Hello, everyone.
I'm 44 yrs and married to a wonderful wife. I started gambling for the fun of it - to make sports on tv a little bit interesting. Things changed when my wife was made redundant and we started having small financial problems. I thought why not make a few extra money from sports betting to cover the loss of family income. One thing led to another and now I have spent almost all our savings . How did I allow this to happen? How can I escape from this nightmare? Thank you for reading this.
Hi.i signed up to this site today after finally admitting to myself ive got a real big problem 🙁 my story is under the thread a few down from this (crickets123) firstly well done on confessing and admitting to yourself.thats the first big step. Since reading many stories on here i decided to google more on gambling (i am adicted to the slot machines on bingo sites) please do me a favour and google THE TRUTH about online slots and gambling its a major eye opener. Tells you all about it and the big con it is. I cant believe how stupid ive been and the money ive gambled away. Someone on here told me to ACCEPT the money i lost cos i always chase losses resulting in even more losses and its a vicious circle. Sorry for the long reply but i just wanna try and help
I thought when I started that gambling was easy money until everything turns against you.
If you chase your losses, you will only lose more. Stop while you still have some money and your sanity left.
Thank you for your comments. I want to stop but how do I fight the urge to try and get back the money I've lost? This is my biggest problem. I just can't keep my mind off this thought.
Hi, I signed up to the site last night after yet another big loss. I know I have to accept what I've lost, but knowing I have to accept it and actually accepting the thousands of pounds I've lost are totally different things. However, today I'm going to try, it's all I can do to try and move forward from this hell I've created for myself. So today is day 1 and I'm doing something positive, I've self excluded from the casinos I was still a member of. I've closed my secret bank account that funds my habit and I've unsubscribed from as many of the promotional emails as I possibly can. Small steps I know, but for the first time in a long time, I've actually done something rather than think about doing something. And I genuinely feel a tiny bit proud of myself.
I wish you the best of luck...we CAN do this
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