Hello, so I joined this forum nearly a year ago last February and things have got no better for me, I managed to stay gamble free for a few months but recently things have got really bad. I lost £300 2 weeks before Christmas and £500 only last week, both times on the slots. I have vowed never to do the slots again but to get my gambling fix I have been doing sports betting which I do enjoy but it's become a problem now as I've lost £300 in the last 2 days, I realised I had a problem earlier when I had a £140 bet on a basketball match to win £210 and the team I had the bet on lost, I sat on the kitchen floor just crying for 15 minutes couldn't believe what I'd done, the despair I felt was just a horrible feeling, if only i'd cashed out at £155, if only I'd not cancelled the withdrawal of nearly £200 earlier, all these if only running through my head, I'd just lost £50 and was stupidly trying to recoup that back on what looked like a dead cert, I put risky amounts on tennis matches the other night which paid off, I feel so trapped by this. I get a buzz out of getting wins, especially when I get a correct football score. It's like a drug I want more and more of. I'm still dealing with my grandmother dying back in September that really hit me hard and I've had a few gambling relapses since, fallen out with my mum about it a few times and it's really affected my finances, so now I'm starting from day 1 (again) because I seriously need to stop this I've given up smoking recently too which doesn't help, this has helped getting it out thanks for reading if you got this far
I've just self excluded myself from the 2 sites I have active accounts with, I feel better just for doing that and posting here, I feel like I've taken some control. kicking myself for not doing it sooner though.
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