I'm 20 and lost nearly 16k on tennis betting alone.
I have blocked myself from every betting site but not having blocking software on my phone has lost me probably 14k.
I've managed to go around 20 days without gambling before but ended up blowing the lot the day after.
I must have a betting account on at least 20 different sites, all of which I have either self excluded from or put a limit on but always manage to get them to open again!!
I took out 2 pay day loans last week, which came to 850, and I gambled them even though I needed them to pay for my rent and car.
However, I took out an overdraft today and I've worked out I will be able to afford my loans and car and rent this month which is good.
Together we can do it guys, let's beat this!
My story is like yours I am 20 year old and have lost 20,000-30,000 playing roullete and football I spent 1000 yesterday on roullete in just 50 mins every penny I had for the month my girlfriend off 5 years left me I've sold 2 cars cause of gambling ps4 iPhone anything I can to fund my betting addiction I really do have nothing left even tho it dosent help I can't stop feeling sorry for my self hate the way this addiction just takes over your life good luck mate
I'm sorry but I find some parts of this hard to believe.
If by self excluded, you mean that you have spoken to one of their employees and they have offered to exclude you from their site for a set amount of time then they must not reopen that account.
If they have done this then you must contact gambling regulations because you have every right to demand compensation.
Day 1 has gone well, was tempted to check out odds on some games but managed to resist as that would probably lead to me betting on it.
I have started doing more activities. I went for a drive and played tennis aswell and didn't think about gambling once!
Hoping to pay off some debt this week as that is what is worrying me the most. I keep asking myself how it got to this but I really hope this is the start of something.
Mikey, your not alone mate I had to sell my xbox one the other week to make sure I wasn't in debt for that month! Really hope you can beat this aswell mate, keep in touch!
Nick, yeah sorry it wasn't the ones that i'd self excluded from, it was the ones where I had asked them to disable my account, but then give you the option to reopen, which i always did.
Fallen in the same trap before mate!
If you have the time to do it, register with every bookies you can, put your card deets in and immediately get yourself properly excluded. They put a block on your card then as well.
Has to be worth the effort. I pretty much had an account with everyone so I literally don't know where I could have an online gamble now.
That's a great idea Nick and will see if I have any accounts left to open, becuase I'm pretty sure i've already blocked myself from every site!
Hope you are on the up mate, I had a read of your diary and looks like you are going strong.
Keep it up buddy and let me know how it goes,
Kirk
Only on day two but I feel a bit of a fraudster! I've never taken out loans or credit cards to gamble it's just been all the money I have that's disposable. I know it wouldn't have taken much more for me to build debt but my story is nothing compared to others.
Dont be silly mate you're not a fraudster, you're here because you don't want to become someone who takes out loans and get debt. You have come here at the perfect time!
Hello.
Just browsing through some posts and came across this.
I am 23 years old and a gambling addict.
I have managed to acquire a huge list of creditors and debts from gambling to the tune of 35,000.
As said already you have decided to stop at the perfect time, if only I could have stopped before I fell into so much debt. You are in a good position to stop disease from spreading and eradicate it from you.
In the past I myself have considered quitting gambling but have always decided against it as I have always seen gambling as a way of making money. I now realise that this is wrong. I could win 1 million but I would still continue to gamble because it's an illness/disease.
Bet1994: Well done mate and good start. Hopefully you can keep it up and get on the road to recovery.
Monday 4th August is my first day.
Regards,
Sam.
Day 2,
Gone very well, haven't gambled still mainly because I don't have the money for it, but not having the urges to bet is a nice feeling.
I used to bet at work which would put my job at risk and people would always see, but I would just lie and say i'm only watching it and haven't bet on it.
Paying off one of my payday loans tomorrow will be a huge relief as I have regretted taking out the loans from day 1.
Sambo, you are not much older then me and we can go on this journey as a team! Forget about what has happened and look forward. Something that has helped me is this: Time-Money-Location, take one of those out the equation and betting is impossible.
Stay strong fella and lets do this!
Let me know how you're getting on.
Kirk
Days clean: 2
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