I'm back again, I never really stopped.. my life's changed and in 6 weeks I'll have my first baby, however I'm a let down, I don't deserve everything I have, I feel like I deserve nothing.. my mind is just focused on money all the time, today I lost £500 in maybe two hours at the weekend I probably lost £200.. it just keeps mounting up and up, I just don't know how to stop anymore.. I just don't know how to focus on anything else other than sports and gambling, I love all sports and what more I love to bet on sports! My heads a mess, I don't know where to turn or how to forget.
Hey
Welcome to my world.
I ruined everything over and over again, lies covering up stuff distracted mind.
The bottom line gambling chemically alters the structure of your brain, that is why we relapse time and time again,that is why the urges craving and distractions from normal life are so strong.
It is a chemically induced addiction.
The only way to try and stop is essentially fighting it through untill the risk reward dophamine release is no longer needed or craved.
You will never stop untill you realise that even the smallest bet is feeding your addictive needs.
So you are not a mess up,you like me are basically and honestly junkies.
Thats the truth its not the money you chase its that chemical release.
Hi Redforlife88,
It is a good thing you keep revisiting the Forum, keep posting if you find it help.
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All the best,
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I'm just desperate to get away from this sinking feeling, I might be one of the lucky ones, a mortgage an amazing fiancГ©e and baby on the way, managed to get around 6k savings and no real debts other than the mortgage.. but I just keep coming back to this feeling, i just want it to stop I just want to stop letting people down and i just want to realise what I really have is what matters not the gambling
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