About a year and a half ago I went from zero to 100 gambling, I’ve lost thousands had to take out a loan, borrowed money and just haven’t been able to stop. I’ve lied made my family angry and upset. they make it so easy to gamble and the adverts on tv are painful. I ban my self from sites but there’s always others. I’m on the verge of losing everything. I was always the sensible one never addicted to anything but I’ve lost control of this.
Hi, firstly well done for reaching out we all know how you feel about this. You say you have banned yourself from sites but have you got any blockers in place to stop the others being found?
If not you should register with Gamstop for 5 years which stops access to sites, put a blocker on your phone or whatever you use, I have Betblocker installed for 5 years and it cannot be removed. Also contact your Bank to stop all transactions to gambling sites.
I would recommend talking to a Gamcare advisor as they can help you with advice on how to cope, maybe organise some counselling.
Basically get all the help you can.
All the best
Welcome.
There are no secret formulas for this. Just practical things to move your ship forward. Make the call to the staff here they will guide you to the next step. You need a real voice, not just text atm. Addiction is about repeating actions. It has very little to do with money. It needs to be addressed before you start gambling not after you finished your money. The more you repeat the action of gambling the more solid it becomes and that means that it can only change when you change the behaviour. You can become completely free from gambling. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. They build a mystifying and stigmatising product so that you think you will be stuck with this problem forever going forward but that is a big lie. You can become completely free of it.
Start by deciding to change now. Take the practical steps now and embrace your new journey.
Best
C
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