Gambling Misery

Hi ya matt.. Welcome to the forum. I have found that self excluding is quite a positive course of action as it makes you understand that you cant gamble even if you wanted to. I have been going around the bookies this morning and self excluding from the shops. While i think this will work for me i think that if you are reading peoples posts you shouldn't follow them but use to tailor your road to recovery. Good luck on your journey!

Hi

You just have to keep trying. It is a horrible disease but I do think you have to look at gambing as a disease. If you look at it that way then maybe you can set yourself up better during clean time so that you can fight it. This site and others like it are the place to be but the fight is never ending.

Michael

I totally agree with the disease part. It really is and it has thus far destroyed who I am. I know it is never too late to be the person I should always have been but this disease has eaten into my life, my finances and my happiness.

I have to kick it I know that now.

Hi matt, you can beat this.

What I find helps me is thinking about triangle theory that someone once told me.

Time /money /location

Take one of these out and becomes impossible to gamble.

I was online too.

I find what helps me on top of blockers is I have no bank cards, just get pocket money frm wife. Also my bank account has block on any online transactions.

So basically it would be very hard for me to gamble.

Hope this helps, wish you all the best.

Thanks for that. That is good advice. The money thing though is tricky I need bank cards and have no wife to police me!

I am going to hypnotherapy on Thursday, hoping that helps to take some urges away.

This is the start of day 3 gamble free.

Day 5 gamble free. Feel a lot happier already!

Hi Matt. Day 6 for me today. Get rid of your debit/credit card and have a cash only card. I have this an can transfer money on my online banking but I cannot use it on any websites. I have unfortuently found other ways to gambling ie through opening accounts in other people's names and using paypal etc. however, if you have the right blockers in the way we can eventually beat this disease for good. Wish you all the best. Ange x

Writing to report a sorry failure. I gambled again on Sunday that was supposed to be day 8. I lost 500 in one bet on a horse that I read a tip on.

I am back to day one after self excluding from the new web site I found. This disease is horrific. I have to beat it somehow.

Hi Matt, have a good look around this site, there is some great advice, have a look at a lot of threads, there is a lot of sense, have a look at what I suggested to sam 'g' on new members forum. Don't get into debt mate , that will be awful.