Hi..............
Not sure what to say. My name is Adam and I am in my early twenties. My story so far:
I didn't really gamble much, then a couple of years a I joined a betting comopany in one of their retail stores and quickly setlled in and enjoyed it and then started betting a little not loads maybe a fiver.............and thats when it began my relationship with my partner ended after six years and I may became depressed and lonely and turned to gambling as a source to 'get away' it quickly spiralled out of control, you all know the rest., spend a lot of money and heavily in debt. I decided to quit my job a couple of months ago and joined another company, nothing to do with gambling and i am realising i have an addiction and need to start myself out. I ' am just start on the road and any help or advice would be really awesome.
Hi again x
Hi Fox - just wanted to say hello, I am new here too, two days ago in fact! So cannot give any advice, but just wanted to say I understand what you mean completely, you summed up exactly what I felt "it quickly spiralled out of control". I look back and dont quite understand where I must have been in my head to suddenly become a slave to - for me - online slots. It seemed like the thought of playing was all consuming, and the few meagre wins I had just fuelled me to keep on ... and on ... not sleeping, would rather go online because "this time I will win bigger", what a fool. My bank acc was suddenly 0 and whilst I played I gave no thought to rent, bills, food etc. Then my months money would go in and I scrimped on everything in order to play slots. Month after miserable month! Then I just looked up gambling addiction and found this site. One day something in me just clicked and said hey, you've got a big problem, sort it out now before its too late, so thank god for this site and like minded people like you. My shame, embarrassment and self loathing meant I kept it all a secret, couldnt tell family or friends, and this site is a godsend now. Even after just a few days I feel a lot stronger, Ive been so blooming miserable because of it all my over-riding thought that keeps me going now is that I want to be like my old self, before I got sucked into this ridiculous evil trap, So Adam mate, we're starting out together almost! And I tell you what - we'll bloody well get there!!
Adam, the biggest saviour in your whole situation is stated in your first sentence - that you are 23. You can turn your life around and look back at this as dark phase you have moved on from. Don't spend your adult life lying to those you love and being permanently short of money all the time. Don't get to 43 and wonder where the 20 years have gone knowing you've wasted it to gambling. You are young enough to work and get the back the money you've lost, you can't get wasted years back.
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