Rethink gambling

Have just found this site.

Great to see so many old names here.

As has been referred to my new book 'When The Fun Stops: The Modern Plague Of Gambling Addiction' is available on kindle on Friday. Also available in Amazon Create Space paperback which may be already available.

I do have a link to the old Rethink forum at the beginning of the book. Of course that then went down, but I left the link in in case it re-appeared. I discovered this forum too late to link it, although I do have a link to Gamcare in the book. There are many links in the book.

Despite completing the book I failed to take my own advice and last weekend I had a bad lapse. The first time I've gambled since August 12.The previous weekend I put £10 on a goals in live play football accumulator to win £600 and although all didn't come up I cashed out whilst ahead with £50. Instead of withdarwing this I went on the slots and turned it into £90 on Midas Millions, then went on Cleopatra and lost it all. Never mind, it was only £10.

Then last weekend I again had £10 on the football which lost. Another £10 went the same way. Then, like an idiot, I deposited £500 by credit card and started on the slots. Only played Midas Millions and Cleopatra again but never got into proft. Within 15 minutes there was just £90 left which I then stuck on one football match for a goal in the last 15 minutes. That lost too.

So, despite not gambling since August, despite all my advice in the book, particularly about the toxic slots I have lost £530 over the past couple of weekends and will have to start all over again. I have been gamble free since August 12 and now have to start again from 25 November. I have had only three gambling sessions this year: Two days in January, two weekends in August and two weekends in November, but it has still cost me around £2000.

I know what sparked it off this time. I have had quite a few expenses recently all coming at the same time - an unexpected tax bill, some funeral expenses for my mum who passed away in October (she would have been 96 on Xmas day so it wasn't a great shock and she outlived dad by 34 and a half years), but these expenses all suddenly coming together have hit me financially and I made the stupid mistake of turning to gambling to help me. Of course I am in even more trouble financially now because of that stupid move.

I am nowhere near as badly off as I was 6/7 years ago but certainly worse off once again than I was 1/2 years ago.

Hopefully the book can make me a couple of quid!

Back to square one yet again, but I am determined determined this time. No more gambling ever. I have done six months before I can do six years!

Hey Nikukp sorry to hear about that. It's not a great thing but if you can start againyou'll minimize the damage.

It sounds as though you have left avenues to gamble open by not having self excluded yourself from these sites. If you're serious about stopping gambling and haven't already done it, you need to self exclude from these sites NOW for the maximum possible period of time. Otherwise as a compulsive gambler it's only a matter of time before you do it again.

I would'nt be too hard on yourself though, just do what needs to be done to try and start again 🙂

Just thought I'd mention that Rethink is back on-line. However, I like it here on Gamcare , I've learned a great deal from reading other people's diaries, gleaming useful tips on breaking the time/location/money triangle, writing my own diary and of course received some great support through kind and encouraging posts. I think it's in my best interests to stay here, (hope that doesn't sound too selfish ) but I'm determined to make 2018 gamble-free. Anyway just thought I'd let you know . All the very best everyone, Joanne