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Hi Mat94_18

You'll find plenty of help on the site, I understand how your feeling as I went through this on a daily/weekly basis for many years, read my post as I went through hell for 16 years, after my money had disappeared I would beat myself up inside until next pay day & do the exact same the following month. I always said to myself I'll play smarter next time & win my money back. What you've spent on this horrible addiction is gone, but you can change from today & prevent yourself from being in this situation again. Self exclusion would be a good start & cancel your banks cards.

I too had a passion for sports & would usually gain from this however I was always sucked into spending this on casino games. I've came to conclusion that I have no control & I need to stop before I get any older & ruin my life more.

Best of luck

Thanks for the comment. I have ended my accounts but never use shops anyway always bet online. But any tips to help all I can think about it how different it could be without loosing that money last night and what I would do to have it back!

ofnthwy Really struggling tonight with what I have left. Having urges to try and win just some of it back. Only thing stopping me is thinking how it could be even worse. The only thing i need right now to give me peice of mind is half of that money i have lost back and i would be in such a stable place.

Hi Matt,

if you have any money left then please please please don’t spend anymore on this evil addiction. The odds are not in anyone’s favour apart from the sites - you have more chance of losing more and worse still you are not helping your recovery. Your a survivor and will get through this - remember nothing lasts for ever and you will see better time,, the quicker you stop the quicker you get to that better place.

Ive got urges to gamble and win back my loses as I type this - I’ve put in blocks to stop me but to be honest if I really wanted to I could get round it - however I can’t bare the thought of losing more, which will probably happen. You will not win half back because even if you get to that point you won’t be able to stop yourself trying to win it all back...then end up losing more. You cannot ever win as you can’t stop so don’t start. Stay strong my friend.

Thanks for the comment they always help. Only thing that seems to help me at the moment is visiting this forum and reading comments and I feel much better. I haven't bet since as low as I am right now not sure what would happen if I was to loose any more. Luckily I have a job it doesn't pay great but at least is some income it will take me months to earn back what I have lost and be able to have a life again I think that is the hard part. Find it difficult reading about big losses when problem are able to gain that back through work quickly. But I hope with people's help I can eventually get it all back without gambling

1Hi Matt

One thing I’ve tried to do is to understand that the money lost has gone - it’s not yours and you won’t get it back. What ever you earn through work etc is new money and you should not look at it as replacing the money you lost because either two things will happen....

1)you will get frustrated because it’s taking longer than you want to replace your loss and therefore you think that betting again would be a quicker way to get to the figure you have lost

2) you earn the money back and then see anything above the figure you lost as spare cash for gambling again

Forget the money now, the specific figure doesn’t mean anything now. Concetrate on how you can get through the day without gambling, and how longer term you can use the money you earn in a positive way

I’ve lost a alot of money, and what ever i earn going forward doesn’t change that. The money has gone and there is no chance in getting it back.

Much appreciated I'll stay in contact and let you know how it goes! If your struggling give me a shout!