Hi All,
Appreciate all your posts and see how you have all gone through traumatic experiences with gambling.
Where do I start with my situation, 10 years ago when I started betting on small time sports such a ice hockey in America, and casually losing even though I knew I was working and never had money issues...how I could of got it wrong?!
Fast forward 10 years and I have got myself into endless amounts of debt, by taking out loans to fund the addiction, to using my student finances to fund my addiction, not allowing me to enjoy university like all my friends did! I am just about making my monthly repayments with not much left over, the worst decision i could of done is getting a credit card with a limit of 4k.
Thankfully I have been lucky to always be in a job throughout this period but it makes me sick to realise I have not been able to save anything, whilst I have worked so hard to make my career successful (albeit the problem with gambling).
My latest relapse affected me deeply, I managed to get up to a profit of 3k starting from aroud £500, only for me to lose that and then taking out an additional loan of 4k, and somehow managing to lose that even though i managed to make the 3k back. All gone within 4 days!!
You hear people talk about hitting rock bottom, that's how I feel right now...
Hey sr2.
I can totally relate to the taking out a loan to chase losses and then lose the whole loan. Its such a sickening gut wrenching feeling that sent me to a dark place of not being interested in anything for a few weeks. But believe it or not you can come to terms with it but the ONLY way to do that is to just say to yourself enough is enough and whats done is done! You made a mistake learn from it and move on in a positive direction. You can do this its just going to take a while to accept what has happened and then you will move forward! I wish you all the best! You are not alone but we can get out of this mess. Money isnt everything!
Thanks for your advice I totally understand and it makes you want to ignore all your friends and family. I do need to learn from it and ensure it doesn't happen again, otherwise I will just get myself in the same situation once again.
You are right money isn't everything and if it means I don't get to enjoy the luxuries of life, then so be it as its all my fault that I got myself in this position! I know together we can all beat this no matter how hard the temptation is! I wish you well in your recovery too.
Exactly but i think its important that we come up with a happy balance so that along with paying debts off we also allow ourselves a chance to live. If we are too harsh with paying debts back we will only get down and depressed and we all know those dark times when we are bored is when we turn to the dreaded gambling. I think if we keep our heads down and keep busy we can do this!
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