Hi guys,
My problem has been with me since I was 20, I'm now 41...I have over that time wasted £1000s of pounds.
I went through a stage of turning my back on gambling, but got drawn back into it with the online scene.
It's all so easy to put your card details in and away you go, almost like it's play money....you then set up other accounts offering great deals, again your card details go in and your away.
I remember playing one night and in the space of 10 mins had put in over ВЈ300, to me it wasn't real money, so I chased my loss by depositing more money....but I won £700!!!!
The next morning after I checked my account I had won ВЈ700 but it cost me £900 to do it, I then decided at 7.30 in the morning I would chase my loss, after hours of playing the slots I had lost the lot and the vicious circle starts again 15 hours later I was still chasing.
After that day I had wasted £2000 and felt sick and angry with myself, I left gambling for a while and met my wife.
At first gambling didn't even cross my mind, then one day a email from a company offering a great deal, I still don't know why to this day I signed up and started gambling...I tried to hide it from my wife but she saw my bank statement and as you can imagine went mad, I managed to save my marriage that time but I was still drawn to gambling.
I gambled again, my wife has had enough and we have split up.I have lost my family and the women i love.
Looking back to lose £10000 and your family to online slots is just crazy.
Welcome dj your story is not to dissimilar to the many I've read since I've been here.
Gambaling doesn't just take your cash it takes everything you hold close to you also.
Hindsight would be a magical thing but us gambalers don't seem to have it.
Obviously your here for a reason that being you want off the train of destruction?
Give Gamcare a call bud to discuss your best options on going forward.
Good to have you on the forum
And will look forward to sharing your story
Deano
Thanks Deano
Hi Djwato11
Your story and your gambling span sounds quite similar to mine apart I never played online slots or anything my poison was horses and general sport. The one major thing we have in common mate is that we both have lost the woman we love and hurt our families, you are totally correct when you say we don't think of them or the consequences when we are gambling do we ? Hope you are staying strong mate as things do get better very slowly, but probably like yourself I miss my wife and kids very very much !
"It's good to talk and take it one day at a time"
All the Best
Darren
Thanks Darren
Every day is a challenge but with great support and a loving family I'm going to get through it.
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