Raj, I have followed you closely as your first lapse was the same time as me, 37 days ago. Any blocks in place now? Anyone know about debts? I am by know means an expert but I know that if I hadn't stopped 37 days ago my 9,500 would be worse. Keep going mate and things will get better.
No ones knows about my debts..can't really tell anyone as feeling ashamed about this. I can just manage the debt..though going to hard for the next few years. I've cancelled my account now so no going back. I did not place all my loans into betting somcan Conner the bills payments etc for the next few months. Time to reset my lifestyle and move forward from this.
No ones knows about my debts..can't really tell anyone as feeling ashamed about this. I can just manage the debt..though going to hard for the next few years. I've cancelled my account now so no going back. I did not place all my loans into betting somcan Conner the bills payments etc for the next few months. Time to reset my lifestyle and move forward from this.
At least you have kept some of the loan to cover bills etc. I've made the mistake of losing everything that was in the account!!
I have not told anyone about the debts and gambling that have been accumulated the last 8 months. The general opinion of the majority of successful forum users who have abstained from gambling is to tell someone and admit everything. I am not ready today to confess about the latest run of losses but maybe I will tomorrow who knows. At the moment concentrating on remaining gamble free and positive even though not a lot to be positive about at the moment the losses are still there and always will be but I need to let go. Hope all goes well for you.
Cheers mate-it's going to be s long road ahead for us at least the only way is up now. Maybe now we can think more clearly and about putting money in a game that odds are stacked against us.
Hello mate, just checking all is ok.
Hey Doggy..I'm in ok mate..thanks for asking/just looking back at this and feel how silly I've been. Now is the time to focus on my little girls future..starting exercising again..then hopefully soon I will be in a better frame of mind.
Raj, honestly now when you are looking at things differently put as many barriers in place as possible... you say the only way is up but i'm sure that was also the case before you took another 10k loan....its not worth it, accept the loses and make it as hard as you can to gamble
Hi mate, I've now cancelled my accounts and there's no way in going back now. 1st goal is to clear my credit card and the loans will take care of themselves. No more credit/loans are available as maxed out. It's going to be a hard year ahead but got to get through this..at least for the sake of my little girl. I think is now to get addictive to exceeding and the debt off. This is a big wake up call as no way to make easy money.
Hi Raj, like you I now have 5 years of £600 a month to pay for this addiction. Im only a week in, but my head despises where gambling has put me, but my headspace now is to never ever log online to another Casino ever, and funnily enough one casino offered me £150 free the other day to try get me back. All the time you lose to watching a wheel spin, reels spinning for what. Good Luck.
Thanks mate..I'm finally coming round and can see clearly now on what's ahead. The debts is a reminder to not to go back to gambling again. No such thing as easy money. Time to let this go and move forward.
1st day free from not thinking about gambling or waking up early in the night to put a bet on. I can see more clearly now.
Hi Raj
Good to hear that you are feeling things are clearer now. Now that you've been on the forum a while, how would you feel about starting a Recovery Diary instead of posting in New Member Intros?
Best wishes
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Hey Admin, I've now wrote a recovery diary.
Ah raj my mate i have just read this full forum and really feel for you mate, how can you afford to take out all them credit cards and loans? You winning was literally very rare and you seriously never want to put 40k on the line its devasting life changing actions, self exclude from all gambling websites and all your local area bookies, if you havent got the time then ask someone to do it for you, im sure you already know but just ask if you need to know who to contact to self exclude from the bookies in your area
Honestly mate you never want to try and get that money back, i went years chasing my money and literally yeh a few wins but untimatly lost more and more over the years and ruins lifes, more likely outcomes from gambling: pay depts for the rest of your life literally working for free, mental health problems, not being able to just live in the moment and not have money on the mind, it really is not worth it so many lifes destroyed really sad, i couldent belive hearing you went back, when them thoughts come you should block the chance todo i.e however you were going to gamble self exclude, make it inpossible, the thing i like about being barred from the shops is if you ever won which is so rare the bookies dont even have to pay you if they then find out your excluded this can be worst than loosing the money!
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