right today i finally admitted to myself that i am addicted to gambling . the past few months i have lost around £700 a month, soon as i get paid i will be straight to the bookies or online and waste it all. i have made the first step and banned myself for online bookies. i would think about the bookies everday to get the buzz to make money but we all know there the winners !! . right day 1 lets hope i can do this , i have joined the gym today so hope that takes my mind of it. hope i can prove myself and feel better
Hi Andy,
Thank you for the update.
How have things been since Monday? How is the gym going? Are you feeling better for it?
The fact you are being honest with yourself, and now others, is an important part of your recovery. Well done for banning yourself from online betting sites. There are a few out there, so you may want to have a read through a couple of pages on our site, to see if there is anything else you can do, to help you when you get urges. Try and learn from the past days:
http://www.gamcare.org.uk/get-advice/what-can-you-do/self-exclusion#.
http://www.gamcare.org.uk/get-advice/what-can-you-do/blocking-software#.
Please keep reading and posting on the forum, when you can.
Warm regards
Rob
Hi Hazza
Welcome back to the diaries.
I hope you've managed to steer clear of the bookies and the poison that is FOBTs. They are the worst thing that happened to me without a single doubt.
If there are three you have to walk past regularly, the self exclude. I have from two regular ones, but as there as so many of the d**n places, I now have taken to taking different routes.
Well done for self excluding from your online ones. Would really recommend blocking software as well. Did that back in March and haven't gambled online since.
You're only 19, nip it in the bud now if I were you. I'm just happy that online gambling and FOBTs weren't about when I was 19, dread to think what would've happened then!
Good luck to you fella, let us know how you are getting on.
M
right this is the last chance i have !! i have come to terms it is very serious now and cant believe it , never thought gambeling was this bad and always used to laugh it of !! i am so inderpendent now and got to a point were trying to find money and even steal once of dad !!! its not until i sit down and think how bad its got i sometimes wanna cry might sound stupid but its got to that 🙁 tommorow i am going to ban myself from l*******s and other bookies , i kept putting it of saying tomyself dont be stupid but i wont stop otherwise , family i have started to see changes aswell, i am not addicted to horse racing and footie bets hardly bet alot on them its the machines !!!!! any advice on how to change and become to person would be great !! at thi moment i dont no how it will ever change 🙁
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