Well I just signed up here , it would be nice to share what has happened to me and read other people's stories. I guess it makes you feel like you're not the only one out there. Over the last few years I have lost part of my paycheck every week playing scratch offs never had luck with that. I want to say avg 150 a week which is bad but managable. Recently I've been unemployed so I signed up to a few online casinos. Had a little luck managed to take home about 3k which was cool. Then last week I started losing and chasing those losses ended up being down about 10 grand and down to my last 1000 dollars. I prayed to god to help me because I have a beautiful girlfriend who has been the best to me and a 1 year old son that I need to take care of. I took the last 1000 I had and gave it another shot ended up winning 27,000 I was so happy and before I prayed that if I got my money back I would stop. Now the online websites you can only withdraw about 1,000 a week which is fine. Being bored I started to play a little and last night I had 20,000 left I told my self it's fine just leave it alone you still made a lot of money. This morning I started chase the 7k I lost and now I'm flat broke again. The worst part about it is knowing what I could have done for my girlfriend and son with that money, but clearly I have a terrible addiction because when I was down on my knees praying for a miracle it came to me and I still managed to screw that off. It is so embarrassing and I my self worth is at an all time low. I am sorry to my family that I let down and I learned a very good lesson from this and now I'm just going to have to work that much harder to earn my savings back and when that day comes it will feel great to treat my family to something very special.
I to was once down 10k I had £50 left and managed somehow to gamble it back up to 8k. I was so happy couldn't believe my escape then the demons took over. I thought I'll bet a grand and withdraw 7. Guess what, lost the grand then chased the loss and lost it all. When down 10k I would have done anything to get 8k back but when I did I spunked it all like an absolute loser. I've now realised for me it never mattered hoe much I would win it was never enough. The only way I'll be happy is if I never ever bet again.
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Chance
I'm glad you realised that. I'm still working on that mentality i just need to get over my losses. It is true it doesnt matter how much you win. It's just never enough. A great way to look at it is to stop now before losing anymore would be the best solution I feel like i will never gamble again from this day on. Even when im older. Thanks for the words. Appreciate your input
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