ASKS, AM I A FAILURE (00:28:57)
Is addiction a moral or personal failure? No it is not. We fail when we stop trying to recover.
- Episode 9: The addict and the IRS, an update. (00:30:25)
I catch up on my IRS payment and dig a deeper hole with the IRS. Mother's car breaks down and needs repair. School fees and books for the kids.
- Episode 8: A gambling Addict says do as I say not as I do. (00:28:30)
Make a choice to get support. Call a helpline, call a friend, attend a meeting. Choose a better future for yourself. Even if I do not.
- Episode 7: The Gambling Addict has a friend (00:29:58)
A friend who was an alcohol addict, attended AA meetings, had a sponsor and is a sponsor, calls me out on my nonsense.
- EPISODE 6: A GAMBLING ADDICT AND HIS GIRLFRIEND (00:27:51)
I REALIZE I DO NOT DESERVE THE GIRL I AM WITH. A STORY ABOUT HER NOT BEING ABLE TO REACH ME FOR ALMOST 24 HOURS. WORK COLLEAGUES GETTING INVOLVED AND MORE.
- EPISODE 5: GAMBLER 1 FACES TEMPTATIONS AT WORK. (00:29:59)
ALL THE TEMPTATIONS WE FACE AS GAMBLING ADDICTS. HOW WE CAN HELP EACH OTHER.
- EPISODE 4: GAMBLER 1, TATA NEEDS HELP (00:29:59)
DEEP IN DEBT AND RENT IS DUE. YET I CAN ONLY THINK OF THE POKER TABLE WHEN I GET MY PAYCHECK. HOW I TALK MYSELF INTO GOING TO THE POKER TABLE TO MAKE MONEY TO GET ME OUT OF THE DEBT THAT PLAYING POKER GOT ME INTO. PLANS FOR THE FUTURE OF THE SHOW. A NEW MICROPHONE AND MORE.
- Episode 3: Dinner at PF Chiangs (00:36:49)
A recap of the weekend. Addiction in its various forms. A gambling addict gets lucky. A microphone on the way. Plans for the future.
- Episode 2: Thanksgiving 2023 (00:34:54)
The lies we tell to loved ones. Thanksgiving promises broken. Building the podcast. Email for listeners. helloiamanaddict@gmail.com
- Gambler 1 (00:44:13)
helloiamanaddict@gmail.com Use this email to contact me. Meet me, Gambler 1. Host of the Addiction podcast. Addiction afflicts millions of us. This is an opportunity to share our burdens, trauma and suffering. Alcoholics, sex and gambling addicts are all welcome here. Let's talk, let's share and let's find a way to live full and enjoyable lives