fresh start

Well today I have made another mistake. I opened a account up with 21 casino was losing 50 but managed to get 46 back but I was honest with me mam now she going mad. Sick to death is an understatement I can't take much more of this shiit like

Must get it in my head I can't play fobt or roulette of any kind again. It's slowly killing me mam off and I love her to bits.Been off work for a week I bet I have lost at least £400 some of it was winning but that's not the point. I have been on here a long time now and yeah I'm not as bad as I was but it's still not good enough. I have lived this nightmare for the last 10 years or so I have had two relationships in that time and both were pretty much destroyed by gambling. I have a child with both. The 4 month old I don't see. Life just s**t at the moment not in debt but I'm only 1 step away from disaster if this gambling continues. I have to sort myself out only I can stop the slide

Well I have done the same thing gone and lost £600 on the fobt in a matter of half an hour. Sick is not the word when will I ever learn. The money I can cope with it just me doing the same things over and over I know I can’t play them because it turns me into a different person

Can’t believe I have just gone and lost another £300 for f**k sake when this going to end with the fobt.

Hello Boro, another fellow who’s still seeking for this penny to drop. I get the devastation your feeling right now, but hai you’ve tapped back into some kinda force or realisation by just coming back here. Things have worked for you in the past and as hard as it may seem right now but you’ve come along way albeit stumbling over a familiar hurdle. Go back to what has worked on the past and build up the ammo to get over that hurdle.

I wish you well

It’s not the money volcano it’s just the thought of doing the same thing over and over again. I have lost my family through it but I still do it. It’s just stupid gambling you can’t beat a machine but I still do it.

Just by saying ‘ it’s not the money ‘ shows a lot in my book in how far you’ve came. Money is probably at the bottom of what gambling addiction has taken from us.

You said about doing the same thing over and over again ! I get that, so what will you try differently this time ?

All I can say is I can’t take anymore of it. My mam controls my money anyway so I have told her too be me more stricter. The new maximum stake is decided on Tuesday so hopefully it’s no more than £20 and that will stop me to a point

Today first day of no gambling. The target is to get to Cheltenham week without a bet then I take it from they. Still got money saved up but losing £900 in the first month of the year really P****s me off when I think about it. The only good point is I’m in no debt and got a little bit of savings. I really hope they is a dramatic reduction in the maximum spin on the fobt

Hi . I wouldn’t be relying on reducing maximum stakes to get myself out of the situation . I would be doing everything I can to stop myself being able to gamble . You obviously want to stop . If you read any new members first few posts the advice is the same . I know you have been on this site before but I would suggest treating yourself as a new member right now . Blocks . You don’t seem to have any in place apart from your mum with the money . If you really want to succeed as a non gambler you must self exclude yourself from the places where you gamble . Only then can you make a mental switch that even if you wanted to gamble you couldn’t . After a while your brain will switch and realise that it’s pointless thinking about it . Try not to be too hard on yourself . It’s better to come back now and give it a good go before you lose more than just the money in your account

I know what I have to do vulture. Cheers for the advice. I’m going to take each day as it comes because if I plan ahead I always mess things up. Still feeling a bit low but if 900 is the most I lose in a year I can easy get that back by saving. Got to look on the positive

Well done Boro on looking at the positives, keep making the right choices

Wilsy

Keep going I believe in you

Cheers wilsey and vulture Got my head around my loss. No thoughts of gambling just taken each day as it comes. Get my bonus from work next month that will be £300 which covers my last loss. This year can be my year if I stopgambling on the fobt. The feeling of going till the end of year without playing on them will be great and it will happen

How’s the last day been for you ?