Hello, I’m 32 and fairly successful in life. Lovely home, wife, gorgeous boy, dog…from the outside looking in people would envy my life. But gambling takes me away from happiness and has done for the last 13 years of my life. I am determined to stop now, the habit has gained me thousands and lost me thousands. It’s a short lived thrill and when I don’t get my fix after 2-3 days I go into a withdrawal mode* headaches,anxious,feeling unwell…I lost a considerable amount of money, chasing losses yesterday. My goal is now to quit for good. Please feel free to comment any issues etc….starting this thread to connect with people experiencing similar issues as me….I’m low right now but determined to change😫
Hey mate, well done on finding the strength to come on here. Your story is the exact same as my story, down to the wife, son and dog. I had a lovely house too and have always had a good job and nice car. Gambling was always part of my life and even though I could see it was destroying me I kept going. Got into thousands of debt.
3 months again nearly I hit my rock bottom, spent thousands in one night purely to get rid of all my pay check. I knew if I was totally broke I would have to come clean to my wife.
it was a huge weight off my shoulders and I took all the help I could get. 3 months later I’ve never felt better. I highly recommend coming clean to someone so you have some accountability and get the support you need.
Unfortunately my now ex wife could not understand or accept the deceit and lies I’d used to keep gambling all those years. I’m now separated, live on my own and only see my dog once a week. Take that as a strong warning to you that things can change very quickly. You can beat this, but you will need support. This forum is great, the diary is a massive help to me. I’ve kept one daily to revisit when I’m down. It’s harrowing reading for me but reminds me why I’m doing it. Hopefully you have decided to get help long before you get to the stage I got to and can save your life as it is. Use blocking software, bank blocks, seek support off GamCare and friends or family. It’s a long road ahead, but the most rewarding road I’ve ever been on.
All the best, and stay strong 💪
Firstly weldone for reaching their things u can putting blocks etc in and limiting finances, recently on reddit a guy from London lost a staggering 5 millions to gambling even after lossing all this he owns properties 3 other properties which he is living off the rental fees he now aware how dangerous gambling addiction can get so technically it wasent case of needing more money he intially started playing for fun, gambling has the ability to take everything dearest to you no matter how smart a person, however what worked for me is the usual blocks in place and checking on this website to keep me off gambling also honestly is key as each day brings new challenges im currently on day 344 however yesterday i could have relapsed i had no intention of gambling however i got a stupid thought to test if the barring system worked at my local bookies had i walked in their was good probability the employees may not have been aware and i could have relapsed i personally believe has i visited this site in the morning i was aware of the dangers of gambling the worst thing was i actually felt a force pulling me however i am greatful to remain gamble free as i know 1 bet always ends up in a disaster
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