Meet one of our Team Leaders here at GamCare, who shares his own experience of gambling. He explains how he went from feeling trapped in a harmful cycle of gambling, to seeking help with GamCare, to now managing our Online Peer Support Service to help others who have been in a similar situation to himself.
Here is an excerpt of his interview, which you can read in full here.
“My life has completely changed since accessing support and reaching out. When I was gambling, I was very unhappy with my life, worried all the time with no ambition to do anything but gamble. I was working in a job I found unfulfilling, had lost a lot of friends due to my gambling and had strained relationships with those close to me. Since reaching out for support, I’ve managed to finish university, move into my own home, start a family, and start working for GamCare supporting others who were, and are, in similar situations to myself years ago. I don’t think I could have done that on my own without the support GamCare provided me with when I was struggling.”
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