slipping out of control in never ending lockdown

Hi there

It feels like you’re ranting more about lockdown than anything?

Are you a problem gambler looking to quit or just here to let off steam?

Hi Maxmaher

I understand your frustration. Its tough..more than tough and stress is a  trigger point.

However you should have learnt and be focused that gambling is simply an escape drug which adds to your problems.

It was never set up to boost your life an make all the bad news go away.I became a drug addict for it and It took me forty years to realise I was an addict that needed help

There is a tendency to think these things are there to help us...benevolence or a kind hand offering us a chance. The truth is the lottery owners win every time because that's why its set up. Every time the gambling dens skim the large profit...do you think they would set it all up to face the risk you do?

All the risk is with you and gambling is a drug addiction which kills people.

Yes these are extremely tough times but gambling was never the answer.

The answers are within you.

Best wishes from everyone on the forum

@thejollyman88 

recovering problem gambler , been keeping my head above water last couple of years doing well , this lockdown though has been something else 

there's no outlet no escape from the mind numbing drudgery of it all 

idle time is a gambling addicts worst enemy 

we're 12 months deep in it now , and they still want to string it out for another 3-4 months for god only knows what reason 

i literally may aswell have spent 12 months in prison thats what this gov has taken off my life

the money is neither here nor there , its just lucky i managed to snap out of the trance before i could blow more , was just venting then because of the absurdness of it all and it is feeding into my problem 

i am better this morning head is clearer and off out with a couple of mates this afternoon have a few drinks down the beach or something 

Yes I agree with you about lockdown. Its horrendous and I feel the same way as you about losing my liberty.

You are doing a damage limitation exercise in your mind after a relapse. On one hand youve said the money is neither here or there and then youve said youre lucky you snapped out of it.

I spent decades blowing a hundred here and two hundred there and thinking well..... I will live its only money....that is the addiction talking because the truth is I never had that sort of money to chuck away with no purpose for it

You cant have it both ways because you know it could have been far worse. 

You have to keep talking preferably to people close how the door was wide open to gamble because the next time you will be scratching your head why it was five times that much.

Its just the same as an addicted drinker not having that first drink.

I say this because I care. That gambling has not improved the fact that they are playing with your liberty...its made the problem worse whichever way you look at it.

Take it easy on yourself  step up the blocks and you must find other stuff to do

Best wishes