Just wondering what helped people to break this circle...what did you do to fill the time and how to avoid slipping back, time is sometimes lethal and provides temptation.
I had until recently been gamble free, I had amassed large gambling debts of circa xx, unable to pay them of making minimum token payments of xx a month.
Something triggered me to gamble again last month, using my wages on payday to gamble...I had an incredibly lucky streak which created enough to pay my debts in full...needless to say the circle came back and I lost over half of it.....but at that moment I decided I had enough...I managed to not chase for once and have made agreements with my creditors to make final reduced payments with the money I stopped myself gambling.
So after 5 years of stress and trauma over my gambling debts I am now debt free.
But I am absolutely desperate to not repeat the cycle. I want to leave it for good...but it comes back...put blocks in place, bit temptation is everywhere....how do we overcome and what do you fill your time with?
Thanks to each and every person on this forum for their stories and input, reading it all has made me determined to beat this and not fall back.
Hi, i just wrote some things on paper so i can read it back to myself. You're never going to win in the end. Even if you win you're eventually going to lose. Whats the point! You work hard just to P**s it away. There must be other things you can spend this money on to make you happy.
Goodluck!
Hi,
So true, after every low and every time the bank is empty and we are left scraping around for pennies, we can all relate to those feelings.
You are absolutely right, there is more to life, no matter what we win, we can never stop, because we are addicted, it's about learning not to gamble as life is happier, stress free and learning to use our money wisely.
Reprogramming our brains, not easy in a world full of gambling advertising.
You can do this
I think you did really well. You walked away with half of your winnings. Most people would of gambled the rest away. You can keep making token payments and treat yourself or just use it to pay off half your debts.Â
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