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well lets say we understand you and support you man... Will that give you any comfort? I dont think so.. Why do you need the dont worry you will be fine? you have to SORT IT OUT.. Maybe you havent hit rock bottom still... I still havent blocked myself from any site, I am so disgusted of my actions and my life as a gambler, that I have no urge to gamble anymore.. I became so disgusted that even if I won a million, that feeling of disgust wont disapear.. so yeah do what you have to do, so you can have a better tomorrow you are very young man, me as well.. goof luck

What reaction are you looking for when you post yet another complaint that gambling isn't going your way?

Handing over your finances is not an option for you, blocking online gambling sites is not an option for you and neither is self excluding from the bookies. Counselling etc is also rejected.

We all think you are heading down the wrong path but there is not really any more advice we can give.

All the best

I'm not looking for comfort or advice, I'm just venting, it's nice to let it all out. I'll get angry and feel upset but I always bounce back, I'm feeling positive right now. Feeling good 🙂 I appreciate the help, just being told the same thing continuously is a bit redundant. See, the dude didn't need to block himself... People can just Choose to stop. Not sure about the million pound thing, maybe you need help too dude, a million would solve all my problems, I'd stop gambling for £1,000,000
I'd legit never gamble again or have it taken off me. If I could me and my mum houses straight up, sweet.

In one sense you’re right, that effective blocking would stop you from being able to gamble but it wouldn’t address the compulsion. And as gambling is an emotional issue with financial consequences, you’d still feel the need to use. But...at that point, you do have a choice: to feed the urge or to get help to stop. Your call.

At the moment, you’re making bad choices. Stinkin’ Thinkin’.You’d do anything it takes to gamble, but you won’t (not can’t) do anything that it takes to stop. GA meetings are distant, they’re not too distant. Or you could try another Fellowship, maybe AA.

Recovery is about taking ownership of your decisions instead of blaming everyone else. That would also apply to your girlfriend, who hadn’t been able to fix you and probably needs her own help.

CW

Hey,

I’ve read through your post and I feel like we are in a very similar situation. I think your problem is that you want to quit but for the wrong reasons, that is you want to quit because you’ve got yourself in a hole and your losing and borrowing more to feed your addiction. It feels like you don’t want to self exclude because you still very much want to gamble since you can self exclude from the bookies as well, saying you will end up doing something like hitting someone is just an excuse you are telling yourself and us because you don’t want the control and ability to gamble taken away from you. I’m not trying to get on your case or be harsh I’m just not beating around the bush and being honest with what I’ve read and I say this because I’m currently in the same battle. I want to quit but for the wrong reasons...not because it’s slowly destroying my life,causing me to be constantly skint, destroying my relationships and friendships but because I’m in debt, right now if I was debt free I have no doubts I would be gambling again without a second thought (I am even though I’m in debt anyway but it would be more extreme). I know that I really need to have a sit down and think long and hard about seriously quitting and not just saying it but actually taking action and if I’m honest I think you need to do the same. Again I hope you see this as brutal honesty and not just an attack, I can relate what your going through and wish you the best of luck mate.

Hi onepunchjamoo. Been following your threads, and feel for you. Hoping you can gradually quit gambling and find happiness.

And the main thing I want to say is have faith in yourself - believe in yourself. Believe that you won't hit machines, or people because you can't gamble. Seriously - if you can go 3 or 4 weeks without gambling, that craving will die down, and you won't need to. Why can't your girlfriend look after your money ? I think that's the most important thing just for 3 or 4 weeks while you detox from cravings and gambling. Anyway, we all wish you the best here - you can sort it onepunchjamoo - believe!

Fill the void, hate your job? Feel like life is a struggle, boring, a constant cycle? You are in the right place to meet the club who crave dopamine, excitement, and a option of hope. Unfortunately as gamblers we crave that hope in a twisted way,the hope of a better life, with more money, not having to go to that crappy place called work. It's only when the void is filled we can suppress the urges. Personally for me it's career change, new start, new people, new challenges. Don't accept defeat by saying if I don't gamble my actions will be.... Change your thinking to what new horizons you can create for yourself. I wish you well