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Compulsive gambling is a mental illness that cannot be cured but can be arrested. I’m 72 and have been abstinent since Jan. 9, 2009. You can stop gambling too. It starts with the willingness to make a FREE phone call. The call can come from the gambler or loved one. Your questions will be answered! Contact: FLORIDA COUNCIL ON  COMPULSIVE GAMBLING  888-236-4848 24/7/365 for  FREE INFORMATION: Problem Gambling operates the National Problem Gambling Helpline Network (1-800-522-4700). The network is a single national access point to local resources for those seeking help for a gambling problem. The network consists of 28 call centers which provide resources and referrals for all 50 states, Canada and the US Virgin Islands. Help is available 24/7 and is 100% confidential. The National Problem Gambling Helpline Network also includes text and chat services. These features enable those who are gambling online or on their mobile phone to access help the same wa...

I am someone who understands inner torment and can connect to many people who suffer from depression, anxiety, and addictions.  The right person and the right words can be critical to finding relief.  I am a retired, single male of 72. I  understand people like me and may be able to help you.  I am a lifelong sufferer of addiction including, ocd, impulse disorder, adhd,  compulsive gambling, sex and love junkie.  I have tried it all and found talk therapy works best. Contact me. Coach Dave Free 1 hour consultation

I can write a book. I think everyone has a good book somewhere in them. I do not think it matters what the subject is. I think it is all about how interesting the story is based on how good a storyteller the author is.  That is why one can look at the books stacking the shelves of bookstores and immediately realize that getting published is a combination of luck and timing. A few authors dominate the book space.  Success is all about the voice of the writer.  Can you keep people captivated with your experiences or knowledge? If so, write about stories are.  Who knows? By voice I mean the way the words are put together. Like a golfer every writer must make contact at the end of the swing. Attracting interest is the key to writing. It is the contact.  I feel that pure talent has very little to do with writing success in terms of technique. Tons of writers with all kinds of degrees in journalism cannot make a nickel with the words they put out.  Then, some sch...

I always play golf on the weekends with a group of about eight guys. We are all personal friends some closer than others.  I am very good friends with one of the guys. We are all between the ages of forty five and seventy two years old me being the oldest.  I have experienced a lifetime of being bullied whether it is mental or physical. I've made a very big effort to stand up for myself with words and deeds. It is scary and tormenting to act when you are afraid but one must face fear when necessary. Sometimes I succeed and many other times I do not in defending myself. Complicating things is my severe lifelong emotional disorder with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Without going deep into an analysis of my particular condition which centers around fighting back when I feel victimized I will point out a case in point to explain exactly why I feel bullied right now. The guy I am very close to is also a bully. His bullying tools are not his muscles but his mouth and alpha pe...

How about some real time (OCD) obsessive compulsive disorder talk? I have been tormented and tortured by it almost my entire 72 male years. I have pure OCD as it is known.  I do not need to keep checking the door to see of it is locked or checking the stove to see if it is turned off, or wash my hands a million times a day. My misery is different. I must confront people who I think have insulted me. Fear is my constant companion because my whole deal is connected to confrontation. Doing fearful things so I can get the fearful thing off my mind are my boulders to carry..  So, if someone tells me to go fuck myself, or they say they think I stink at golf or if I feel that I must defend someone's honor who is a friend or loved one who has been insulted or abused, or the music next door is too loud or someone slams a door too hard or tons of other things happen than I become incapacitated.  I sit and ruminate about what I can do to resolve the problem. I cannot function while ...

Sex and a seventy two year old healthy male? There is a question mark because I really do not know what happened to my once voracious libido. I always was virile. Hot. Ready to get it on and make love with the right person who fortunately is still around. She is very sexy, uninhibited, and ready to make love. I'm not. My libido has disappeared. It started decreasing some years ago. Then, I discovered Viagra and its cousins. My penis danced around for several years firm and proud.  I loved being hard like a sixteen year old artificially or not. My orgasms were still explosive.  I constantly have needed my little blue helpers in increasing amounts for the last ten years. I did not care. With assistance my sex organ still worked like a well oiled machine. Maybe my sex drive decreased gradually but I could still have great sex.  About six months ago my dick went south. Literally. The hard on pills stopped working as they always had. My sex drive decreased significantly. Bigge...

Obsessive, compulsive disorder is a brutal mental illness which affects a very small part of the population.  In the US, about 1.1% of the people have it and it is evenly split between males and females. Over 2.2 million individuals are afflicted.  It is so simple to understand but brutally hard to deal with. The entire condition is based on thoughts.  Just thoughts.  So think different thoughts you say and you are cured.?  Ha-ha !! No. No. No. Don't forget, just because you resolve one OCD symptom you do not get rid of the entire disorder. So, the trick is to learn how to deal with your OCD by not acting out in all the goofy ways you do now.  Acting out does not work. I am now having an urge to call someone on the phone which would likely create a problem. At minimum, it would start an OCD cycle where I would have to start calling and calling trying to get my problem with this person resolved. The problem is I have no real problem with him. The problem is ...