Hi LostAll and welcome to the forum. Being a gambling addict is like falling down the side of a cliff or mountain. We may manage to grab a little hold here or there but we still continue the fall every time we go back and bet! Stopping this addiction when in full motion takes some drastic measures! Access to money keeps the addiction alive and in motion. Allowing us to fall further and further inflicting more damage. We need safety nets to stop the fall. If you are able to BAN yourself from the casinos you frequent, do it! Or give up access to your funds. Transfer money to an account that ties it up or to a person you can trust to look after it/hold it. If you go back to your parents tell them why. You do not want to start asking them for money under false pretenses. If they know you will want money for gambling they will be able to tell you NO. I know that can be terribly hard to do. I did it myself. When I decided I had had enough. I knew I had to outsmart my gambling self. I knew I had to protect me from my gambling self. I knew I had to keep my money from my gambling self. Something for you to think about. Perhaps you will be able to find some addictions counseling? That can also be a help. It gives you some tools to cope and some ideas as to why you are still there after all this destruction. Please update how you get along. Take care, Laura
