Amongst the months of struggles and a period of urges, the bookies finally figured out my self exclusion from their monitors.Â
This is the end.Â
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Yes - I initially thought they'd ban me from all bookies until finding out blanket exclusions are impossible.Â
This led me to abusing the restrictions and travelling out of town and costing me a mere grand.Â
I'm at my lowest financially but whenever an urge comes back I immediately log onto O2 and pay off an extra month of bills.Â
I have 2 parrots of my own and slowly coming to terms with prioritizing their veterinary care.Â
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Losing from gambling had made me numb because it was a regular occurrence, I am happier now, miss the thrills of winning big but accumulaters are sucker bets and in the long term is a waste of time.
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