Hi I'm new to this forum I'm 33 years old and over the past last 2 and half years I have lost 90k and that's mostly on roullette at the casinos. I had that kind of money because I did have my own bussines and worked dam hard to get what I had. Lost most due to chassing big losses such as 20k some nites. I have stopped gambling since April 2014 been clean since then.
Can't get my head around over my 90k loss and any ideas would be great full how to start thinking straight. Not gambled since April. Excluded myself and never have been an online betting person. Please if you read this stop all forms of gambling it will ruin your life and depression will kick in like it's done to me. I'm not in debt to any company or persons which I'm so lucky. I have gone threw a lot of these messages posted and my heart goes out to you all I know how your feeling.
Simple title hey Greg, not so easy to achieve, I have lost a similar amount to you from a business I built up 1997-2005, probably more (only I am 57), for you at 33, you can start again - build your dreams again, 30 years of toll will see u right - for me its over, my depression is so bad although I have no debt I can hardly function. So as you can see from me and this site, there is always someone worse off than yourself (though I know saying that won't get your head around the issue) time maybe time, you now know you cannot win it back, its a stupid way to try and win money you also know that. I lost K30 in Jan'13, sold my house in Apr'13 (K20 equity) since then to Aug'14 lost all that and another K30 of savings, I have re-alised its never coming back, but dealing with the loss is hard, people listen people offer sympathy but the only people who understand you to a degree are the people on here. So getting your head around it, I don't really have any concrete answers except you are not alone while you are in this forum and time young man time .........................
Im early into my recovery so don't really think i am the best person to be advising you but i had a gambling problem of intense stupidity. I seemed to be unable to function unless i was gambling hundreds of pounds of virtual horses and dogs. I am pretty well off so fortunately i have no debt but the stupidity of it all angers me. I have found that once you break the back of the problem and for me its only a couple of weeks then you no longer crave the excitement that is attached to gambling. I would advise you to have a good read through some of the diaries and then pick and choose the bits that will help you. I don't believe that there is any hard and fast rules to sucess.. Good luck and any questions just shout!
I've just lost a few grand in a couple of months that I was planning on investing in my business and I fell like a right t*t. I think if you view yourself as a victim you may come to realise that these places are setup with the help of psychologists/marketing professionals to get you to gamble more and risk your money. This goes for slots, casinos and online games. As for virtual dog racing, I had no idea it existed but it is probably more rigged than normal dog racing lol.
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