I know I'm addicted to gambleing. I've known for a long long time. I've tried so many times to give up. It's like groundhog day. Day 1 gamble free over and over again. But one of these times I have to stop. Why not today. How am I going to approach this. Well Firstly I'm going to learn as much as Possible about addiction and ways to overcome it. I'm going to study study study. I'm also going to stop drinking which always encourages my gambleing. Gambleing is something I have done for the last 14 odd years so it will be hard to change that behaviour. And for that matter so is drinking. Even as I wright this in my head I am thinking one more bet. Reclaim last night's losses. You where up 1500 in 2 mins you can do it again. Needless to say I lost it all. Secondly I an going to focus on clearing my bet. Which stands between 10 and 22grand. But hopefully my main driving force will be my kids and family. I lost the mother of my first baby due to my gambleing and drinking I don't want to lose my family again. But let's be honest I have said all this before time and time again. Only I can change my behaviour and I think I'm ready.
It sounds like you are ready!... What you need to do is focus on one day at a time. Make sure you remove the opportunity to gamble by removing corners of the location, money, time triangle and every day make the choice not to gamble. It's not easy but don't look backwards, this is your time and you can make this work. Good luck and keep your diary up to date, it will help you.
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