dont know where to really start been reading peoples forums for a few weeks now just hit rock bottom AGAIN so thought this would be the best time to start im 21 from london starting betting small on football bets and used to watch mates lose on these wallet snatchers and largh at them saying the famous "theres only one winner and thats the machine" now im worser then what they used to be like on them. proper started getting into them last year stuck most prob about a few grand in them just a rough guess this year aint been to bad had a nice lil £4.80 win last week and was sooo over the moon i promised never to go back in them but obviously i did on the weekend lost it all and more now im proper s******g i need to stop before i lose everything. have read some peoples diarys and they have said they have lost there houses wifes and family i just feel lucky im still young and it hasnt bit me that bad yet but i know if i carry on its going to happen to me but yet is still give my money away like its gonna be my last day to live, this morning i promised myself i wouldnt but yet my legs felt like they was dragging me to the bookies my mind was telling me im gonna lose but my legs took me there thats when i have thought this is takin control over me and this is were im out of the game for good i have spoke with my family about it and my lovely mum is takin control of my money as i have a nice £2000 debt over my head from me putting it in the machine, bit childish getting mum to take charge of my funds i know but if i wanna be silly giving away all my money then i have no choice now. people say i dont understand the value of money tbh i dont think i do i aint working atm i dont sign on. you would wonder where i got the money to bet thinking about it i dont even know, i sopose every gambler always finds some sort of funds to bet with even when your as skint as hell.
sorry if all that was a bit confusing but im new but ill get used to it.
thanks for anybody taking there time to read a bit of what i been going through dont wanna bang on too much but i look forward to hearing your side on cold turkey.
Hello chap and well done for being mature and accepting that you don't want to do this anymore. Some people like my dad, never accept that they have a problem. He died broke and in debt at the young of of 51. You can so many other things with your life that are far more enjoyable than sitting in a smelly bookmakers, feeling frustrated and angry. I'm learning that for myself now after 20 years of losing. I hope you will knock it on the head for good. Accept your debt and don't have silly thoughts of winning that money back. Good luck.
thanks pal i think thats the hardest part for a gambler to accept our losses and move on. we will never win our money back its just something that we have to deal forget if we want to move on in life.
IF YOU DONT STAND FOR SOMETHING YOU WILL FALL FOR EVERYTHING!!
i just read a post u write u said
In these trying times there are many strategies to gain extra revenue. There are many foolish people out there. This is one way to rob the fool of his money. The fool and his money is easily parted. So true. The poor fool just wishes that he had a bit of extra cash. it all comes down to greed i guess. If we just appeciated what we had instead of wishing for more we would be o.k but it's part of human nature. When someone is on minimum wage, you can't blame them for risking a few quid.
that sums up everything. reading that everytime i want to gamble will defo help.
Hello chap,
Only a couple of months ago i was in your shoes. Then i read a book about overcoming gambling and coupled with a new strong resolve to quit, i gained a new determination to never gamble again. You can put this behind you, life is full of lessons to be learnt. The only thing you can never do is believe you have it beat! You must always be on yout guard. Some people on here can go years without a bet then for no apparent reason, they find themselves back at square one.
So maybe it won't be a problem for me now but might be in the future. Its my first day today and tbh I really have no argues to go back in there ever again hopefully it stays easy for me but like u said I have to be on guard cos I sopose it only takes one lil slip up then we r bk to square one. I know now I have been beaten. I feel so good today knowing I will not be feeding the machines any more of my money!!!
today has been a nightmare i thought i was strong enough but obviously not. this morning i had to go shop to buy f**s, so got round the shop pulled out my fiver to pay and the worstest thing for a cg happens i pulled out 125 out my pocket SHIIT WAS SOPOSED TO LEAVE THE WOD AT HOME!!! so e*e i go thinkin ill put a tenner on BJ whats the worst that could happen i think f it go next door and blow it all. walking back about to light a f*g thinkin s**t this pack of 10 mayfair cost me £125 ha what a complete idiot wat was i thinkin!! felt so depressed thats nearly 6/700 in few days. walked far to sell my phone and few games they told me id have to wait an hour for them to check all was well with the phone so got the 26 quid for the 2 games then had 2 waste a hour so obviously you know exactly where i went not thinking what got me there in the first place. i dnt know how it lasted me a hour with only 26 quid but lost it obviously. i feel torn apart i know i need 2 b STRONGER
hi i no wot you mean i was in my local city center at a pawn brokers selling some old broken and unused jewellery (a broken chain old rings broke bits and bobs) walked out the shop and was waiting for a bus home opposite a arcade funny enuff and in the arcade i went ended up losing the lot had no money to get home had to be at the school to pick up kids so no time to walk ended up pawning my engagement ring so i could get home thankfully was only a few days till i got paid and managed to get it back we have all been there this is only day 3 for me so i cant offer advice im still looking for some myself but for me knowing im not alone has helped heaps
Hi everyone as you can tell i was on here a few years ago looking to change my life... Boy how things could have been different if i would of stuck to it.
Few years ago i started this and as you could prob guess i haven't stopped one bit. Its pretty weird reading back on it thinking how much my life would be so different now if i would of been stronger.
In the last few years i managed to find myself a decent job was going really well until i fount a few buddy's who loved to go over the bookies at lunch and as was expected it got to the point i was spending all my wages most weeks all in my lunch time sometimes with time to spare, sometimes having to make up excuses of where i am and not going back for the day glued to the roulette machine trying to win my hard earned money back ended up leaving my job just before xmas as it i had to get away from all that was really causing me alot of stress and looking back i suppose thats what gambling does you might not know it but it will slowly rip your life apart. I guess that takes me to where i am now since then i have some how managed to stay of the roulette and started betting big on horses started of winning nearly every single bet i done now i lost all the winnings plus bit more. When will i ever learn.
I can promise you all now i am done for good!
I want to look back on this in a few years and i really do prey i have learned a lesson.
Feb 13th 2004 is the day my life changes
keep strong you have walked away from your job as it gave you temptation that took guts keep going , you can di it
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