Hi All
I find myself looking into the abyss again. I had been free for about 6 months up until about December and since then i have spiralled out of control. I am paying off my previous large debts due to gambling and stupidly took out 2 extra loans to fund sessions in February and then in the last week. Including today where i basically lost £300 that i was surviving on for the month! I had self excluded from the shops i have attended since June but recently found some more to play in, I have now self excluded from them too.
I have just done a debt calculator and see that i owe around £30k so have contacted Debt company to see if i can have a meeting for help, and completed the online help form for counselling. It all seems like sensible part of me doing this, but how can i keep doing this to myself!!
Feeling pretty low at the moment, but just want to stop lying to myself that i am coping with my problems!
Any advice for relapsing and coping with the mental side is appreciated.
Ta
Craig
Sorry to hear you have been through so many difficult things. You are not alone in this struggle now you have made it here. Come to the live chatrooms, get Gamcare counselling, read books, visit other anti-gambling websites, find out about blocks (like destorying cashcards) to give yourrself the fastest chance of quitting for good.
Reading your story touched a nerv,e I'm going through similar things and desperate to stop relapsing but making progress using a variety of tactics
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