Hi all.
The time has come for me to take my addiction seriously and to do something about it.
I have been playing online slots for around 18 months and have gone through periods where I am spending up to £1000 per day. Amazingly I am in very little debt and in all honesty even I am amazed by that. At one point I did owe in excess of £10,000 and somehow through continuing to gamble I got very lucky and managed to pay off all but £2000 of debt. I immediately c*t up all of my credit cards and have therefore avoided building up any more debt.
However, with no credit cards available I have now found myself spending my wages and this is going to cause me big problems if I don't deal with it now.
I have previously gone around 80 days without gambling only to f**l off the wagon after the death of a friend. I have already gambled today so tomorrow will be day 1. I have called Gamcare this afternoon which is something I have never done before. They are arranging me some councelling to help me to deal with my triggers and I really hope that I never play online slots ever again.
Wish me luck on my new journey!
I feel your pain. I am recently widowed. I lost my husband of 25 years to cancer in March My head is not in a good place. I miss my husband so much 🙁 I was so out of control that an online slots company picked up on this and telephoned me to check if everything was ok. I said Not really, I have just lost my husband to cancer and I am about to lay him to rest in March. They was understanding and noted all i had said They advised in light of this I should exclude myself. I did this and stupid me thought it would go right across the board once you had excluded yourself from one web site the others would know as well. I didnt absorb all that was said to me except I was now excluded. anyway, I was able to log into another another site, stupid I know. I needed something different to stare at. I wasnt even focused on what I was doing..just clicking and playing and staring into oblivion. I played last night. Not being able to sleep I blew all my money before I could shake myself £621 is now pending via my account ( I so want to stop these transactions, I cant afford them) I get in touch with help! I advise them I was excluded on 10th March. Stupid me, wrong again only that one site I was excluded from. GAM STOP registered me from today even the company I am registered as excluded from is from 10th March. They wont back date the date as thats against the rules. Anyway GAM STOP registered me for 5 years. Hoping this will be long enough for me to turn my life around once and for all.
Hi both,
I've had years of denial, blame and always thinking i'm going to win big. You never can! I have done (I've won considerable amounts) but you just spend more. You're chasing a buzz, not financial improvement.
Once you can admit that, realise that you can;t win back what has gone and stop looking to place blame, you can move on.
It's tough and we all have triggers (Ladidi, i'm desperately sorry for your loss), but to control get gamblock and ban yourself from everything. I've found the last 100 days tough after 25 years of hardcore gambling, but coming here, giving advice and seeing success stories is really helping.
I challenge you to give life a chance. Set a target (10 days, then 25, then 50) and if it all goes wrong....start again. Come on here, be honest and things will improve. We're all on a journey together and we're all here to help one another. By joining this site, you've taken the big first step.
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