Hi to all who read this, I have been a cg for 6 years and on/off this site for 4/5 years. I wanted to post this for new people coming on here, to show how really damaging gambling can be. Firstly I came here to this site thinking a quick read on here, maybe a bit of counselling I would be cured, that does not happen, this is a very difficult addication to beat, and it is an unseen addication as it leaves no physical body scars on you, but it will financially take you to the brink and at the worst render you homeless without a penny to your name. For 4/5 years I have wanted to stop because of the mentally damaging toll this was taking on my mind/body, yet I have been unable to becasue I had money, I have worked my way through a six figure sum of funds to leave me with virtually no cash assets at all, this can happen to you if you are reading this. Once you go back to gambling you cannot stop, it's a terrible addication, it's not the way to earn money. So if you are reading this as a new member, please stop, think of your future, I wish I had.
Hi Paul, how are you? Noticed you've been very quite again how's the battle going mate. If nothing else be good for you to just let me know you are ok : )
in my view once a gambler always a gambler
you will never truly be rid of the addiction and you must constantly be on guard , ive tried going cold turkey , ive tried staking limits , ive tried just about every trick / strategy you can imagine
after 7 years of it ive finally come to accept that i wont ever be cured , at the very best i can limit the damage i do to myself
i identified that casinos and FOBT's were doing untold amounts of damage to my finances so i had to get rid of them
but i needed SOMETHING there to keep the demon peacefull
thats when i discovered football betting which is not only fun , but it has also educated me on odds/ probablites / statistcs / fractions
i loved all this and ive just about managed to turn the addiction into a type of hobby
havent been in a casino in 18 months havent needed too
nipped wrote:
in my view once a gambler always a gambler
you will never truly be rid of the addiction and you must constantly be on guard , ive tried going cold turkey , ive tried staking limits , ive tried just about every trick / strategy you can imagine
after 7 years of it ive finally come to accept that i wont ever be cured , at the very best i can limit the damage i do to myself
i identified that casinos and FOBT's were doing untold amounts of damage to my finances so i had to get rid of them
but i needed SOMETHING there to keep the demon peacefull
thats when i discovered football betting which is not only fun , but it has also educated me on odds/ probablites / statistcs / fractions
i loved all this and ive just about managed to turn the addiction into a type of hobby
havent been in a casino in 18 months havent needed too
Sounds similar to the analogy of having a pint of stella instead of scotch chasers.
Hi Nipped,
That once a gambler always a gambler is an absolute lie that gambling demon is putting in your mind (remember demons can only lie). The fact is there are many compulsive gamblers who have succeeded in quitting gambling and there is absolutely no reason why you cannot follow them. Gambling on football or other sports looks like it could work if you follow form or the best tipsters etc. but I and many others can tell you from experience that this will lead down another dark alley and in the long term you will lose. If football matches always follow the form book, the bookies would be broke and the punters would all be rich ! If you lose money (which you will) you will probably raise stakes and chase losses and if you win for a while you will put yourself into a false sense of security and think gambling pays and will then find it harder to give up when you start losing because you remember the good times. Don't think I am saying any of this to get at you, because I believe that in posting on gamcare forum you know how destructive gambling can be. Please quit betting on sports and get help it really could save you life. Admitting to myself that I was wrong and that gambling on sports doesn't pay and that gambling has beaten me and I can never gamble again is the mindset I am focusing on to go free from gambling.
Sports betting is still gambling whichever way you look at it, if you feel you are on a winning streak take the money and run because as someone has already mentioned you will start losing and chasing it , it's a vicious circle.
How you doing Paul?
The pull of this addication - money for little effort - will not leave me, I want to be normal again, as usual when I succumb to the gambling demon and lose more than I can afford - I look for support from fellow sufferers- I really need to address the issues as to why I gamble - I don't know why but I should a nite of pondering ahead x
I think your right...think about what you are missing and trying to fill with gambling.
Dont be ashamed, we are all here for the same thing and we all know. I am still trying to work out why I am here and how I got here, beacuase I had it all (big house, new car, pets inc ponies, holidays, my daughter had anything she wanted. And now have lost pretty much everything. So it defineitly wasnt material things I wanted?
Im 5 days GF and looking at my bank statement today and I gambled more than I earned in the last 30 days. Shameful. I earn good money and love my job...but I am dreading payday at the end of the week...
Good luck!!
I wish I could stay in bed for a month away from the issues in my life - I hate what has happened to me and what I have become - I haven't shaved or showered for three days - this addiction leaves you utterly worthless x
Like so many others will say, I know what your going through and the tunnel seems dark with no exits, and that's where Gambling likes you too be, and will constantly be in your head telling you that your a deposit away from all of your debts you can win it back, and then like a laughing demon will laugh when your another £1500 in and even further into the tunnel. Im only a week in and have years and years just to pay back utterly stupid gambling habits that got ridiculously out of control. Get in the shower shave and face everything head on the money won't come back but try and get a plan in place, anything to get those gambling debts paid and to board up that tunnel and never go back in. Im doing it by loathing gambling as it had took me to the brink, Very close, Come here every day never open a casino email, change your personal email address start fresh. You can do it.
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