I'm 22 years old, have a well paid job a lovely girlfriend and family but i cannot kick my online roulette addiction.
I have been gambling online since i turned 18 but only used to put a few bets on every now and again. I soon moved on to the online casinos which is the biggest mistake of my life.
I started off depositing 30 a day sometimes winning sometimes not.
Now 4 years later I work 40 hours a week earning about 1200 a month. I don't particularly live extravagantly, i live with my parents so my money is pretty much mine with minimal bills. But my big dark secret nobody in my family knows is that pretty much everyday i sit at my laptop depositing 100 a time.
I have had several big wins, sometimes withdrawing 1000 but the next day i will go back and lose it all again just trying to get the satisfaction of winning again.
I have decided several times, that is it. I'm not doing it anymore. then the next thing is, I'm searching google for another casino i can play on.
I seriously need some help, i now have an empty bank account and have resorted to taking out payday loans just to live.
please help
Hi dude. My suggestion to you would be get out while you are young and never look back forget the money you have lost because it ain't coming back. We all try to win our money back but I guarantee there is only one winner the machine why? Because they are not random there set to a code so say you put it all on one number if it wants to pay it will if it doesn't it won't you spreading money around is just entertainment you can't beat. Let's just say you and me have a bet first off I get you to pick a letter in the alphabet but then I ask you for your letter. Say it's a I then juggle for you for 10 seconds and say no its b. You lose I win that's what the machine doing. It's basically robbing you legally. Bit of a weird explanation but I hope it helps you my friend have the advantage of youth. Ps don't take out payday loans there picking on people like us for profit knowing we will not be able to pay it back.
Hi mate I echo previous post your at an age to kick this into touch early cos trust me I wish I had at your age I am 47 now and believe me you will only end up in a big hole if you carry on...there is only 1 winner and it's not us that's for sure...put in a block on your computer that's a barrier and talk to your family which I am sure they will understand and respect you that you know you need help wish you well mate
Morning lad thought ide leave a reply since you had taken the time to read my essay! today is another day, the feeling you had when the money went will ease off today and tomorrow, then its a new week. Its upto us what we do with that week, wether we sit in our bedrooms like hermits and gamble while our familys are oblivious downstairs, then text the girlfriends putting on a brave face as though we even care what their saying when we've just pumped a few hundred into the spin of a wheel. One thing i would say is you have to stay away from the payday loans first, you cant chase losses with those things, secondly do you have any hobbies that can take up time? the gym? or do some overtime at work, or take the gf out for a meal, anything just to get away from the laptop, after a couple of days without gambling i usually start to feel much better, my mood improves and everything else falls into place aswell. This weekend i am not going to touch roulette im on the laptop now, its going to write this post then get turned off and im going to the gym, i have 2 football bets on for today which have no chance of winning yet in my head its still a chance of recouping losses, anyway 30 in football bets is better than 100 a spin on roulette, and i get 90 minutes+ for my 30 not 30 seconds 🙂
all the best mate keep your head screwed on
I'm 31 now. I wish I could turn the clock back and sit down with my 22 year old self and tell him to stop. What started out as a bit of fun has caused endless heartbreak.
You're at an age where you don't need to go down the same path I did. Quit now and put it all behind you.
Thanks guys. I'm now four days without gambling but at the moment i don't have the funds, i hope i can keep this up but I'm worried that when i get paid i will waste them
Think of a plan, think of a way to avoid wasting your money.
That's if you really want to stop.
Like everyone has posted , its a progressive illness, it will only get worse, NEVER better, you CANNOT win as you CANNOT stop.
World of help out there, but welcome aboard and taking the first step
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