Hi all, I have been a member of this forum for a good few years. I have stopped gambling many times before with my longest stretch coming to about 18 months. This was achieved through GA meetings and the help of others through this forum. Starting a new recovery diary can only mean that I have succumb to gambling once again 🙁
A bit about me:
I have worked within the gaming industry for over 10 years. This is how gambling got me. I found it fascinating and wanted to win big. In my early days of gambling I genuinely found it exiting and did win on occasion. These wins were only small at the time just like my losses. As the years past my bets grew and so did my losses. I have been in debt constantly for 12 years. 2013 was particularly bad, to the point I would be losing my wages on payday and seeking out payday lenders. At my worst I had around 8 payday loans at the same time. My partner also ended our relationship due to my dirty habit of gambling, but more because I lied about it. Something had to give and it did.
Towards the end of 2013 reluctantly I started to attend regular GA meetings for the majority of 2014 as well as using this forum. The longest I had ever gone without a bet previously was a few months. Somehow I dug in and managed over 18 months.
September 2015 - My partner had gone on holiday and for some reason I fell back into gambling losing a few thousand pounds, destroying the hard work I had achieved. I stopped again for a few months before e once again early in 2016 blowing a load of money. My gambling habits had changed. Instead of gambling most days, I was gambling every few months, but losing large amounts of money. I am now in the stage where I have not gambled for a little while and have a good financial plan set out in order to become debt free if I can stick to it this year. I am starting a new journey this year and as I cannot remember the exact day I last gambled I will reset my counter at the start of this year to give me a better insight as to how I am doing. Feel free to ask any questions and I shall try to answer as best I can.
To a debt free 2017!
Scambling
Hi scrambling, welcome back 🙂 I'm 100% with you on your final line....'To a debt free 2017!' Absolutely! That's my mission for 2017 anyway! Can I ask, are you still with your partner? It's certainly a tough journey, but you aren't on your own! Sadly, I've neglected this site for a while, but for good reasons...been trying to catch up with time lost and friendships nearly lost due to my selfishness when In the cloud of gambling over the years. Well, not year! Wishing you luck on your journey. Take Care. C x
Hi Charley1,
Me and my partner split for well over a year before I got another chance. Things improved after we got back together due to my abstinence, however because of my recent behaviour things have declined once again. Hopefully I can sort things out before it gets too late !
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