Hi everyone
I'm currently on my 6th day gamble free. My main addiction is online bingo and more recently online slots (which is were I won most of my money and lost it) . I decided last week enough is enough. Im not in that much debt it's recoverable but if i don't stop now it will spiral out of control and i wont be able to recover it. My biggest fear was telling people i obviously kept it a secret but last week i decided to tell my boyfriend everything and how much i owe (overdrafts) at first he wasn't happy obviously but we talked and i explained the feeling of wanting to gamble and that i couldn't control it anymore. He blocked my phone from sites he is checking my bank.statements every week from now on and I'm also seeing a counsellor next week just to try it out and talk things through I'm hoping this will all work to stop me obviously i have urges to go on but I've been distracting myself with things to do and reading through this forum is helping me.
Thanks for reading
Jayne x
Welcome Jayne. ..well done on telling partner...joining here..sorting some counselling and the six days....all a great posative start..keep busy...keep reading diarys on here...like you my addiction to the slots spiralled our of control....but with positivity. .help..and determination life will get better...I was you over 430 days ago.....good luck x
Thank you loxxie think i spoke to you in chatroom tomight! Well done on 430 that's really great take care x
Keep fighting on princess...
How you getting on princess
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