Thanks for your post. In respect of crime, I don’t know. I always drew the line at committing crime but have had big debts even pre gamblingthat I struggled to have a grip on. I blew all the money in my business account when it should have been paid to the inland revenue. Because of the large amounts spent on gambling, I certainly lost my grip on reality completely and at the end a high weekly salary all went on gambling to the detriment of any bills. I was very sick st the end of it all with suicide being a more appealing option than living. I didn’t consider committing crime but am now being accused of one by not paying my council tax. There are still days where I can hardly believe where I have ended up Pre cancer I would never have gambled, it just wasn’t a thing I was interested in doing. I did get hooked very quickly though and knew it, and soight help very early on, none of each was effective. It is the single most most disastrous thing I have done in my life by a long way and many times I wish it was possible to just turn the clock back and say no to it.
