had won £886 at the weekend and found the feature to "reverse" my transactions. Within 30 mins that was gone, then I found myself without a second thought depositing the last £2000 I have in the bank onto the online casino roulette. Without a care in the world. However, like most stories this isn't one where I lost. After being £2886 down I managed somewhere to turn that into £3872. Do I feel happy? No do I feel just as bad as if I'd lost it? Yes. The lengths I'd go to without a care in the world really scares me . I've sat here for 2 hours staring at the same blank space asking myself why? I can't buy anything without having to recoup what I've spent and it's so scary how do I now forward from this in life? The future scares me I'm only in my early 20's I decided to do that why? I don't need the money.. I'm certainly not rich but get by on what I earn yet I still put myself through these awful spare of the moment decisions and still I don't know why?! I rang the online casino and since joined I'm over £1000 up in 92 days yet everyday I feel terrible please can someone offer advice, thank you
Hi buddy and welcome , The advice is simple STOP !, while you can and before you get sucked into a bad place , a place you don't want to be and certainly don't need to be .
The reason you do it ?, It's the buzz the excitement and thats the dangerous bit , it no longer becomes about the money, you just need your rush , your fix !.
Youre young enough to do better things with your life , so get out there and experience it !!.
How would you have felt losing that £2000 ?, imagine youd blown the lot , what then?. Scary,yes ?
You were lucky this time , no not lucky , you got away with it !, but the more you play , and the longer you play the house always wins , its statistics , percentages and there all in the gambling sites or bookies favour .
Were all compulsive gamblers on here my friend , which means , we cannot win because we cannot stop , simple as that !.
You need to avoid these sites and put some blocking software on your device , to stop you accessing them !!.
Then get on with your life and consider the close shave you have just had .
Best wishes Alan Compulsive Gambler
You've been lucky - get out now before you lose it all. You say you feel as bad when winning as you do losing - I would be surprised it that really was the case. Don't give yourself the opportunity to find out though.
LifeLesson, listen to Alan's words, I couldn't agree more with them!! For me, it is not about the money, but as mentioned - the buzz. When I have lost 100's, I am not down because I have lost, I am down because I have no more funds to feed my habit! I think for a lot of gamblers, we don't do it because we need the money, although obviously the money would be better spent on absolutely anything else. But on saying that, I think also some of us deposit and have an expectation, an amount we will withdraw at, maybe for a present or something. The thing I found was even though it was so easy to win (my vice is online slots which pay out far greater than slots you find in arcades) you will always ALWAYS lose, because at the end of the day, as Alan said it is all about percentages.Some of the slots I played were at 96.6% average payout. But these statistics still mean OVERALL you will lose. Please think hard about it all. If I had stopped when I first addressed my problem I'd be over 15k richer, and that was only 6-8 months ago. All the very best Teresa.
Hi guys, thanks so much for your replies. I appreciate what you're saying Alan and you're right. I genuinely do feel bad and c**P even when I do lose so really my question is what is the point?? Is it normal to spend somethings then feel the need to recoup it straight away?? I spent over £500 on my holiday I needed to pay off as I'm off to South America, in the summer. However I felt for some reason I couldn't spend it with my money and this really scares me. How do I move forward from this? I don't even set myself targets of how much to win either I just genuinely dot know why I bother doing it? I've even got some debts from gambling, yet still feel need to do it. You're right if I'd lost that money is have been devastated and I honestly don't know how I'd have picked myself up and dusted myself off??? It's so scary
Trust me you'll be in a pit of despair if you would have lost it. It's not worth it take it from one who knows
If this is causing you so much heartache and despair at the moment , dont you think you need to just stop ?
Even if initially you just give yourself a week off from gambling , just to get your head straight ?.
That will give you time to think things through and decide what you want to do ?. I really think you already know the answer to that question but as theb old saying goes " You sometimes can't see the wood for the trees" if you know what I mean ?.
As you have just said " Whats the point of doing something that makes you feel so bad " and worst of all my young friend , it doesn't get any better !!.
Give it 7 day's and see how you feel ?
Best wishes Alan CG
Yes get out while you can because in the end you will lose more than win! I won about 70% debt back but did I stop? No...so you are ahead and haven't really lost but that feeling you have will be 10 times worse when you have actually lost a lot of money! Please stop now. For your own sake and the people who love you.
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