I am at rock bottom I’ve lost my family not living with my baby daughter and missing a lot of her growing up and can’t stop gambling can’t see anyway out of it
Dear @andyd1990
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I’m sorry to hear that you feel like you are at rock bottom and that there is no way out. I want to reassure you that there is support available to you.
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I’ve gambled for almost 16 years but since I’ve started losing everything it’s completely taken over my life and it’s really has got me now and this is the first time I’ve ever have admitted that I actually have a massive problem and know I need professional help it helps reading other people’s problems and we are all here for the same reason
I am new here myself i also have a gambling problem no matter how many tools or software on my phone i keep finding sites to play on i go to work and wages etc are all gone
That’s exactly what I am doing and I’ve split up with my mrs because of it and away from my baby daughter I don’t know where to turn
That's why we here. To fight our weaknesses. Together we can, alone is a struggle. I'm at the very bottom now and few weeks ago I was on very top. Strange how life can twist suddenly. Although it was my fault. I'm on the edge of losing my family. Hope I can keep it a secret, pay off and get healthy again without anyone noticing.
That’s exactly what I was doing and it’s the worst thing that you can do lying all the time and trying to cover your tracks that’s what ruined my family
I gambled since I was 16
im 54 now and have been clean for nearly three years. It’s hard the hardest thing I’ve ever done in my life. Slot machines in pubs bookies on line etc spending wages pay day loans wife’s wages borrowing of mum and dad. Lies to family and friends. I got the site blocker from this site and it’s the best thing I did. You can’t do it alone admitting to your partner parents brothers sisters friends do it, get it out of your system
it hurts but they didn’t judge me they helped me it won’t happen overnight but day by day
You have to talk to them.
I will always get the urge but she knows the signs.
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