Hi Kieran , welcome to the site. You have taken your first step to stopping gambling. I too am a compulsive gambler and I am pleased to say I haven’t gambled since December.
Once we stop life begins to feel better quite quickly.
The first thing I would advise you to do is ring your bank and report your card lost so you can get a new one. Cut up all other cards. then self exclude from all sites. A great investment would be to buy Gamblock for your computer. This will stop you accessing gambling sites.
As you have already told some family members perhaps you could ask one if them to take control of your bank account until you feel strong enough to do so yourself.
This is a difficult addiction to beat but it can be done. Many people on here are living gamble free lives and it feels really good.
For me it was accepting that I could never gamble like a non CG, that even if I won I could never withdraw,realising the money I have gambled is gone forever and letting it go, and closing all those small loopholes I left just in case ..
It takes determination to stop but it is so worth it.
