Trying again!

you can win , use the triangle and take one point out of the triangle and out of the equation , think time, money, location , take one away and its impossible to gamble [ I think this is the right way to explain it , as this has only just sunk into my head today ] which has been explained on this site and used by so many on this site . you should also selfexclude from every site you have used every casino and every bookies and ask them to self exclude you from every linked site and company ect.. don't take no for an answer , don't give up , we can beat this , it does not matter what people think of you when self excluding as you are the wise one by doing this , thanks simon

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Fella welcome to the forum, I recall seeing your moniker appear last week,I smiled at the name,being a lover of anything football,I remember mr crooks well,lol showing my age!!

I hope the forum gifts you the same support,advice and knowledge it has gifted me,best of all it is free,just passed on unconditionally by like minded folk who share by and large the same goal

To rid the destruction that is gambling from their lives.

There is no cure,medicine or quick fix to addressing the compulsion to gamble,but a life choice.

That choice is one you really have to want to make.

It will gift you in many more ways the financial gain.

My advice throw half the effort you have your gambling and enjoy what it gifts

Abstain and maintain

Duncs stepping forward never back

Thanks Chaps.

Yeah ive used the chat room occasionally guess it was just a silly name to sign up with you know what it's like got to keep identity secret when your a gambler haha.

Thanks for the kind words chaps. I've gambled very compulsively on roulette mainly for about 10 yrs now and have lost a lot of money but more importantly...the way I feel at the moment I don't want that any more the hurt, low moods, anxiety, lack of sleep, wasting time and not achieving my potential.

I want to be able to move forward with my life and feel a little better from writing this.

I agree I guess every day I have to wake up in the knowledge I have to make a choice I cant gamble that day and take it from there.

Frustrated at the way i've let these machines dominate my life.

I am half way through a couple of weeks off work and have 3 assignments due for uni in next couple of weeks so guess i've been using gambling to escape from the mundaness of life and reality.

Hi garth - You are right in surmising that we often use gambling as an escape from something unsatisfactory in our lives: stress, boredom, relationship problems, even (ha ha) financial problems. Feeding money into a machine certainly brings about a numbness, but the truth is that it simply makes things worse. So many people on here will tell you that their lives have been transformed by saying 'No' to gambling, as hard as that may seem at the moment. Even after a few days of sanity I am sure you will start to feel better. I hope your assignments go well - I know from experience how much pressure they can exert, so stay strong, look after yourself and try to find something else to divert you when you feel fed up with studying.

Best wishes,

Joanna

This feels like its going to be the hardest thing i've ever done especially with all the uni work i've got going on at the moment. If I can get through to the end of this month i'm sure everything will become a lot easier.

Feel like gambling has taken so much from me at the moment and feel empty.

I've tried so many times before but I mean it this time I feel worn out from gambling.

Thanks, Joanna hope I can keep strong.

Got a lot of time on my hands at the moment and feeling the pressure of all my uni work that has to be in.

Feel very tempted at the moment to have a bet and escape and also chase back losses of previous week when I lost about 500 pound.

I saw someone say on another post I cannot win because I cannot stop and this holds true, hoping I can pull through.

Almost 48hrs/2days without a bet

Hey mate. Just wanted to say well done for taking this step . It's a huge one to admit that you're an addict and need to stop. I'm on day 4 now and already feeling so much more positive and happy. It's like some dirty horrible secret i've been keeping for years has been brought to the light and exposed, and it feels great!!

Stay strong and hopefully we can beat this b***ard of a disease together.

you say you feel worn out by this gambling , i remember that feeling , and it was at that point i knew i had to stop and only at that point did i get serious about stopping and moving forward without gambling in my life trust me its not easy but its worth it , ive only done a little more than a month but the longer it goes the better i feel , mate dont chase those losses , just let them go every penny you lost let it go , if you chase those losses all you are doing is chasing something that will tire you out more and more , for me righting off the money i lost and accepting it was gone and i will never see it again was probably the biggest thing i have done that has enabled me to move on and stop gambling . keep going pal start afresh your life gamble free . thanks simon