Day 1

Hi Tyron05

Welcome and just to say you have done the 1st hard part in coming on here and posting about your addiction/illness. There are lots of avenues for you in ringing gamcare for councilling, attending GA meeting near you and just coming on here reading people's stories, I do all 3 and find this helps me along with wanting to kick gambling for good. Everyone on here is ashamed of there actions and all the hurt and pain caused by this. Things will get better but are very hard in the early days so don't give in and stick with it and you will reap the rewards !!

All the Best

Darren

Hi Tyron,

Welcome to the Forum!

Six years certainly is a long time to keep this to yourself. By admitting to this here, you have already made a massive change and I congratulate you for doing so.

You say that you still think that gambling more is the only way for you to make up for the money you have lost. Maybe you can ask yourself whether you have walked away with winnings before and whether this has worked for you in the past six years? This is up to you.

Relationships can be mended over time, when you put effort into regaining trust and rebuilding what has been broken. And more often than not, people who love you will try and understand and support you.

We run chat rooms every day, you can see the times advertised in the chat room section of this Forum. Why don´t you join us and start exchanging more with others here. The Forum and the Chats are a very supportive environment and I hope that you will feel welcome here and draw some courage from the support available.

We are all here for you.

Kind wishes

Gabriele

Good Morning to all,

My name is Martyn and i have had this problem for as long as i can remember from a young age but have decided if i do not do anything aboiut it now i will never do so.. My addiction is to gaming and in the bookies it would be on the machines playing the games. It has been very difficult to admit this as im a proud person and have had a decent life and made it worse for myself and how others percieve me is important to me and currently im at an all time low within myself and where i am in life with the oppotunities that i have been lucky to have.

Thats a little about me for now.. Hope all are well.. i look forward to this transition and tranformation of hopefully myself and opportuity to help others also.

Hi Tyron05

Firstly a big hug (( )), well done for taking this step. It's a hard one to admit and come out that you have a gambling problem.

Today is day 1. try to forget the past, forget the debt, forget the lie's, forget the past 6 years.

Today YOU have WON. You have NOT LOST any money and YOU have come along way just by being here.

Read other diaries and stories. See how they have overcome the hurdles.

We are all here for you to help you overcome this.

All the best Dan

Well done Tyron5 step one done and there will be many more it's going to be tough but if you be strong then there is a good chance of a recovery. Don't be ashamed or embarrassed let the guilt go family will slowly be supportive but will take time good luck.

sorry to hear what your going through mate keep your head up

Hi Everyone.

Thank you very much for the kind words and support. To be honest I didn't think talking on here was going to be worth anything or worth making me feel better but to my surprise i actually feel alot better. Last night was the best nights sleep I have had in years. I only woke up 3 times during the night. I can't believe how such a small step can actually go a long way.

i know there is still so much to overcome and a lot of hurdles to get over but I feel a little bit stronger today than I did yesterday.

The hard part is going to be to keep going and keeping up the honesty. I can already see I am going to have a hard time with that and because its alwasy been so easy for me to lie i'm scared i fall back to those ways which i don't want to.

Tyron, stay strong be positive, you can beat this, not saying it will be easy but as I have found talking on here, albeit to strangers, does help massively. Small steps buddy. Take care. Dave

Believe me Tyron it can change alot of things about you its scary at first because it's a new world that we cgs never think about or fully understand but with the right strategies in place and 100 %commitment it can get easier but always be on your guard but keep positive

Hi Everyone,

I've just joined as I know deep down I need help as I have a gambling problem. I've ways had a bet on horses or football, just social really betting really. The problem for me started about 2 or 3 years ago with online casino betting. I would go on the slot games spending at first small amounts. This then lead to larger amounts that I couldn't really afford. I even found myself taking out credit cards and loans to go on holiday with and new furniture! But ended up gambling it all. I feel so pathetic as I'm a sensible guy with a good job but I've got myself into debt and I just can't shake the problem. I want to stop so bad but everytime I plan to pay bills, work my finances out and avoid onlin betting I end up going back despite knowing what will probably happen. I have no idea why I'm s weak as I have never had a problem with gambling before and still don't on horses or football. I can not have a bet for months or years on horses etc but online casino I seem to not be able to stop. I just hope joining and talking to people that this can be the wake up call I need!!

Thankyou all so much for listening!

Paul