my gambling story

It started one night when my mums new boyfriend said to me, you should put a football bet on mate, we will go down the bookies and I'll show you the ropes, well I thought why not, little did I know what was instore for me.
I have had previous addictions to cannabis, video games, but I didn't think gambling would become one as It never really appealed to me, I would put the odd bet on the grand national every year, but nothing else, I never liked football so I never put a bet down for it.
Carrying on from were I left off, so off we trot down to the bookies, I think it was a treble on the results of football matches that I put on, I remember the odds being 9/1 and sticking a fiver on, so I put it in my back pocket and thought nothing of it, forgot it was even there till a day later when I pulled it out and thought I'd better check this see if I've won. So there I was checking the results of the matches, f**k me it's come in the feeling was good, winning money from the bookies, money I never had to work for, this is easy I was thinking I could get use to this, so the following day which was a Saturday full of opportunity to rake in some winnings on the footie, I signed up to sky bet as I'd seen somewere that there was a promotion bet 5 get 20 free, that's alright I was thinking, so I stuck the fiver on, placed it on a single, odds of 2/1, put the 20 onto a 5 fold accumulator 20/1, the single comes flying in, so I'm buzzing, the accumulator comes flying in aswell as I'm sat watching the phone screen like a gormless t**t oblivious to anything that is happening around me, I was in my own little zone, I could get use to this zone, winning money, getting a buzz, keeping my mind occupied something that alot of things fail to do just lately. As I mentioned earlier I had previous addictions to cannabis and video games, now this addiction lasted a long time, it was hard for me to kick it and when I finally did I never thought I would get addicted to anything else ever again, little did I know that my personality is a very addictive one, once I'm hooked on something I can't stop, I'm like a predator chasing it's prey not giving up for anything nothing else is on my mind, just that one thing, and nothing will stop me and why should I give a f**k what anyone else thinks of me and my addictions.

I will carry on my story my ongoing story tomorrow, if it can help anyone with a gambling addiction, or any addiction for that matter. As my story gets dark and deep, to give people a taste of what gambling can do to you, the effects both mentally and physically.