Where do I start... I've always suffered from a compulsive gambling disorder. It's ruined my life. I managed to stop gambling for over a year last time and managed to pay off my debt then celebrated by going travelling for around two months. What a great time that was.
In the last 6 months or so I've been dabbling with gambling again because I thought I could handle it but apparently not. Two days ago I took out a short-term loan requiring that I pay it back, and more, within just one month. The crazy thing is managed to win from this and then tried to withdraw the amount.Â
Then the problems started when the crypto account the money was in wouldn't let me withdraw it to my bank account. I slowly burned through what I had won yesterday and it's now gone. I had THE perfect opportunity to get my life back on track if I had just stopped. My bets were getting ridiculous like bets on stupid gameshow games. It felt so normal while I was doing it but now I have finally hit rock bottom. I feel so sick. I am SO lucky in that I have less than £1k debt and I start my new job Monday but I could have done so much with that money. This will be a hard one to get over but I know I need to, and move on.
Sorry for the wall of text just wanted to get it off my chest really. I am so sick in the head.Â
Hey there,
We have all been there. Have you tried putting blocks like GamStop and Gamban? They really help since you can't gamble with your devices.
Also, we should keep on remembering that a win from gambling is a loan which must be paid in very high interest. Even if you had won and managed to withdraw, you could have ended back because the brain wants to replicate that win. And as we all know, you could have lost the whole lot and more. Keep strong!
Hi Backontrack, thanks for being so open and honest, I've been in that position so many times so can vey much relate. I have to agree with Kipchuba, putting in blocks such as GamStop and gamban, sense are very helpful. People like us aren't designed to gamble, we don't know when to stop. I too thought after 10 years of not gambling and paying back all of the £10k of gambling debt I could control myself, however I was totally wrong and got myself into £23k of debt! I'm completely out of debt now and resigned to the fact Im not a person who can gamble. GamStop is there for my protectionÂ
Where do I start... I've always suffered from a compulsive gambling disorder. It's ruined my life. I managed to stop gambling for over a year last time and managed to pay off my debt then celebrated by going travelling for around two months. What a great time that was.
In the last 6 months or so I've been dabbling with gambling again because I thought I could handle it but apparently not. Two days ago I took out a short-term loan requiring that I pay it back, and more, within just one month. The crazy thing is managed to win from this and then tried to withdraw the amount.Â
Then the problems started when the crypto account the money was in wouldn't let me withdraw it to my bank account. I slowly burned through what I had won yesterday and it's now gone. I had THE perfect opportunity to get my life back on track if I had just stopped. My bets were getting ridiculous like bets on stupid gameshow games. It felt so normal while I was doing it but now I have finally hit rock bottom. I feel so sick. I am SO lucky in that I have less than £1k debt and I start my new job Monday but I could have done so much with that money. This will be a hard one to get over but I know I need to, and move on.
Sorry for the wall of text just wanted to get it off my chest really. I am so sick in the head.Â
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