I keep saying to my partner £50 on a Saturday, but for the second week running, I’ve gone way above that. Last week, I got “lucky”, today however, lost. Just ruins the evening and weekend and I feel guilty.
I actually “base” my Saturdays around betting. Paper, Soccer AM, Accas on, horses on, I wait excitedly. If the first horse loses, that excitement goes as it’s an acca down and the reality hits. Same with football.
I’ve gambled for 20 years, I continue to suggest “budgets” but just doesn’t work.
its got to be all or nothing? This sequence has probably gone on for years if I admit things honestly. Only saving Grace is I haven’t got into debt and have a job but it’s more than that now. It’s emotions and feelings. Obsessive culture on a Saturday.
Thanks for reading. Disappointed. Again.
Hi yes I found problem gambling is all or nothing. I relapsed last year due to thinking I could set a budget but as you did I went over then chased the losses. So the best thing was to block it all together.
It's best to stop now before the debt happens..there's lots of blocks and support available to help you with this. It's really not an easy decision to make but it really does help
Lou x
Hi
Well how can I put this? I went to an Electronics Supermarket yesterday and looked around at all the lovely goodies. Had an enjoyable morning taking my time and looking round at everything
I can afford treats now but each lovely item I could price in terms of a gambling session. Lovely cameras and tablets I realised I threw that away in a mater of minutes by gambling. An hour or so and I would be a grand out of pocket
large HD televisions that I could have bought ages ago with the money I wasted. Its hard thinking like that but a reality check on what money can be used for.
I bought a lovely tablet and went home to enjoy it. I already have plans for what gadget will next improve my life. I'm comfortable in buying just what I need and something I will use.
Do the reality exercises and involve your partner. Nobody likes losing money and you dont really have money to throw away like that. You are ignoring the odds and wasting your time.
There are better things for you to be doing so you have to talk through why you are at the bookies? This site is full of the misery that gambling causes.
You need help...somebody should be making you live on an allowance and setting the budgets for you. The problem is that you seem to be still in a (not really harming me) comfort zone about it.
"disappointed?" You really need to face up to this. I spent years in a delusional state chucking money into the wind and thinking it wasnt the end of the world.
You can vent all you like but you have to do something about it or you wont change
Best wishes for a gamble free life
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