I've had a good last 2 years financially. I bought a new house which I'm moving into next month and I paid off my new car with money left over in the bank.
Suddenly I entered the employment world because what I was doing was no longer viable. As a result, I've been playing roulette to make up the difference, and throughout 2019 it hasnt obviously worked at all.
Counting up my losses, comes to over £8000. I did colours, started at £... and about 2 hours ago ended up at £... a spin. I was always thinking that it just needs to hit my number and I'm £... back up. It didn't happen.
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I fear for the rest of my money. I have £8K left and now have all the new bills associated with living in a house. My job income is £1400 a month.Â
I never thought I'd have to post here, but I now admitted to myself I have a serious problem and my money won't last a week at this rate. I need to stop, I need to get it in my head that gambling is never the answer and nor is chasing loses.
It isn't too late for me to move on from this and rebuild, but I need help. I still want to stick £... on a colour right now. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you.
Welcome to the forum Ravloki,
Well done for posting here and telling us about your experience. We edited your post slightly to take out the stated amounts of money, as some of our forum members find these triggering. Â
If you like, you could start a recovery diary in the the 'Recovery diaries' section, or join a 'Challenge 'thread in the Overcoming section, or come into our chatrooms when they're open.
https://www.gamcare.org.uk/forum/recovery-diaries/
https://www.gamcare.org.uk/forum/overcoming-problem-gambling/2019-challenge/
https://www.gamcare.org.uk/get-support/group-chatroom/
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Thank you I will do.
well done for admitting it ravloki - - whilst you seek some help, is there anything you can do to protect that money? Anyone in real life that knows? Do you have credit available to you? if so, anything you can do to help reduce the risk of using that as well?
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