Gambling has destroyed my life and finances I have put up my entire salary now to pay back loans etc that I can fight and live with, what keeps me up at night and pounds my head with stress is the immediate debts to lenders etc that I need to clear sometimes you feel that there is nothing that can be done and you can't find a way to get the money to clear those immediate debts and that is very stressful sometimes to the point you have suicidal thoughts, thankfully my first step is successful thus far and I will never ever gamble in my life again. I just need a solution to pay off my immediate debts to lenders and get them off my back and I will be able to sleep at night
Hi, i would recommend you speak to Stepchange the debt charity. They will help you set up an affordable repayment plan for your debts
Gambling has destroyed my life and finances I have put up my entire salary now to pay back loans etc that I can fight and live with, what keeps me up at night and pounds my head with stress is the immediate debts to lenders etc that I need to clear sometimes you feel that there is nothing that can be done and you can't find a way to get the money to clear those immediate debts and that is very stressful sometimes to the point you have suicidal thoughts, thankfully my first step is successful thus far and I will never ever gamble in my life again. I just need a solution to pay off my immediate debts to lenders and get them off my back and I will be able to sleep at night
I strongly recommend you find your local Gamblers Anonymous group...all the tools and advice you need to get through each hour,day,week,month and year can be found at GA...you will be welcomed with open arms and not judged,like minded compulsive gamblers will be there to help step by step...
The financial aspect on the gambling will take time,but will improve only by stopping,reaching out for help,listening to sound advice,and taking that advice..
Sign up for Gamstop,Multi operator self exclusion scheme,sense....all the exclusion tool available for whatever method of gambling you use ..
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Hi OP
In the past I reached a point whereby almost my entire salary was swallowed up by interest payments and payday loans. I had half a dozen maxed out credit cards and always had two payday loans on the go. In the end an accountant at work found all my paperwork which I had carelessly left lying around. My boss asked me what was going on. I just made up a lie about how the debts were built up but there was no denying it was unsustainable. I spoke to a company called Payplan who helped me enter into an IVA so I paid back a portion of the debt which I could afford and the rest was written off over five years.Â
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