Since my last post I have not took my foot of the gas , gambling is absolutely insane. The only money you ever win in gambling is your own money back. I’m done today is my last day. tommorow is day 1. I have accepted that you cannot win. I slice my pride in half. It is a total scam. The machines, online , arcade whatever it is there is one result and that is a loss. I am 1000000 % convinced you cannot win.
Its a difficult thread to read and have any sympathy with.
Why oh why haven't you put the gambling inhibitors on? Ring the counselors and they will explain everything to you. You need to self-exclude on-line, casinos and bookies --- and that's just the start.
No point coming on here every day, week, month and pouring your heart out mate. You have to actually do something as there is no magic fairy godmother except Gamcare so use them Ring them. Listen to them and most importantly, IMMEDIATELY DO WHAT THEY ADVISE.
If you don't it will never stop....................
The best of luck mate.
@thisisruiningmylife I still don't understand why you didn't take the advice on here to put blockers for online and also ban yourself from the shops? This isn't me having a go but you clearly don't have the willpower to be able to walk past a shop without going in so you should have already self excluded. But because you havnt maybe you don't really want to stop? If you were to be totally honest with yourself what is the answer to that?
Just to let you know guys blocks have been put on years ago , I have been working my way around it. I am not here for sympathy, like I said this is to document the truth of gambling, my pain is self inflicted sympathy is not needed.
@rock123 how is your gambling free life going rock?
@thisisruiningmylife in what ways are you working around it? Have you barred yourself from shops?
I havnt been in a bookies now for 26 days and I'm blocked from anything online. It feels good to have actual money to do things with. I'll be 3 months repaying loans from the most recent relapse but I've accepted that. It always comes with a price
@rock123 wish you good luck , yes I am excluded the local slot shop near me is operating 24 hours ,2 people working there all night and the place is empty.. who pays that silly old me and other addicts. Very sad. Just had the realisation that if they were giving out money the place would be full. Oh wow the machines there are so evil since it's opened "merkur" I've lost thousands in there silly me. Hit the jackpot once in 100 times . Im done completely. Tommorow is day one and cheers to a normal life for both of us. Rock !
Just to let you know the machines are totally rigged and will minipulate you completely dropping next to the number you got the jackpot everytime. Stay away. 8 years playing every form of gambling. Machines are most evil. Blackjack 2nd worst
@thisisruiningmylife if your excluded how are you getting into that shop? I'm confused
@rock123 they do not perform any checks at any of these slot places.
@thisisruiningmylife i know exactly what is going through your head the devil playing games with you, it took me ages to have some control of my urges, i lost everything to this disease i hate this addiction and if gambling was a form of human being i would be done for murder charge, you need to find some support now as its taken over your body and soul the gambling industry sell on people miseries you have to accept this is a slow killer before it consumes you, what i can promise you with time your life will get better i have lost close to a 100k my job my partner and my health lets all stand together and fight this son of b***h!
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