Today is the so called day 1 for me..In less than 24 hours I have burned my weekly salary on gambling..1400£..Now,is not even about the money,but the chaos that this addiction brought to my life is massive..I'm a hard working individual with a positive approach towards life, i managed so far in my life to give up smoking and drinking (I'll have a glass from time to time)but considering that before I was drinking industrial quantities of alcohol and cigarettes is a great achievement I can't believe how hard is to get rid of this gambling addiction.Is like having 2 lifes,the positive one where I'm a man woth morals and values,hard working,fit and that loves life. The other one is this chaos called gambling that is putting me so much down and quietly destroys my all peace.I realised I'm not even gambling to win and even if I lose it doesn't feel that bad,but the pain is there and without getting help I feel I will never make it to give up on this.Im sure I can make it,I realised that this is bot a joke but is a dangerous lifestyle.I will make it and I will never go back again,day 1 for me and I will keep counting and counting till I will be able to say that I'm the winner,the winner of a peaceful life and with no chaos to surround it.Will come back soon for updates and everyone there that needs help,don't hesitate,removing this addiction from our life's is like winning our life's back.(sorry for my poor english writting).
One thing I'd say is if you're making 1400 a week why not try giving 1k a week to a trusted person like mum, dad, brother, sister or whoever for them to look after that cash for you. Taking away the fuel to gamble does definitely help. Just a thought. All the best
Glad you have admitted you have a problem. Thats the first step. It's going to be hard, you are going to retrain your brain to not gamble. You will need to talk about it, find solutions to deal with it that work for you. As you earn more, you tend to spend more and take on a riskier more lifestyle.
You had alcohol and cigarettes, now its gambling. We are humans after all and we crave addictions.Its natural but why not retrain your brain to get pleasure or addicted from other activities like exercise or learning a new skill.
It won't be easy but take one day at a time. start with doing anything else that gives you happiness. chatting to a friend, going out to eat. little steps, time to heal.
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