Im a 43 yr old male who has an amazing wife and beautiful daughter . We live a good life and have all we need and more . I find myself on here as I have a problem with gambling in the past and now trading on stocks & shares.
i recently got some inheritance money and had not been gambling for many years now and was not even on the radar and thought I have cracked it until I started thinking how I would use the inheritance money. My wife and I discussed that getting a camper van for us as a family would be amazing , so we started looking for the ideal match , I was drawn to many that was out of my price range so I took it upon myself to tray and make a few extra quid selling cars …. Didn’t work . Then a few other bit and pieces that just fell flat .
At my work place a couple of my colleagues do a little trading and I overheard them taking about a great opportunity , so I looked into it myself .
after doing a lot of my own research I dived in and started trading . Only small just to get a feel for things . Worked out ok so I moved onto bigger things . Real big . I took out a personal loan to help feed this new venture .
I had an amazing vision in my head of driving down our road in this amazing camper van that we would all enjoy and surprise my family .
this got shut down very quick as what I was trading in began to fall like a lead balloon . It was clear I was a total rookie and made some big mistakes. So there I was again getting out another loan to help me get back the original loan but the stock just did not do what I expected.
in a nut shell I’m now heavily in debt and have revealed this to my wife who was obviously VERY MAD and clearly upset . I don’t originally look at it as gambling but looking back now it clearly is .
i have been to some very dark places with my emotions with the worry of the effects it will have to my family life .
im currently seeking help in every way possible as i dont want this hurt and will do anything to get back to where we as a family was not so long ago.
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