[stu1702]

Hi Forum. My names Stuart. I’m usually dismissive of seeking help for my gambling and feel That I only have a gambling problem if I’m loosing which is very selfish so maybe I deserve to suffer alone. I’ve read a few threads on this forum and that has been helpfull for me to read and Understand that many people gamble beyond their meens many times but that too is selfish of me to gain comfort by others suffering.
The fact is that gambling is bad activity like smoking, watching porn etc. but these activities are very popular and highly contagiouse.
Anyway, enough theorising and philosifying. Please allow me to give a brief history of my gambling activity. I started gambling in UK betting shops about 9 years ago getting drawn in by posters of pretty girls and sports stars. My first bet was on Micheal Owen to score first goal and Liverpool to win 2-1 over New castle at something like 20/1. I lost but maybe cause of my wierdly brilliant grasp of basic math this was enough to start me of on a spiralling journey (usually downwards) that has been a prominant part of my life for 9 years now. The only long term solution for me would be for gambling to be ilegal but this is out of my control and reading between the lines the authorities are either not bothered with it or actually like gambling and help to promote it, so for people like me who earn around 12 grand a year and are confronted by a betting shop or 5 everytime we leave the house we have to skimp and save while acting like Monks to eat tesco value food and live in a bed sit in the poorest part of town (wheure most betting shops are) just to survive or be a bit of a del boy and take foolish risks in the Hope they pay off.
I know gambling is a daft thing to do but until the Aurhoritis do something about it I can do very little but Hope to win.

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