finally admitting i have a problem

Hello cardifflad

When your ready post a little more if you can.

Denial is one of the worst traits of this addiction as it plays mind games.

I hope you will beat this, stay close to the forum and join in chat the hours are in the chatroom section.

Not sure what you vice is, mine was slots. Protected myself from relapse but not without learning some very hard life lessons.

Keep your resolve strong

thank you for your message as requested i have done so really wishing you all the best keep strong hopefully we both can beat this horrible disease.

Hi Cardiff lad im joe from southampton

im a compulsive gambler probably in denial a bit still and active a bit still but on this forum a lot and battling daily , ive had no bets since sunday when i alomost blew a lot , luckily about broke even onsports and roulette but not the point , you got to block it all

slots are the worse return to player to odds ratio , u simply trying to beat a computer system designed to f*** u up , not easy

Stay Clean and it could be all a expensive life lessons in a few yuears or carry on and it could robus of life and money and we all know we need money to live well

hi joe thank you for your message truly is an eyeopener. i know like most gamblers its all down to luck but that one big win just hooks you completely and makes you think you can win mainly all the time. i also had a major problem with online gambling in 2015 even to the fact i got out 8 pay day loans to cover me but again would end up in on the site i finally decided to leave the site actually had a message on the 14th decemeber 2016 saying i could join again but went straight to the self exlclusion part and said forever. i finally paid off those pay day loans but it was a complete struggle. i learned my lesson from the online gamblind but when you walk into any 24 hour services or even the local bingo hall the temptattion kicks in even to the fact where my friend i go with has to sit there on there own because im on the slots so i just need a complete break from it all. its hard because you constantly thinking about slots machines as soon as i wake up. wishing you all the best and hope just hope this site is a step on the right direction

Good day lad

thanks for the reply , these gambling sites are like parasites i get constant email spamming , and online gambling is in my opinion completly out of control , you can seat there on the bus , on the toliet whilst im sitting in my office now and lose £300 within minutes and what do we do ??? well my brain tells me the very next action is to deposit at least £200 mre to try and re coup so thats £500 down and even more chasing or u stop and the horrible anxiety and dread fills you , now i know you can do that in the bookies or casino but putting £500 notes through a machine for me is very rare but when its all automatic and online just very dangerous for a CG

what u up today mate ? do you work ?

totally emphersise and agree with you joe havent been too bad today went for a bite to eat with a friend and a girl reconised me from my local bingo hall and she was telling me and without any remorse she won 5000 on a site called T*****a. maxes out on her bingo in the hall plus then puts money in the slots machines she said she lost over 1900 last time she was there with her brother but won 340 with her friend. honestly i felt sick just listening to her story but she didnt feel so bad about it was just unbelieveable yes im a carer joe i take care of my nephew and neices and my sister while the family works mate. how about yourself how has your day been?

afternoon mate

i work for a pretty big oil/fuels companies on the south coast mate , commercial madness just like the gaming industry money mad but i always loved sales and commssion but don,t love gambling my bonus away or my bloody rent money when i can,t stay in control and its happens a lot , just when i get started the money just flows in and you lose track you really do

i hate all that too , don,t get me wrong i do lie a good gambling story but there nothing worse if your just reeling from a loss which means your going strggle with food and petrol until pay day and they just won 5k but for every good win there must be 20 big losses , i hate bingo and slots to be fair stay way , never won anything decent , casinos, sport betting , cards , poker my poisons and they are deadly poisons

stay in touch buddy

wow what a great job to have awe i bet joe people think its so simple to just give up like it to say ok i wont gamble today its really hard on times and people just dunno the consequences on times ive gambled away my rent money etc its so easy to do mate. yeah will deffo keep in touch great to have someone to chat to about this mate

have a good evening mate

i do love my football , and accumaltors and there loads of footy on tonight so have to stay in control

im normally on forum day times only

🙂

Morning mate , what your name by the way ?

how you feeling today , any early morning gambling thoughts i imagine so i have just racing around my mind like a junky but i got myself to work on time and my girlfriend and baby sleep on so life not too bad i suppose just can,t follow that destructive , don,t give a f**k attitude , which destoys ur money , wealth , health and a ripple affect for friends and family living on pasta and beans for weeks until pay day , horrible

morning joe yes im dan not feeling too bad today went to the local bingo hall last night with a mate paid for my bingo walked str8 past the slot machines and didnt get out of my seat once apart from the toilet and a drink at the bar. its only day 1 but its improvement just hope i can beat this. feel like its taking too much of my time and money and i totally agree with you if i think about gambling i switch my pc and phone off and just got for a walk around the local park just to get fresh air in my body and try to not think of gambling but its baby steps right now just one day at a time mate

well done mate , some on here will state and probably rightly too that a bingo hall not best place to be as still an active form of gambling and can trigger you off but i not totally stopped either and we got to be VERY careful as can snowball very easilly ,

NEVER PLAY SLOT OR CASINO GAMES AGAIN - roulette my real poison so quick and intense

whats your plans today u up too much ?

do u like your rugby ?

yeah i didnt touch on slot machine just played my tickets how you getting on hoep youve stayed off that roulette wheel its been nice because i actually boughtmy nephew and neices some treats and food for when they come over so im the best uncle at the moment lol plans today are not well washed my car picked up my newphew from flying start hes sparked out now after his dinner lol im not a big rugby fan but of course il cheer on wales when playing yourself joe?