Hi All,
I started gambling about 1g years ago, I lost my job, found myself redundant and discovered Roulette. Once I started, I found I couldn't stop and ended up with about £20k of Gambling debt. Somehow I managed to wean myself off, and I paid my debts off and bought a house with my sister.
This year I discovered matched betting which, if done properly, you can make some money, but the other side of that is you have casino offers in your face all the time. This time for me I'm addicted to Blackjack. I go on there and try to 'just improve my winnings by £1, then its £2 then £5, then I lose it, then I double up and lose that, then before I know it, I've deposited and trying to win that money back.
I lost £790 in December, then I won £1077 at the beginning of february and decided it was a feasible way to make money, 2 days later, I lost £6340 by trying to get my money back. I did get my money back, but then its the compulsion to 'get it up to £7000', which is crazy. Then on Tuesday I lost another £1450, and tonight £75. So thats a total of over £7500 in 3 months. I can't go on with this, I don't want to lose my house and I want to go travelling. I am working all hours overtime to try to make the money up, and I sent yesterday evening going through every single bookies I have accounts on and restricting them.
I don't have any addiction or compulsion with sports or Slots, its just the ease of Blackjack.
So here I am. I can pay this off in 6 months IF I STAY AWAY FROM BLACKJACK
Just want to keep a diary on here so I am going to try to be proactive and update this every day, Stay away from the blackjack and its all good. It will not make me money, just destroy my life.
Day 1 - lost £75, tomorrow will be a new day and I will not be trying to 'just win a couple of £'
Hello Almwch,
Welcome to the GamCare forum.
Well done for taking steps to overcome your gambling problem.
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With best wishes,
Helen
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I'm sorry for posting here but I have an addiction too, I made a lot of mistakes because of gambling, I want to know if you managed to overcome it.
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