So after going well for a few months I gave in last week and spent around £400 on online slots in the space of 2 days. I know I can do this as I went for weeks without thinking about gambling, however I do need to be much stronger on the occasions that the urge comes over me. My demons won't win.
Today is Day 3 of my new diary. My wife is off work for the next 2 weeks which will help me to stay away from gambling. I work from home as I am self employed and the majority of my day I am sat at a computer screen. In some ways this makes the achievement of staying away from online slots for the best part of 3 months quite remarkable, but I know I must do better... and I will do better.
Our first child together is due in December so I am trying to occupy myself with researching baby things when I need a break from my work.
The only way I can win is by not playing the game. From now on I am going to win every single day.
Day 8 - Up until today I've not really had any urges to gamble since re-starting my diary. I've just now gotten the urge again so decided to log in here instead. Work is going well and I'm starting to see some financial rewards for my hard work with my new business.I have been using this to pay off chunks of my credit card debt and also went out and bought a few bits for our baby which is due in December. It has also been nice to be able to spend some money on my daughter and treat my wife to the odd meal out. In previous months I would have struggled to do these things because most of my income was going on online slot machines and then I would use the credit card to rack up more debts. Finally the credit card balances are reducing instead of increasing.
I know that this is not going to be easy but if I can get in the habit of logging in here when I get the urge then hopefully I can stay away from those sites that only serve to hurt me.
Good luck. Online slots are far too easy. 20 quid a spin I was doing 4 weeks ago!!! Crazy money. Never again. The bookie machines are as bad!!
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Good luck. Online slots are far too easy. 20 quid a spin I was doing 4 weeks ago!!! Crazy money. Never again. The bookie machines are as bad!!
Agreed. They are obviously programmed in a way that makes you want to up your stake when you get a few small wins. As soon as you do the wins stop. The whole thing is a mugs game and I need to keep reminding myself that it is impossible to beat these games.
The only way to win is to stop
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