Hi, I am 22 years old and have always been into gambling from the age of 15 years old. i first started on fruit machines where i used to spend the majority of my small amount of income from a paper round. As i got older and a career I found myself gambling on roulette down at casinos and on online betting apps. I've always enjoyed it due to the rush when winning. As time has gone on i now gamble frequently on roulette on my phone, and do it most days. last year i had a big win of 50k whilst on the w**********l app which I won in the space of two weeks of consistent gambling from roughly 2 thousand pounds of my own personal money. You could imagine how i felt, a 21 year old who doesnt have many outgoings with so much money, I had so much money i didn't know what to do with it. A few days later i was back on it doing BIG bets and i started losing them, i carried on gambling determined to win it back but it became to the point where I was desperate to have that money back even though i never had it to start with. Within 20 minutes 50grand turned into 15. no matter what i did i'd lose. i managed to say to myself ok, stop and walk away as it was still a lot of money to win. i was proud of myself and bought a car. As time has gone on from the past year i've found myself gambling most days to try and win money. i have a decent job that pays well for my age yet i still put every single bit of spare money i have on roulette. I win and I lose, sometimes thousands. I physically can't save it for whatever reason. for the last year ive always thought about what i could have spent that money on which seems to draw me back to the app. I win big, get greedy then lose it. Today i am writing this just after losing 15grand which took me 15 minutes to lose every last bit of it, it makes me severly depressed and i regret it straight away yet at the time the money doesn't seem enough. I want to stop gambling as its starting to take over my life and if i don't stop soon i'm worried I may do something stupid such as take out a loan or credit card to try and win some money. If anyone anyone has any advice or a similiar problem, feel free to share it with me.
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Mate gambling is a mugs game!its an illness! I'm living in Scotland now because of it! I spent over 250k since I'm 20 I'm now 24! I've lost my 2 phone shops my house and my car! The bookies always wins! I'm 4 weeks gambling free and I'm broke but I'm happier now than I was when I had money and was gambling I'm literally homeless
Hi EG
Take the posiitives, you've identified your problem now, before things really get out of hand. Yeah, you've lost a lot of money but it's good to see you haven't taken out loans or cards to fund your gambling - I did, and got in to a world of hurt. It's taken me over ten years to pay it all back and I've started again before giving myself a kick.
I know that big win gives you a belief you can always win feeling. It's what did for me. You get a big win and then believe you can get it every time but we both know it doesn't happen. Here's the good news, you've no gambling debt as such, still have your job and already accept you need help.
I'm not qualified to give advice (I'm on day five of my own rehabilitation) but I can tell you that spending time on here will help massively. Look around the forums, maybe start a diary (working a treat for me), join the chat room and listen to the advice the members give you - these are people that have been through what we have and have, or are, coming out the other side.
There's some real inspiration out there and loads of help if you want it.
At least you have come to the right place, not won or lost anything like that..but all that money I have lost could have made a difference somehow, good luck hope you make it.
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