Hi everyone new here today.... not really sure what to write!
My gambling was generally under control as in I would not gamble everyday but maybe once a month. I found myself 2 days ago ahead of about £500 and I thought one more bet could help me pay off my debt to get me too £600. well needless to say I lost the bet and lost all the money. I then used my credit card to try and recoup the money I had lost and yet again I lost and ended up with 2k on my credit card.
That WILL be the last time I gamble and now I feel so bad about losing the money. No one in my family or wife knows I have done this as I am too shamed to tell them. Fortunately I can just about pay the money off but now I feel so bad about having to do that and trying to constantly think of ways I can make that money back up!
You should be glad pal you only lost 2k read my thread i lost nearly 7k due to not learning from my first mistake. Dont even think about gambling again any little tiny thinking about gambling can cost you disaster. The only solution is stop and move on. Dont take little cushion that ur losses lot lower than mine and maybe it can give you encouragement, but dont even think like that, i made the same mistake got bit easy when i saw other people's losses bigger than mine and continued gambling.
Take it as your first and last gambling mistake and never play again self exclude yourself from websites put K9 blocker and ask someone to put password on blocker and also attend GA meetings as well.
Hi there and welcome.
From experience I can tell you by chasing your losses you will end up deeper than you currently are. Ok so your debt is 2k, dont know your personal circumstanes but it's not a world of money and could be paid off over time. You need to let it go and stop thinking of ways to recoup it, this will only lead back to gambling and pain.
All the best
Hello mjh87
Welcome to the forum.
As FM79 writes it's a really good idea to get blocking software and self-excluded while the loss is still raw.
It's very difficult to just want to stop gambling and stop. It takes a lot of hard work and ups and downs in most cases. I've lost count of the amount of times I've told myself I'll stop.
Would you have stopped at £600? It's tough. A few times I've told myself I'll get to 'this amount' and stop. On very rare occasions I possibly have, but then always sooner rather than later I'd be back gambling. Winning gives me the false idea that I can keep winning.
There's a lot of advice on the forum. Read how other people deal with addiction; there's a chatroom, netline, helpline and GamCare also offer free counselling. Take anything that you feel might help you, it's all here to support you, as are the people on the forum.
Best wishes
Glint
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