Hello everyone,
Back in 2013 I finished college then I got into £4000 in debt through gambling. It took a while to pay off. I have a well payed job now and I have fell into gambling once more.
Yesterday I lost £3000 including a 24month loan of £2000. My monthly outgoing so are not much I have £1000 each month available after I pay rent and what not.
Although I'm so lucky to have all this money left over each month I blow it away anyway. It will take me 3 months so get out of debt as long as I don't gamble. Plus I have £1200 in payday loans again. Next month will be very tough but from December onwards it might get easier for me. I have worked out that I can be debt free again in February or March next year.
I am just very dissapiinted in myself that I can fall back into this hole after doing this exact same thing before.
I find it hard to speak about it also as I live at home.
It's hard right now to stay positive and I'm thinking of doing overtime at work to help with the interest of my loans.
Thanks for reading 🙂
Hi GA1,
Well done for having the courage for coming on here & admitting you have a problem.
I started gambling young (I am 39 now). I wish I could go back in time & explain to myself the money I'd lose & time spent gambling were just a massive waste & gambling has made me a massive mug & a slave to it.
A few points for you GA1. You've lost thousands. Why? Is it because gambling gets a grip on you?
If it is a grip, compulsion or addiction then you could face a future ruined by gambling unless you take control & take it completely. Honestly when you read the stories on here it's a heartbreaking.
I really hope GA1 you can open your eyes up now & realise you don't need gambling to happy in fact it's the complete opposite.
Hello Redham!
Yes, it's a compulsive addiction which I just cannot get rid of. Counseling failed too. The only thing that will help me stop is if someone minds my money for me so I can get access to it. But the next few months I won't be seeing much of my wages as I have to pay off these loans now.
Once I have paid loans off I can sort somthing out so I'm not able to get access to my money.
I'm 24 now I'm I have nothing to show for it I'm just a mug 🙂
Thanks so much for replying it means a lot.
I am also thinking about taking more loans out to chase it but I know I'm gonna loose this is what this addiction does to you. In an ideal world I should be cutting my losses and repaying what I owe. I'm over 3k in debt and still I want to take more loans out.
GA1 seriously mate don't do it.
Think about the gambling how much is enough? Back to break even point.....Perhaps more? We all know it's not really about the money it's the chase. Ok you really want rid of the stupid debt but you know gambling is very very unlikely to clear it. A tiny percentage make money from gambling.
Think of it this way the debt I'd part of the cure. Pay it off gradually & don't forget or ignore how you built it up.
Take 1 day at a time & stop, stop forever gambling is designed to pull us in & us CG fall for it.
Keep busy doing something else, exercise will help you help & rest your mind.
GamblingAddict1 welcome to the forum. You could try GA (Gamblers Anonymous). Best decision I've made in a long time.
All the best
Welcome, you need to put those blocks in place now and realise that you can never go back to it, read some of the gut wrenching stories on here, I've cried over many including my own. Your young and can do so much more then a lot of us more mature adults x wise words written above from th members x
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