Welcome to GT, Mick.
Well done on taking the first step . That’s the most difficult one.
I’m here since 2008 and if I had taken the advice I was given then I’d be rich now.
There is a lot of help available for gamblers Mick. It’s up to us to put in the work . Stopping is easy . Staying stopped is the hard bit. However, it can be done.
Christmas is a great incentive to stop. I’m hoping that this year I will have two G free months behind me by then. I notice the more I gamble the harder it is to stop and the more I lose each time. We will NEVER win our money back.
We have to accept that this is a progressive illness Mick. It really took hold of every aspect of my life.Hearing you mention your 12 year old reminds me of the times I left my boys standing at a bus stop late at night when they were teenagers and not being able to leave the slot machines to go and pick them up. They were 30 miles away.
Whatever about losing money, Mick, when we start putting gambling before our kids it really is time to call a halt to the madness.
I think your time has come to say “ENOUGH”.
Best wishes in recovery.
Good to meet you in the group.
Gambling brings nothing but grief.
I’m finished with it for good and I hope you are too, Mick.
Keep posting and coming to the groups.
