A serious (life-threatning) problem.

Dear @scroobyuk, 

I am sorry to read you are going through a tough time at the moment. Well done for reaching out for support, it would be great if you called our Help Line to talk about your gambling. We are there 24/7, 365 days a year, an advisor will listen to what’s going on for you, and can talk you through all of the support options available. The telephone number is 0808 80 20 133. Alternatively, you can speak to us on Live Chat any time, https://www.gamcare.org.uk/get-support/talk-to-us-now.   

I am glad to hear that you stopped before you hurt yourself, remember you are not alone in this. I suggest calling your GP and having a chat with them about how you are feeling. 

I wish you all the best and we look forward to hearing from you. 

Take Care,

John

Forum Admin. 

I've gone through a vaguely similar thing in as much as I am able to consistently make profit out of horse racing gambling. Through my grandfather and father I was taught how to read form, handicap the weights, read value in prices, etc... By consistently I mean that most years I can come out in profit. And I enjoy gambling and putting the work in to try to find winners. So why am I on this forum?

Because occasionally I would go through quite a long period of losers and suddenly out of the blue start reacting in a wholly illogical manner. I would throw caution to the wind and do the absolute worst thing you can do in gambling, namely chase my losses (which is the quickest way possible to lose significant money fast).

It's deeply frustrating for me as when I am in control I can use gambling to improve my finances but after much making of excuses I have now come to realize that I just can't control the chasing. It doesn't happen frequently but it only needs to happen once in a year and it normally wipes out my profit and sends me into the red. I'm slowly coming to the realization that I don't have the mental capacity to accept losses which makes me a dangerous gambler (dangerous to myself).