Okay so i am only 21 and ive been in this horrible cycle since i was 18. The first time i ever gambled i won £500 near on instantly and ive never been able to stop since. I will go a few weeks, sometimes if im very lucky ive managed to stop gambling for a couple of months but i always go back. I saved £500 for my trip away next week but as you can guess i have spent it all, the thought that i am getting paid the day i go away just made me think it was okay. I'm getting desperate now because i just dont know where to turn, my parents just give me a hard time not support, all my friends gamble so there not great to speak to about it and basically i dont know what my doctor will say or how to approach the situation. I cant keep on like this anymore. I am a self harmer and stopped self harming for 3 years but recently ive got so close to doing it. I just dont think there will ever be a way out of it, how will i ever stop gambling?
Hi I wish I had the sense to realise my gambling problem when I was 21, so well done for coming to this site.
I think many of us, will have spent money on gambling then thought it's ok, because I can still buy or do that. But of course it's still a big waste however we look at it.
Emilys post offers some great advice and suggestions, so really do as much as you can to implement them.
Stick around plenty of people here who knows how you feel, even if we can only dream of being 21 again.
I think most gamblers realise that time not always money is the most valuable asset they have wasted. There is a load of help and support on here and my advice is to take it. Do whatever it takes, even when part of your brain tells you otherwise. There's not much that can't be fixed at 21. Your choice.
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