Why can't i just stop

hi big gunner probably best to get yourself home and out of the rain !

you won't be the first to lose his wages you won't be the last everyone on this site has been there and got the t-shirt

life goes on regardless 

maybe phone work tomorrow and take the rest of the week off sick ? might give you some time to come up with a plausible story to borrow some money off someone ?

good luck

Hello.

When your dopamine kicks into your brain. You lose focus on everything else but the machine and that dopamine level is high with you as you need to spend what you have before you leave it. The only way to beat it is not to play it. There is no middle ground here. That behaviour is hardcoded into your subconscious and your subconscious is going to protect that behaviour rather than change it, so abstain. It is a tough dam sell but it is the only play available.

All the best. You will manage. Stay strong.

Hi BG93.

What you do is get control of your own mind back. At this low ebb youve got to get into the stae of mind that gambling is no longer for you and do something serious to deal with it. Tell people for you need help and there is no shame in that.

Look Life throws curveballs at us...It isnt easy...but gambling is not the answer...even the dens have to print its for entertainment only.....Yeah right! Numb stressed tranced out and exhausted after a session is not my idea of entertainment.

The complex issues are that it is and it isnt about the money...eventually you are hooked on playing which I and many others have proved...I couldnt walk away until extinct

I used to ride the losses until it became worse and worse. Thousands a year I was throwing away...it would have been more if I had access to more. I never had a lifestyle where I could afford to throw any money away.

Isolated and ill I didnt know what was good for me. Gambling was my drug fix...an escape from a life that I couldnt face. I didnt like life... I wasnt getting much out of it other than anxiety. The gambling feeds off that but just makes the whole thing worse.

So you can do this big gunner. Youve got to throw you hands in the air and cry out for help if you know what Im getting at.

I know exactly how you feel. I had been slot gambling for 40 years and it is a mugs game which ever way you look at it. So something comes out...you know its never enough...it wont change your life and its not the happiness you seek.

Its such a powerful addiction...make no mistake its a drug addiction...just like an alcoholic or drug user you are reaching for the chemical rush...thats what drives you as you cant honestly say its an income scheme...you know its not all the times you have lost just like me.

How is everybody that walks in going to get a result...they arent...its just the lucky clover and addiction in your brain.

You cant handle this on your own. Openess and honesty are your saviours. Gambling kills people...this is no joke about a silly flutterf and you can save yourself with recovery and cold turkey.

Talk to non gamblers...talk to recovering gamblers....Nobody would go to work if those slots were a lifestyle. When I talk to non gamblers they cringe at the thought of going near slots and that is the right attitude. It doesnt make them boring...they understand the reality of what is actually not on offer.

Nobody puts a sign up saying free money and the gambling dens are only paying out a percentage of all the misery money from punters. They take about 50% of profits or more from problem gamblers.

Do something! They have hooked and duped you. The way forward is gamble free because you have an ill relationship with money.

Best wishes from everyone on the forum