Hi, iv been here before and as my name suggests, I simply can not stop. I was doing well for months but have started slowly getting back into things again. Things are no way near as serious as last time I was here. Iv not accumulated any more debts and the existing ones are going down nicely. Iv not even spent all my cash in my bank which is what usually happens. Iv just wasted £80 today though which could have gone towards Christmas presents. I can't tell anyone though as everyone thinks I'm doing so well and it seems silly digging al, this up when I'm not even in a mess. I just hope by coming back here I can remind myself of where things could go and to give my head a wobble. Hope everyone is good though. Old and new members
Hi Wishicouldstop,
I've been where you are before and it's only a matter of time before you end up in more debt and your head is all over the place - by-products of a gambling addiction. Do you actually want to stop gambling or just control it? If it's the latter then I'm afraid there is no controlling it if you are a Compulsive Gambler. Why would anyone want to control it anyway? Controlled losing of money and mind, doesn't sound that appealing to me. Sorry, I'm rambling a bit.
Good to see you back and I wish you well. All the best
Yea of course when it happens I want to stop it. But as time passes and things settle, I begin to think I can control it and just have a little bit of fun. Hopefully iv managed to stop it before it goes any further though
Well I can't gamble online anymore. I'm self excluded from so many that I find they can be linked to each other and even if you win, don't pay out. I'm self excluded from all local bookies but there seem to be hundreds in every town so can't really combat that one apart from leaving my cards at home
Hello wishicouldstop
Yours is almost the same story as mine. I gamble, get into debt, make myself ill, quit gambling, get out of debt a fair bit and then gamble. It's a huge circle of self destruction that has seen me winning what was a years salary in one day then losing it all and going into debt. Ending up perched on a ledge with night clubbers yelling jump and piointing phones at me.
I'm sorry I don't have the solution for if I did I would not be here. You say you self exclude from online gambling sites but my research shows an average of 2 new ones open each day. I feel so sorry for you as I know what it's like. All you can do is self exclude and seek help from your GP or a councilor.
Gambling is the evil demon voice of greed that sits on your shoulder begging you to keep winning more. But after 35 years of gambling I try to stick by a phrase I heard in the Bookmakers in 1984 the same phrase will go on my headstone when the time comes "you can't win because you can't stop"
All the very best to you.
David
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