Myth About Gambling Problem: Are you counting the days, Affiliate?

Why Counting The Days Since You Haven't Gambled Is Not The Best Approach

Of course once you have made the commitment to quit gambling, you will be proud of yourself and your accomplishment. Why wouldn't you be? What you have done, quitting gambling is a huge thing. It's a life changing event. You should be proud of yourself, and you should want to tell everyone and even yell it from the roof top. But hold on, calm down and try to control things. If you are like most people who have given up an addiction, you may be tempted to begin counting the days since you have quit gambling.

Do you find yourself thinking things like, "wow, it's been four days now since I've placed a bet online." Or "I haven't been into the casino for three weeks now, that's great."? Do these phrases sound familiar? Do you find yourself counting how long it has been since you've been gambling? If you are, you are not alone. In fact many people do this countdown. And many people start gambling again after they have "quit". In fact, it is those people that are likely to go back to gambling!

Why do you think this is? Why do you think that counting the days since you've gambled is a bad thing? Well, let me explain. When you quit gambling and leave it behind you, you are doing more than changing a behavior in your life. You are making a life change. You are not just quitting gambling, you are becoming a non-gambler. This is a true life shift, not a mere behavior change.

In order for you to be successful at leaving compulsive gambling behind you for good, you have to look at this process as an entire shift in your life. This must be more than a superficial change; you must undergo an identity shift. In the book I'm writing, there is an entire chapter dedicated to this essential concept. You need to undergo a change in identity, a complete shift from gambler or addict to something more mature, a person who does not need gambling in his or her life. This is one crucial key to your success that few people know about.

From the moment that you say to yourself, "that's it, I'll never gamble again." You are making the conscious choice to change your life for good. At that point, you are choosing to become a non-gambler. Now if you made that choice last week, you may be tempted to say that it has been seven days since you've gambled, and then next week, say it's been fourteen days and so on. STOP! What is the point of this? There is no point, because once you are a non-gambler, you are a non-gambler. It is not relevant how long it has been, or what day you decided to make the choice to live a healthy and productive life. The point is that you have made that choice. Counting the days becomes irrelevant.

More than being irrelevant, counting the days since you quit gambling also becomes dangerous. When you count the days, on a certain level you are not fully committed to your transformation as a non-gambler. On a subconscious level you are actually clinging to that identity of a compulsive gambler, when in fact you need to completely abandon it and start over.

You need to completely discard this thought of gambling, and let go of the past. The transformation needs to be complete and whole. When you give up the idea of gambling, you are making the shift to a non-gambler, you have made a genuine change and you won't even feel the temptation to count the days again.

PS: Affiliate, this mini course will give you some basic tools to deal with your gambling problem, but I can't possibly tell you everything in just eight emails. That's why I put everything into my self-help guide, Your Life Beyond Gambling^(TM). It's got so, so much more. It's a radically new, complete approach that will take you by the hand and walk you through each step until you are completely gambling-free.

The course consists of a book, a workbook and a course checklist that will help you measure your progress and keep focused on moving towards the freedom you've been looking forward to.