[Taytay]

Hello my name is Taylor and I’m 26 year old I’ve been gambling since the age of 9. When I was 9 I’ve always went to family events and played poker and ever since then I loved it. When I turned 21 almost every pay check I got went to the casino and it hasn’t stopped since then. Recently my aunt passed away and I got a inheritance. In the last month and a half I blew 12k of it and I have nothing to show for it and it’s been taking a toll of my life. I’m having a child coming February and i don’t want to be like this when he comes. I dont know what to do and I need help and advice.

[Taytay]

I forgot to mention the inheritance was the most money i’ve ever had in my life and its slowly going away. I mostly gamble when i drink also. (im a alcoholic as well) i feel i have all this at a young age and it hurts to feel this way.

[jen3]

I am sorry. You are young and have your whole life ahead of you. Let the child you have comming be your motivation to stop gambling. Keep comming here. Can someone take over your finances for awhile?? Can you ban yourself?? Do you have GA or Celebrate recovery meetings where you live??

[charles]

Hello and thanks for starting a thread in the Gambling Therapy forums

Here at Gambling Therapy we pride ourselves on being a caring and diverse online community who can help and support you with the difficulties you’re currently facing. We understand that this might be a tough time for you, particularly if you’re new to recovery, so come here as often as you need to and participate in the forums, access online groups and connect to the live advice helpline if you need one to one support. We’re in this together!

Here on the forum you can share your experiences in a safe, supportive and accepting environment. The beauty of writing it all down is that you can take your time and you will be creating a record of your progress that you can look back on if it ever feels like you’re not moving forward. So, share as much or as little as you like but do try to stick to keeping just one thread in this forum so people know where to find you if they want to be updated on your progress or share something with you.

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And on that note….

I’m going to hand you over to our community because I’m sure they will have some words of wisdom for you 🙂

Take care

The Gambling Therapy Team

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[charles]

Hi Taylar, well done on looking for help.

The good news about having all this at an early age is that you can address it now, not gamble/drink for the next X number of years before doing something about it.

Using support is important. Again there is good news – there is a lot of it about. Keep posting here, get to a GA meeting, get to an AA meeting, address both addictions.

You are already getting god advice here – who could help you with financial accountability? When can you get yourself banned from that casino?

I would say that filling your time is very important – with both drink and gambling becoming a problem it will be important to not just get hooked on the next thing that comes along. Fill your time and thoughts with healthier options, also a variety of options so that you don’t get hooked on something else – even positive things can become a problem if done to excess/the exclusion of other things.

Whatever is left of that inheritance put it somewhere safe – who could look after it for you? We all know that no money = no gambling. We usually find that out when we have lost it!! We can use that knowledge in recovery though. Barriers arent the total answer to addiction of course but they give a breathing space to allow you to start working on things.

Keep posting and let us know what positive steps you are taking.

[Julkaisija]

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