Hi my names steven i'm 29 and I live with my dad in his house. I have worked since I was 18 in low paid jobs and been on benefits in between jobs. I managed to save 22 k in ten years even being in and out of jobs due to the fact Ive had no bills or anything to pay for. I've been very carefull to save this money but I have also been on a few nice holidays aswell. Since I was about 16 i have always had small bets on football, tennis and occasionally horse racing and its never been a problem, I could always walk away from a loss but the last few months I have started to bet bigger and bigger to chase my losses.
A few times I have nearly lost it all chasing my losses back but managed to get it back until recently. A small bet on a football accumalator lost and I could'nt walk away. I tried to chase my small loss and kept on losing and losing while dramatically raising the stakes. I lost 10k on a number of football accys and I then put another 10k on a dead cert favourite to win a match to win 5k. The other team scored in the last minute and the game was a draw. I had lost
Hi Stephen... I feel for you... I've just joined today after years of gambling and losing thousands... good luck to you .. i think this is a good place.. signed up for counselling too x
20k in the space of 3 hours on about 10 bets. 10k on ONE bet! I feel suicidal. I have never felt this low in my life. I feel i have let everyone down. Why could'nt I just settle for being 100 quid down? now 100 quid is 20k and all my hard work and savings means nothing. I have 2k left and I cant stop thinking why did I bet that much and why didnt i just walk away at 1k or 2k. I feel like I will never ever bet again, seeing adverts for betting turns my stomach but its too late.
It's that rush of what could be!!.. I have done it time and time again... then felt so sick and ashamed ... and "if only"... I reckon th eonly way is to admit it to yourself.. that is the hardest part... the secrets and lies you tell yourself .. it's rubbish..you must be gutted...i know that feeling xx
thank you lizt reading other stories helps. I wish I could turn the clock back. I am not sure if I have a problem because now I feel sick to the stomach and I feel like I will never bet again. Maybe if it wouldnt of happened yesterday it would of happened further down the line? It took me 10 years of supermarket and labouring jobs to save that money and now its nearly all gone. I cant stop thinking what I could of done with that money 🙁
Ahh Steven... I have no answers I have just looked at myself today ...Maybe you won't ever do it again..I hope not, Ihope that as absolutely gutting as it is .. it's your only time... it ruins your llife ... doesn't matter how small or how big you start .. it drains you of every penny.. in the hope to have that huge win that never comes... I have spent years hoping and spending... for that one big win that would change my life ... if i hadn't i would be living the life of riley!!.. keep strong .xx
The thing is my first bet was just out of interest to win a few quid. Then it was in my head I NEEDED to get that stake back I betted. It wasnt a rush to win big money I just wanted the money i had lost back and kept on betting more to do so until I was left with only 2k and no i'm absolutely devastated. My mind mus't not of been in the right place I just wanted to get it back ASAP and ended up losing more and more. My grandad is 80 and always warns me about betting I feel so guilty 🙁
Did you tell someone?...that is so brave if you have...I haven't ..but I want to... think that is why I joined here.
Yes I have told my father and grandad who have been very supportive. I needed to get it off my chest. It felt better telling them but now I still feel severely depressed. Hopefully this feeling will go in time but it is hard at the moment
wow thats amazing... you sound like you have a really supportive family.. really good on you for saying it out loud!... I know you must feel like absolute pants... and you will for a while everytime you think of it.. I truly hope it's your only.. very expensive..brush with gambling.. serious gambling. xx
steven u r not alone iv gambled thousands on the lottos english irish and the daily 49s earlier in the year i owed just over 3grand on loans ect i put nearly 100 on the ********* on a wednesday night come 8pm i checked the results yes u guessed it my 3 numbers came out .. wow all my troubles r over well so i thought i ran round to the bookies that night just to get it confirmed yes u have won 6100 i said i.l call in tomorrow for it as i thought they couldnt pay out that much at that time at night but they did ... big mistake ..long story short went to the casino BIG MISTAKE lost the lot except for 50 which i needed for petrol ...never ever do i want to feel like that again
Well its been around 8 weeks since i lost all my money and I havn't thought about betting once since. The horrible losing feeling has got way better as time has passed but yes it still hurts thinking about it.
My 'episode' has definitely been a life lesson well and truly learned i will never bet again. Each time my wages goes in each month it feels a bit better.
A lot of people like me disappear after a few posts, I suppose they just need help immediately and things get better or worse and they don't post again. Anyway there is hope and I believe i had to lose that money to stop me betting ever again.
It's a big loss and I feel your pain. My advice is to remember the pain in a positive way so u don't gamble again. Your under 30 and a lifetime in front of u try to be positive, the only way of winning and beating this evil addiction is to not gamble, u saved 22k before u can do it again. My biggest loss has only been 3/4k but over the 15 heavy years of roulette it's gotta be over 200k in total, how sad I am? But if I carry on in another 10 years it be over 300k I'm never gonna get my money back but if I'm strong I can be a winner in the future by quitting now...
All the best
LLLWILLWLL I hear you story I have friend who is 40 and he has gambled everything , having lost over 300k and this is no over statement he says it's too late for him to stop because the damage is done today he lost another few hundred, he says he has a chance of getting a few quid back, how wrong is he
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