It has been less than 24 hours since I gambled. I slept late and hardly ate anything yesterday. I am literally going to use the forum and chat room, to reflect on my life. My girlfriend is away, so I will need to pluck up the courage to tell her I am gambling again. When I get paid I am going to look at other ways to stop myself gambling. Any suggestions or words of wisdom for a 20 year long compulsive gambler?
Thanks
Paul
Well Paul. Ive been at it for 27 years. Also coming out of it now. We have both been doing this a long time. We know there are other options.
Living a normal everyday life is more scary than loosing money. In fact I dont give a sh-t about the money if I did I would not gamble. Its containing the rush´. Getting the high in other ways than just sitting infront of a machine. Leaving this lifestyle forces me too look out of the box. Forces me to feel bad, forces me live upp to comitments and a life I try to escape from daily. Look at it as a reality check. I intend to take mine standing upp. What about you?
Have a good sunday!
just keep trying. ring gamcare and get some free counciling. cut the internet off. draw some money out for food and cut your card up and order one in a few weeks.
never give up. you probs will bet again but at least give yourself a break the less you do the less you will want to do.
carl
Thanks guys, I'm just a bit sad and depressed while in this rust. To believe I work in a gym, where I encourage people to look at Improving themselves, yet I can't practice what I preach. I believe I have no option but to stop totally, nice knowing there are other people going through the same. Gambling brings back fond childhood memories with my grandparents and parents, it was fun and now the fun has stopped. I hate gambling, even as I walked in to the bookies yesterday, a lady told me "don't do it" but I went in anyway. Blew 170 quid, only to win 400 quid on my last bet. Guess what? It went back in.
Even more awful was the fact one of my gym customers saw me in the bookies, I will have to avoid him because I can't let my boss find out. What a mess....Thanks guys for motivating me.
The rush is the game. The cash is irrelevant as long as you have it. It is only a problem when it´s lost and you need to cheat steal or lie to get new cash. It is just fuel that keeps you going. I used to win 2K on the roulette just to pay of paydayloans just to take new ones to win 2K just to pay them of again. It is not the money we win. It is the ability to clench the fist and scream yes! If only for 5 secs. You can also look at it like the experiment with the monkey in a cage putting several beads in a bowl to get rewarded with fruit . Then the experts decides not to pay the monkey the fruit. The monkeys brains cant handle the change. Some of them for a long time keep on putting the beeds in the bowl to get payed fruit that does not come.
Change will come just like in the old old film war games when the norad pc start playing itself in the game tic, tac toe and just cant win. When we realise we just cant win and when we win we still loose the change will come.
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