Hi everyone

Hi Magsy

I'm also new to this site and like you, yesterday i did the same but i spent over £500 of my savings.

i find myself blocking myself from sites and closing my accounts and self-excluding only to find new ones a week later and reregister with the hope that maybe this time i will win back everything i have lost.

i can't carry on. my husband works so hard to build us a future and i get tempted and think if i just try this time and get a big win then it will go back into our savings.

i won £2k once and withdraw it but because you can still reverse withdraw 48 hours after i put it back and and blew the lot.

we are planning to start a family this year and i am desperately trying to save so i can take a year off.

i feel like such a failure. i can't tell my husband how much i've spent/lost because i'm so afraid of how i have let him down.

Aw dear me, I'm so sorry to hear that modgirl.

I'm the same as you in that even if I win I just put it back in.

It's so annoying as well cos apart from the gambling I consider myself to be very sensible.

You're right - we shouldn't carry on gambling. My partner is not supportive so I can't confide in him. I actually confide in my brother rather than my partner because my brother doesn't judge me.

If I find a cure that works for me I'll definitely pass it on to you.

I posted on another thread that it took me over fifty attempts to stop smoking, and gambling is just another addiction so I presume it'll take more than one attempt to stop.

I've bought myself some stickers off ******* and am going to reward myself a sticker for each day I don't gamble.

And I know if I go online to gamble I can't stop myself from being silly so I'm going to try not to go online.

Also I read an article on wikipeadia which says gamblers become addicted because we think the more we gamble then the odds are in our favour that we'll win - however it said this is not the case. Have a look at the article yourself.

But I want to wish you the best of luck in whatever method works for you to stop gambling and please remember to be kind to yourself xxx

Just wanted to say hi joined on Sunday too. How you doing. Hithefanx

HI Folks,

I think I'm mad or something. I just can't stop thinking about gambling. This morning alone I've tried to use both my sons and my brothers online gambling accounts (to no avail), I've put my limit in another online site (luckily only £10), I've tried to reopen a locked online account (I couldn't) and in between times daydreamed about online gambling.

So that's all my morning been dedicated to online gambling.

I know I need to stop but I just don't have the willpower yet, all I can do is tell myself it's wrong.

I'm typing this whilst waiting for an email reply to my request to reopen one of my other online gambling accounts.

I'm lucky in that work are letting me increase my hours but I only need to do that to pay my bills. I didn't want to do it so I can gamble more.

Sorry for venting on here but feel yous are the only people who can understand what I'm going through.

Margy