posted in the newbie section yesterday about my gambling problem. I am worried I'm going to chase my losses and end up with nothing. I'm on my 2nd day without gambling, which is not the end of the world as even when I was gambling it would be mostly weekend as I bet on sports.
Woke up this morning feeling a little nervous and sick in my stomach. Not sure if that's because of the lost money or the prospect of not gambling again?
The weekend coming up will be a big test for me. If I can make it through without placing a bet I know I will have achieved something quite good!
Welcome aboard BG.
Well done on 2 days, and for making the decision to stop gambling.
You can do this, just take one day at a time, and look forwards, forget your losses as you say chasing them will give you more losses because even if you won, it would go back to feeding the addiction, because we cannot ever win because we cannot stop, whether we win or lose, so there is no point in playing .
We use a triangle on here.
Time Money Location, if you take one of these away it's impossible to play.
I wish you the very best on your new recovery journey.
Every day we don't play we WIN and that is the only way we can win,
Best wishes
Suzanne x
Thanks Suzanne,
Overall, although the money is an issue, my main problem is I've come to realise how gambling has made me a horrible, lying person!
I'm sick of the lies I make to my partner, I feel terrible about it.
We could be having a lovely day and I lose money betting on sports and I sit there dispondent. I have to lie about my mood swings saying I'm ill or lied about other family problems.
Ive had enough now it needs to stop! I'm going to use that triangle to help me! Thank you
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