The stress of gambling is affecting my mental health.

Sorry to hear this friend. But you are in the right place I too have recently relapsed after five years clean and blew my savings now I'm back to scrimping and hustling through life. All I can say is take a day at a time work out your debt repayment and accept life for what it is. Otherwise it will drive you mad the what ifs. Accept it. Treat like mourning, denial, acceptance moving on etc. You will feel relieved for it. But it's hard work and c**P but there is light at the end as you know the hard work starts now. Hope you feel better and time is the best healer. All the best friend. 

Get your blocks back in place, and remember this feeling your feeling now. Don't beat yourself up too much even though you feel like you ought to. 

Like you I've just done same and blown £1700 in an arcade on fobts I was supposed to be excluded from. It's disgusting the owners there watched me max out withdrawals on cash machine of £500 then allowed me to withdraw 10 lots of £100 on their contactless machine. Also borrowed £200 so I've royally screwed myself also.

Im back to starting again, like you. Need to be more resilient and ensure whatever caused you to relapse is dealt with or block put in place.

So sick of gambling for half my life so best part of 17 years, and the industry has gotten progressively worse and more dangerous with advertising and temptation round every corner. 

Never had a problem with anything else only gambling which has caused so much misery and stress. And that's why we all end up on here. 

Have you tried talking to your partner or family member? Gambling wants us to be lonely and ashamed so try your best to own your recovery if possible. Dont gamble just for today and tell yourself that each day, soon as you place another bet or spin that slot your done until you blown everything and be back here. 

All the best, sorry for the ramble my heads still not right after that recent big loss. 

Regards 

Sam 

Posted by: @allyc123

Today is the day my gambling days end. I can’t live with the pain any longer. It’s affecting my mental health in a big way. Chasing my life away. I have been here before and always fall back in the betting trap. I have been debt free 3 times this year and gambled my way into debt again. The lies I have told makes me feel sick. I have the most amazing wife and everything anyone could ask for but still end up back gambling. It’s going to take 3 years to fix now before I am gamble free. I am ashamed at myself and disgusted. I have ended up back here. I hate myself and what I have become. I just need to break free from gambling to find myself again. Any positive comments would be great. Thanks in advance.

If you decide that, you will succeed. I know. The main thing is to make a decision. Be strong!

Thanks very much for your kind reply guys. On day 1 and have to be strong. Spent months of I can’t afford this and can’t afford that but can blow £1,500 a day on gambling and it’s ok. Im disgusted with myself. I am the only person that can make this better and stay gamble free. To think last year 3 times I lied my way through and became debt 3 times. Now I and £8,000 in debt. Every time this wins and I am going easy on gambling then it ends up worse than ever before. It’s as if I am not happy until I am skint. I have an illness, I M a compulsive gambler and can’t gamble in anyway. 

thanks for you message Dave. You time and experience on how to become gamble free. You are so correct in everything you say. I have lost how to like myself and care for myself anymore. I have a chance to break free from this killer addiction before it takes me. I have everything anyone would want in life but I have went back to gambling so many times. This time I can’t, I need to build for our future instead of being selfish and trying to win my way out of trouble. I can’t live with the lies any longer it’s killing me inside. On day 3 GF but every day that goes by is another day less GF.