so i have decided to wright a bit about me, and my addidction....
It all started with a simple game of bingo.. yup bingo which i thought was for old grannys! how wrong was i?
one or two nights week i would go to bingo, never really having a win, but it was good to socialise and get out. Then i handed a free slip of online bingo, back then i may as well have been a single mum, on benifits i was with a complete vile man, so it seemed easy money, i cant remember a huge win on the online bingo, but i enjoyed it.
slots never really came in to my life untill a while after, i had left the bully and started a new life for my family, started my own company which is thriving, married. moved houses. Then i was playing the odd game online bingo here and there, thats when i came across slots, and wow did it affect me more than i ever knew, before i knew it, i would put the kids to bed, and sit online and play, setting my self a limit in my head, and when that limit got reached i would think " i work hard for my money, il do what i want with it" and thats where it all started, i was hooked, i was doing this for about a year,
when i thought nope thats enough, so i self excluded my self after looseing more money than i won, i was deflated. i managed to pick my self back up and move on putting my demons behind me. But it wasnt over yet, the urgee took over again, and i found my self after year and half gamble free roughly, i had done it again, i had joined different sights, to play the one game i loved, and i won, big twice, thats all it needed, that win for me to start chaseing a even bigger win, 1 person i told who i could trust with my life, said thats enough now, but i felt the greed eating away at me, this carried on for months, i would never leave my self skint and only would put on what i could afford, still in the back of my head to this day i think what a waste why??? now im a month gamble free, i feel amazing, i have urges like anyone else who has an additction, but i think of what i could be doing with the extra money, i feel cleansed and a new person, im still early days, but i am also a strong willed person, and i will not look back, this a me and this is my story
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Hi Mrswagg. Well done on reaching a month gamble free. Great effort :). I m not far behind you and can’t wait for my first full pay cycle with no gambling transactions. Best wishes x
hi jade and welcome, lets do this xxx
Hi mrs wagg just read your story I felt the same putting money in thinking it's mine to spend but I'd leave myself skint looking back at bank statements thinking what a waste too!
U sound like ur ready for it and a month free is wicked well done x
hi all, its amazing isnt this group, i honestly feel like ive made some good friends here, paul soumds like you're doing great also not far behind me, how are you finding the sight? adam and lynie we have got this!! xx
Well done jade, you are doing brilliant. Keep it up!!
thanks gareth ive set a whats app group if anyone wants to join let me no x
Hi. I find this site useful as a reminder that we re not alone and there are many out there with similar stories from all walks of life. Whenever I feel like checking out the odds on the footy or whatever I come here instead and read or write x
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Hi. I find this site useful as a reminder that we re not alone and there are many out there with similar stories from all walks of life. Whenever I feel like checking out the odds on the footy or whatever I come here instead and read or write x
[/quote thats a good idea, i manly use the chatroom, which is great, but also i like to read storys on here, it helps to know other people have been through what we are going through now x
I haven’t really used the chat room yet. Will maybe give it a try. A WhatsApp group sounds like a good idea also. Lots of good hearted people here for sure 🙂 x
Heya Jade,
How are you doing? I’ve not been on chat for a while or been on here much of late.
How are you getting on not being on the slots? Have you found something else to occupy your time yet?
The whatsapp group sounds good. Count me in. Do I need to ping a message?
CJ.
Hi. Could I please join the what’s app group if ok? How do I join?
SM8 wrote:
Hi. Could I please join the what’s app group if ok? How do I join?
Add 07720235804
Could I please join your whatsapp group too?
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