I guess I just handle feeling like a loser anymore! I bet online on football bets and was more often than not able to turn a loss around to break even! I feel like I am on a loosing streak and surely it will end soon but it never does! I have lost all my food and petrol money for the second month in a row now! Last month I lost £170 then took out all my savings another £200 and lost that too! I had to tell my mother who was so disappointed and was more angry with myself that i did it! I thought this would make me stop but I disillusion myself into believing its a loosing streak! This month I lost £220 and trying to sell things online so not to borrow money again! I feel so ashamed and need to stop! I have £7 left in the bank to last until I get paid! Last month I said I never want to feel like this again but back their again! It's like I am on self destruction! Why do I keep doing this! I need to stop I don't want to feel like this anymore! I am working and even doing overtime to give it away! I know in my head it is so wrong but in the moment it's just the click of a button ANC the stress of watching a match that I used to enjoy so much! I feel I need that stake on a match to have a buzz a chance of making money from watching a game! I simply loose and panic betting on anything in belief that one win can but it right! If I do win I take out the money I put in and still gamble until I loose it! Their is no such thing as winning for me! I need to stop!
Hi there Loseroraddict,
Welcome to the Forum!
You describe how you are caught in a cycle which always ends with you gambling until you have lost all your money. You have reflected on this and you can see how your mind makes sense of your actions by convincing you that there is something, which you call a "loosing streak". There isn't. It's maths and odds. Every single bet you put on is much more likely to lose than to win, so losing is the most likely outcome. It doesn't mean that you are an unlucky person, it just means that everything is going to plan.
People have said it here in this Forum before, stopping is winning. Maybe that's a way to look at it, going forward.
It's good that you have started to talk about this with your mother and here on the Forum. Maybe you can ask someone to look after your money for a while so you won't have access to money to gamble with. There is much support available to you, from practical strategies to face to face counselling.
Maybe you would like to give the HelpLine a call to talk this through. 0808 80 20 133 or you can use the internet based NetLine service http://www.gamcare.org.uk/support-and-counselling/frontline-services/netline#.Ve1Tyy1wY3Q
You have made a good start. Keep going!
Kind wishes
Gabriele
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