My problem

Hi Pal I was in the same situation as you and in March enough was enough, I have gambled for 17 years and over the past 5 years I have been gambling on average £10,000-£20,000 a month. In March I realised how much of a problem it had became to be fair I have known for a long time but put it to the back of my head as it was not effecting my family life but this year it started to. I have been to 1-2-1 counciling through gamcare and this has helped me a lot. What I found my self saying is I'm not going to gamble ever again and that approach never work so I started saying I'm not going to gamble today this started to work and I felt I'm starting to achieve it don't get me wrong I get the thought that I want to gamble but I think in just 2 months my family life is better there has been less tension in the house and I'm sleeping. Seriously I don't no how bad your gambling problem is but you need to want to stop gambling for it to work.

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So, I don't even know where to start. Constantly attempting to stop gambling, never seems to happen. Getting more and more into debt, around £17,000. I work to literally pay debt, nothing ever to myself. All I seem to do is work, lay in bed, smoke and sleep. I don't even know what to do anymore.

Hope you're doing better now mate. How's it going for you? I just can't stop. I hate it but I love it. But it's destroyed my life before it's even begun, mentally destroyed me and I'm only in my early 20s. Honestly don't know what to do. And I don't think I'd ever be able to stop unless I magically get the money to pay off my debt which will never happen. It's like I've learnt my lesson, know I won't win big again but still do it. But I can honestly say, if I magically got the money to payoff my debt completely and start again I woukdnt gamble.