hi fellow compulsive gamblers,
If you have an android phone you can discretely block all gambling websites through a free app.
Its on google play and its called Qustodio.(cannot be uninstalled)
Basically this is what you need to do:
you have to create a free account you will need to register an email address. (this email address should either be someone eles like a member of your family or a new account you dont use that you cant log into, see below)
If you opt to use your own email then you need to create a new email account. because you can log on and change the setting of the Qustdio account and get on to gambling sites. so the idea is to make it virtualy impossible to get onto the account once set up.
heres what I have done. I created a new hotmail account with a password that I have kept at work (incase I really need the password for some reason) this is saved on a file on work computer that has a password on it that is kept at home.
I then made up a random password that isnt saved anywhere for my Qustodio account (you dont need this as it gives another obsticle to stop you from gambling)
I then unticked everyblocker inplace apart from gambling so the only sites that are blocked are gambling sites.
and thats it.
I am now unable to access gambling websites from my smartphone.
If anyone is a computer whizz and somehow finds away to unblock gambling sites please do not share this information as iys no help to anyone.
feel free to share
happy recovery
Fred
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