Hi,
I have never posted to a site like this before, but I feel that now is the time to do so. Here's my story for the last 5 years I have gambled away 10s of thousands of pounds on football, horse racing, tennis, rugby and have even tried playing the stock market 20 minute markets which I know nothing about. I have won a few times, and that always felt great, but this month I promised myself I wouldn't waste any more money on this, and then I went and did just that. I can understand a loss of maybe 100 pounds, but it's many times more than that over the years.
It's only now that I realise the cost isn't only financial. It seeps into every aspect of your life and slowly eats away at you like an invisible cancer. It has led to the loss of my lovely girlfriend (who I probably didn't deserve), and has made me repressed and anti-social. It has effectively ruined me financially and emotionally. It's always on my mind and it's something I just have to accept. As of writing this I haven't had a bet in 2 days, and I hope never to do so ever again.
That's my story, and I wanted to share it with you all.
Hi.
I am pretty similar to you. My girlfriend has given me an ultimatum to stop gambling as I am ruining the relationship. Which is true. I hope to start counselling today and I so hope it works. Maybe it could be an avenue for you.
Don't make the mistake of posting on here and then thinking you've done your job and everything will be ok. Keep battling, keep fighting. Win your girlfriend back .... that is the biggest prize than any jackpot.
Keep updating your progress my friend.
All the best.
Hi,
It could be something to consider, but she doesn't even know about my gambling. I have basically been lying for years. I know that making a post here isn't going to solve everything, but at least it's a start and a step in the right direction to solving this mess.
I think the best bet right now is to try and calm my emotions, and give my girlfriend time to think about things and then try and patch things up after some breathing room. I really want to get her back.
Thank you very, very much for your advice and I hope you'll let know how things go with your girlfriend as well. It's a complete disaster is gambling and it destroys lives. In fact I m considering starting one of those gambling diaries.
It's good to start a diary. Keep a check of what you do with your money. I'm looking into saving my money in other avenues where it's harder for me to have it.
My girlfriend says if I get off gambling and have better control then we have a chance together. So that's what it'll be. She's worth it, as I'm sure yours is to you.
Good luck
Hi,
I m also putting money into different places to prevent myself wasting it like I have before, and I now haven't had a bet for 3 days now. It's really crippling me that it's because of all this that my money and now relationship are crippled. I honestly don't think I can get the relationship back on track, but at the very least I can stop this gambling disease from ruining things further.
Thank you for your support, and I hope you are also managing to stay bet free as well.
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