Well guys and girls I'm 22, 23 next month and have developed quite a problem with gambling on football on my mobile! Has a couple of big wins in the last 12 months which I've both wasted! Must have spent about 6k of my own money in the last 12 months including the majority of my wages these last 6 months! All started at university a couple of years ago who betted nearly everyday and one day i decided to have a dabble and had a decent winner, which drew me in to betting, I'd steadily start upping my betting frequency where it became a little alarming and now i don't get everyday but that's because I put £1k, £500 bets on which is the majority of my wages. I took out 2k loan which I gambled away as well as pay day loans which I have paid back. I've got a couple of credit cards that I need to pay back as well as this albeit not because of gambling! Today was the last straw and I self excluded myself from the bookie I always use! Just so depressing and probably the lowest I've been in my life atm, joined here in search of hope that gambling can be overcome.
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I am a recovering CG.
Install some gambling software blocker, the links are available on this site under GET ADVICE...WHAT CAN YOU DO. If you have acces to the sites you will gamble. You need to put in as many barriers as you need to help you stop gambling. Don't carry cash or cards if you don't have to.
Have you thought about GA. A wealth of advice and support is available from there if you want it. They have all been through what you are going through, they know how you feel and can help you get back on track.
If you treat this addiction with respect, and you really want to stop, you can. It is really up to you, how mush you want to stop, and whether you want to put the effort in. The addiction can destroy any future that you had dreamed of having if you don't beat it now while you are relatively unscathed.
Read some of the threads on this forum. It will give you an idea of what can happen if the addiction does get out of control.
Best wishes
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Hi guys thanks for the replies! Wal, in response to the GA thing I've thought about it but I feel that's a very last resort for me, if my gambling persists then GA is something I'll have to participate in! And Joydivider and I have wrote down all my losses before and like you said it's horrible reading, struggling to do it again this time because of the depressed mood it sends me in! Part of me gambling all my money away is losing the value of money with betting online all the time and it's just becoming a bunch of numbers! But also my job everyday which involves thousands of pounds passing through my hands where it just ends up becoming paper to me and a thousand pound does not seem much! The most ironic thing about this is I actually work for a bank so you'd think I'd be clever enough with my money, just goes to show it can happen to anyone! And your right in that my gambling has gotten worse because of deeper issues, I've had personal drama within my family over the last 12 months and have been bored with life. Getting used to full time work was a little difficult at first and then getting into the routine of working, coming home, doing nothing took its toll and gambling often filled a bit of that boredom! Then obviously when i wanted to go out and do something fun id have no money because of the gambling! Vicious circle it has turned out to be! Ive wondered about ringing gamcare but the embrassment and burden I feel I would be unloading my problems on to someone else stops me from ringing them! Thanks for the positive words anyway 🙂
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