[Anonymous98]

Hi everyone, my name’s Peter,19yo ,originally from Poland,in the UK for 3 months on my uni.
At the beginning I want to mention that I’m addicted to match betting, mainly online, tried casino games twice but never lost big money on it.
I started with gambling around 2 years ago, first with betting small amounts of money with success,all of my bets were winning, which is the worst possible I guess. These winnings really got me into gambling,shortly after big wins lost all of them and lost all my money that I had saved. Stolen my moms savings and lost them as well,stolen my brother savings and lost it all. Wasnt even moved by these situations to be honest,kept playing,kept betting bigger and bigger money. Finished my high school and moved to UK for.the university,my father doesnt know about my gambling addiction,only my mom knows and we hide it together. We.agreed that I’ll get a certain amount of money each month from my parents.
Lost all the money I got for the first month. Found work,lost all money I earned, kept betting believing I can win big money and pay all the debts. When the debts were really big started pawning my items in pawnbrokers to have money to bet.
Finally realised that I started losing people around me ,family, friends. When wasn’t addicted I was a social person,now can’t really talk with people,can really find a topic I can talk about unless it’s football( gambling) or any other sports.
Finally realised that I’m losing my life and my family, the thing that hurts me the most is that I can’t really talk with family,when on a family event makes me really uncomfortable ,would be the best if id just sit alone with no family members since I feel odd around them,same about friends.
Trying to find a therapist nearby and start to recover,hope it will go well:)

[Monica1]

Welcome to the forum and for the chat. If you put all the measures in place we all spoke about you will have a strong chance of success. Take it one day at a time. As you know and we talked about this addiction is insidious. We can’t let our guard down. Keep posting and let us know how you get on.

[finding_laura]

Hi Peter,

This is a good place to receive some support and suggestions about how to stop gambling. It sounds like you have gotten some basic advice. Seeing a therapist is a very good idea. It sounds like you are really losing yourself and the sooner you tackle this the better. The only way I could stop when I was as bad was to be honest with a few people that I loved and trusted, and that I knew loved me. I needed them to help me stay accountable for my spending and my time. I gave one of them control of my money. I would only get a little as needed and I’d provide receipts showing what I bought and that I hadn’t returned anything. I attended Gamblers Anonymous meetings and group meetings here. I also went to counseling. If you want to beat this you need to tackle it hard with all the possible barriers and supports in place. You could look at a gambling blocker for your phone if you gamble on line. And never give up.

Laura

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