[bish180b]

5 years ago I was living in a different country working. I eventually returned to my home city to work to make more money and invest in a house.

I had never gambled in my life to this point.

My home town has a strong sporting culture ad so weekends are about watching your favourite teams. There is not much else to do. Anyway I started gambling small amounts on games.
And at the end of each season I kept winning . Then it developed into lots of sports. It was all I thought about..all day long I would look at odds on my phone and place money on bets.
The size of the bets increased and increased.

I do future bets so I have to wait a while for the bet to come through. I had stressful times but nothing I couldn’t handle.

Right now i have pretty much put everything I own on bets and lost a lot of my money and everything I have ever worked hard for. And neglected other things in life.

It all hit me two weeks ago and I ended up having a nervous breakdown. I couldn’t function for a week-eat and sleep rolling around in bed sweating , crying worried sick. Now my job is on the line. I have been to see a doctor and have been put on medication. I have come to terms with the fact I have a massive problem and I just want to stop it…and I would If I could right now, but I have 18 weeks to get through.

I have lost everything and have hit rock bottom. I have lost 20kg and can not eat or sleep. I hate myself for what I have done.

Gambling has caused me to lose everything and now I am mentally ill.

[willeyeEVERstopbetting]

me and you both brother.
Good luck on your journey.

[charles]

Hello bish180b and welcome to the forum. Well done on looking for help here. With regards to your health problems then of course keep talking to your doctor and using the support and medication that he suggests.

When it coms to the gambling then you have a lot of help and support available to you. You are not alone with this problem as you will have seen from reading the other stories here. You will also have read the success stories – what are they doing that you can start applying to your own situation?

It sounds like you still have bets running. However they turn out, win, lose or break even one thing won’t change – you have a gambling problem. IF your bets do turn out favourably then it will be important to remember that and to address that problem. You have a lot of help available to you – here, similar sites, Gamblers Anonymous, counselling, even residential support.

Start using that support now, start puttinghtings in place and you can have a great gamble free future – one day at a time.

Keep posting.

[bish180b]

Thanks for the support

[bish180b]

cheers mate

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