Hi guys,
At the age of 25, and gambling for 7 years I have lost far too much money. Only this evening, I lost £800 chasing my losses. I was planning on going travelling this year and it's getting to the point now where i can't do what I want to do because of this addiction. I am excluding myself from all online, does anyone have any other tips?
I'm determined today is going to be the first day of my new life!
Just found this website myself after losing 5k over the past 2 weekends, been gambling for 10 years, this website is a great help, read other peoples stories and the majority say self exclude, give your bank card to a family member to get you through the first few weeks ,its guna be tough and we are all different. Some one posted the other day after not having gambled for 3 years and had turned there life around. That my goal and should be everyones. Take it a day at a time and do whatever you can so that when you get the urges you have blocks inplace to stop you gambling and im hoping it gets easier and the urges get less often.
Hi Rhewett91
Welcome to the site you are in the best place to get support and advice. If you are gambling online then you need to remove access to these sites so download some free blocking software such as K9. There are so many sites these days that for every 1 we self exclude from there are another 5 opening up each day so there is a need for extra barriers in place. If you are using a card then either give to a family member or snap it, order a new one and then when it arrives scratch the last 3 digits off. Lastly have a think about why you are gambling - is it a way to release anxiety, boredom, loneliness...if you can start to identify why you are gambling then you can start to address it. GA and therapy are also other options depending on how you progress.
On a side note I went travelling for approx 1 year and it was the best experience of my life - you deserve to have this experience also so dont let Mr Gamble take it away from you.
All the best with your journey!
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