Hi All,
I am new to this as I have just come to the point where I know I need to come out about my addiction and I am still looking for the inner strength to tell my nearest and dearest.
I have recently moved back in with my mum and dad and they are the ones that I wronged with my addiction.
In the lead up to me moving back in with my mom and dad due to breaking up with my gf (which wasn't gambling related) I still lived with gf for 6 months after breaking up as I was actually helping her out financially. Due to being alone and depressed whilst living in the same house as my ex this is where my addiction grew arms and legs as I seen it as convenient way to escape. I had always enjoyed putting on a accumulator etc but this is when I turned to online slots. And it went from maybe losing 100 a month of my wage to taking out a few different loans and having to pay back 500 a month which I still have a couple years left of.Â
The hardest part for me to open up to my parents is that I had told them a few lies along the way in order for them to send me money and I am absolutely disgusted at myself for it. I don't want to continue with lies anymore and I am set on telling them but I wonder if there is anyone on here that has dealt with similar things? Either being in the same shoes as myself or being the unfortunate parents that had to deal with the selfishness I have showed?Â
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