My gambling addiction has been somewhat of a whirlwind and I’m talking months. Financially I’m roughly where I was before I started so no major financial dramas but I just feel sad about it all.
I’m the type of person who is meticulous about money and savings. I’ve never had loads so I’ve been good at saving and watching the pennies. Then one day someone at work said how much they had made and I thought oooh few extra pounds that would be nice. And I won ( at first) but then found I was using my winnings to gamble ( it all away).Â
I’ve got a really good job, lovely family but the gambling became out of control. Chasing losses. Early morning scrolling on bet sites. I haven’t recognised myself these last few months. I knew I had to stop before I gambled all my savings away.Â
No one knows. I don’t have any joint accounts with my husband. He thinks I was just doing well lol. But now I’ve gone cold turkey. Put Gamstop on and self excluded from everything.
Just feel sad. It’s like when I stopped smoking few years ago. I knew it was the best thing but it was a habit I kind of enjoyed but was harming me.Â
And when I gambled I enjoyed the how I could just bet but it didn’t feel like real money ?? How does that happen. And then you look at your bank account and think oh c**P.Â
I need to start reading books or playing back on the Xbox, going for walks etc to get over this sadnessÂ
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Well done for seeking help most people including myself only asked for help when we have done serious damage to finances and you have banned yourself which is a great start it took me about a month to cope with the urgues and my brain to reset am currently just under 6 months gamble and rarely have any gambling thoughts as i have already been at this stage before i would highly recommend some sort of on going support to keep u in check very few people after having a gambling problem manage to stay clean for the rest of their lives just recently someone relapsed after managing over 10 years i only came to realise this after a major relapse after 10 years i cannot place a single bet has long as i can manage to stay stay away my life great so i need some sort of reminder and their will be times where gambling urgues could come on strong however thanx to the support being offered on here im in much stronger position to stay clean then i ever was
I’m the type of person who is meticulous about money and savings. I’ve never had loads so I’ve been good at saving and watching the pennies. Then one day someone at work said how much they had made and I thought oooh few extra pounds that would be nice. And I won ( at first) but then found I was using my winnings to gamble ( it all away). Â
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This is how most people get sucked in , its usually people that obsess over money and cant let the losses goÂ
Then you end up In a perpetual cycle of hell until you have nothing left
I love how people refer to gambling as " making money " no you win money and you lose money
theres no " making money " when it comes to gambling its designed to profit the operators not youÂ
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