First time on the site today and have had a read of a lot of posts.
In the space of 5 weeks I have won and lost around £65k (personal loss of £12k)
Monday 12 October I won £24k on an online b*****r slot machine - this put my b*****r account on £31k - I was £6k in the black prior to this too
Today, I have £0 in my b*****r account and I am £14k in the red
I feel so low and sick. I have spent today trying to apply for loans/ overdrafts to chase my losses, these have been rejected Probably a good thing. I could quite literally cry at the moment at the realisation of what i've done. I was going to put £4000 on over 4.5 goals in the Palermo v Inter game to try and make amends. I won £49220 in 4 weeks on football bets alone from Sep 13 - October 5 but most of that money I withdrew clearing my previous losses and debts.
Help 🙁
Mate, you got to know when to hold'em, know when to fold'em, know when to walk away. It's time to walk away, you're playing big stakes chasing, you will end up with nothing and the bookies love people like you, hooked, you'll be paying their electric bills for the next 5 years. C'mon, one day at a time, don't gamble. Every loser wins when they stop, come and join us, life is good on the no gambling front. Debts will get paid in time, don't stop living through fear of debts. Read more posts and see what gambling does to people, it's sad, you don't want this life, I don't want it either. Well done for posting and seeing it's getting out of control.
Hi JC , Welcome to the forum my friend , Wow !, It just proves what we as compulsive gamblers already know , enough is never enough ! and we can never win because we can never stop ! . I hope that not being able to get any more credit , will give you the time to realise how bad this could get if you dont stop now ! I'm not going to preach to you about what you need to do because you already know that , Youv'e taken the first step coming on this site , so a big well done my friend . Put all the blocks you can in the way of you and gambling and maybe have a one to one with an advisor on the site , draw a line under whats past and gone and move forward to a life without gambling !. Best wishes for now Alan ....
I wish I knew the answer to that question. If I did I think I may still have a good friend with me, sadly I do not. This got the better of him.
I think others have summed it up well. That inability to stop however high the wins is just not there.
Wishing you all the best in your battle,and each day at a time.
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Always worth reminding ourselves that winning isn't a positive thing in the long term. It just ends up with bigger stakes and bigger losses. Drawing a line under it all is the hardest thing especially after having it then losing it. Hopefully you can learn to live with it.
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