Hello All,
I've just joined the site in a bid to help me stop gambling for good. I've been going through a cycle of kidding myself I'd finished then having a few extra quid in my pocket so losing a few pounds won't matter. But it's never a few pounds and then I'm broke again and racked up more debts. I lie, I hide money and make my family go without because of my loses. Sure I win sometimes but that's only a precursor for me to feel like I'm going to make a fortune so up the bets and give it all back to the bookies with interest. Here we go then, no more. I'm already blocked from multiple online casinos ( I always manage to find a new one though, how many are there?). My wife keeps hold of the bank cards but I still manage to sneak some money down to the bookies and if she doesn't notice the money gone I think it's ok, mental. I'm confident this time and hopeful that joining the site will help, reading other people's threads makes me realise that we all go through the same depressive compulsion to gamble as well as strive to do what's right!
hi i'm not the best placed to give advice on stopping gambling, but this site does give the correct advice, whether you choose to listen to it mmmmm............. i didn't and I have lost nearly everything. I thought I would learn from this site, and for a while it seemed to work, then the brain starts to say just a bit you can earn just a bit from them FOTB's and before you know it you cannot stop. You need to find your rock bottom, only then can you stop. I hope I am there, good luck.
Thank you for the reply, I really need to get a grip of myself. I've been struggling to justify and gamble without hating myself for 10 years now. There was a time when I enjoyed it, online poker and sports betting but that lead to casinos and FOTBs and thousands pounds wasted. My wife knows that I've lost money but not how much, many arguments and promises to stop. Even now I have £10 in my pocket and I've thinking of reasons to nip out to the shops and stick it all on a ridiculous football accumulator. I'll keep trying and see how long I can keep hold of that £10.
Hand the £10 over! Its mental torture!
I tell you whats mad...i LOVE gambling. Its like a rush..of dopamine and i feel on top of the world. I love the feeling of winning i think more than the money itself.
But i have stopped because its controlled my life for so so long...its destroyed me but it wont BEAT me...ever.
Keep around...we can beat this gambling together!
Hi,
Welcome to the forum. Let's look at the £10 you are trying to keep hold off........
Just think off all the £10's you've lost in the thousands already.
Small stakes lead to large stakes, these lead to even bigger losses.
If that £10 accumulator won, would it answer all your problems? No just more money to gamble with. Same old wicked circle.
Why have that £10 in your pocket if you have nothing to spend it on? Hand it over to the Mrs/Partner reducing the risk.
£10 can get you a nice small bunch of flowers from the supermarket. It's the thought that counts! Certainly better to make the Mrs happy than telling her its been lost on a bet.
Even telling the wife you've struggled today with £10 in your pocket starts the conversation. I know I couldn't fight this addiction alone.
Many say gambling is a mental illness, I sit on the fence on that one. I know we cannot all be strong minded, but simple thoughts and actions can give you a positive vibe and at least allow you to know who's in charge.
Have a read in the diary section.
Wishing you all the best, keep posting on your progress. Shep
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