Just as an introduction/ bit of letting off steam. I've been gambling heavily maybe five years now, going back and forth between giving up completely sometimes months at a time and as I have just now walked out of a book makers having lost 350 in the space of an hour I know something needs to change. The ease at which I can spend money has grown over the last few years, with FOTB installed at bookmakers every few hundred meters it's hard to get away from. Why the government allows them or doesn't restrict the limits I don't know, it's not like you are going to get millionaires who can afford to lose that much down your local bookies!
My main problem is I don't really miss it when I don't gamble but when I do I can't stop. Which sounds like I am firmly in the compulsive gambler category.
I've got a great job, family , girlfriend etc but this one thing is and has caused me so much stress and worry. Previous relationships of mine have definitely suffered as I've disappeared off to gamble and wasted my money and time on gambling instead of them .
I don't really have anyone I could go to about this due to my embarrassment hence the anonymous post. I wouldn't like to think how much money and time I have wasted. It's hard to put in place ways of stopping gambling without other people knowing, much good as gamblock is if someone borrows my laptop to check the lottery numbers I could ideally do without them knowing I'm a gambling addict.
Anyway rant over I hope that I can get this sorted as I'm getting to the age were I need to settle down have a family etc, not worry about having spent 350 on a cartoon slot machine based on Monty Python.
Feels better to get that off my chest anyway.
Hi there, I've signed up on here tonight having totally changed my attitude to gambling having had a big problem over 20 years. If you want to know about ways to help, please ask me. I'm happy to share.
gambling is such a disease it mixes in with your blood and takes over every aspect of your life. it makes u neglect your friends your family, i started gambling on 2 pound jack pot machines which wer 2 pence a spin then came the 5 pence a spin and then 10 pence and so on. it was when the 500 b3 slot machines came in thatit destroyed me. a couple of times i lost thousands in a day chasing that 500 jackpot. how silly of me. in gambling ther is only one winner and thats not us its them . now days bookies are popping up on every corner cause they are so profitable because of the slot machines. it is destroying people lives and they dont care they just want your money and couldnt care less if u ended up on the streets or lost your family . even the goverment dont care because it generates huge revenue for them from the taxes they companies pay
Cannybluff.
Can you post on my diary or introduction post please. Any advice can be so helpful.
Mba
Double up.
Hi mate. We're all in the same boat here.
Keep posting and reading and fighting it mate and you'll get rid of this disease.
Do you only bet in the bookies not online?
If so thats good as you can't do it 24/7 like I actually used to
I'd bet on current and future tennis matches and tournaments I always had an interest in some sort of bet and like you neglected my family.
My wife always saying look at our daughter doing this doing that.
She shouldn't have to tell me I should be taking my own interest.
Anyway lets all do this together. Don't give in
All you have to do is believe
Mba
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