I’m not very good at this..
I hit my low this week, I lost 3/4 of my wage again .... always clever ... luckily I didn’t touch my rent money
I tok the step today of telling my mum and dad... scared me more than I ever knew
they were disappoint and upset with me
i can’t blame them I only blame meI feel sick , can’t eat and like all the times I have let myself down I’m probably 100k I’m in total mover the last 10 years..
I managed to stop for a year but this time I can’t explain the feeling and physically felt Ill in the session I couldn’t stop I felt like a man possessed,
so joined here... today ..
Day 1
hopefully day 2 feels better
Hello 2020nick
It's great that you've taken the first step on the road to recovery from your gambling problem. It takes considerable courage to talk to your loved ones and be honest, so that's a really brave step and honesty is very helpful for recovery. It sounds like you have been experiencing some physical symptoms, so do consider talking to your GP if you're concerned about these, or they continue. I am hoping that day two and subsequent days have felt a little better, it can be slow progress to start with, but things do usually get easier as time passes and you have more gambling free time under your belt.
If you haven't already, please consider practical blocks that you can put in place to prevent your access to online gambling, https://www.gamstop.co.uk/ is a free service that excludes you from all UK online gambling operators in one go, it can be used alongside blocking software https://www.gamcare.org.uk/self-help/blocking-software/
There are a number of support services that we offer here at GamCare, including free one to one treatment and daily chat rooms, please do call us on the HelpLine 0808 8020 133 or on our NetLine live chat service, 24/7 to find out about these and other services that may be able to assist in your recovery.
Wishing you all the best with stopping gambling and staying stopped,
Josie
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