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“The problem I have is life seems so dull without gambling, I find a normal life boring and very little interests me.”
I think this feeling goes away after some time. You have been gambling for most of your life so it probably takes some time to get used to your new lifestyle.
You should of course beat this gambling problem and move on. With your story in mind it may be best with some professional help? Not sure how old you are but with a lot of debt it may be a good idea to go all the way immediately and not try to solve this yourself. But in the end you need your willpower but I know you can do it, people, also you, are very strong when they get enough!
Have not read everything in this thread yet.
But I think it’s really important with a story like yours to put focus on forex and trading in general. Of course you should have been spared for this experience and I wish you the best.It is gambling because you just can’t predict a war or some disease in the real world. It’s true when you choose a job or buy a house too. But clearly the risk is not the same. Don’t know much about “Forex” but it seems to be to the riskier side on your scale. But stocks is pretty risky too I think. An index fund do have a fair risk but otherwise it does remind me of gambling…Especially if I did it (think one needs to know much about a business to buy stocks and even then it would still be atleast 10 on your scale).
Thank you. Now I am aware of the risks.
Sad Story. Not sure I understand how your situation is but it Sounds difficult. Can you Find a way out of this? There must be a way to recover from your situation and slowly get back to life.
Wish you all the best. Not sure I would dare to trust a stranger as you said but anyway I lost all my money – I can’t help.
I feel I have a lot in common with you and inafalsetto but I did as “Newday”, I did not stop in time. I hope you do. I hope inafalsetto does! But I know that you have to be ready to stop. I wrote in here but didn’t listen so you may not listen to us but you should all just quit gambling.
I hardly believe and do not recommand anyone to play for fun. If someone writes in here, they can’t play for fun anymore and will never be able to do it again.
Perhaps you should tell your wife about this? She probably supports you? How can you prevent a relapse? Remember, you won and you will regret when you lose it again! I felt ill for days…You may have experienced the same – do you want to go through it all again?
Couldn’t agree more with i-did-it!
Congratulations! This makes your situation much much better BUT ONLY if you stop. You could win more or lose more than ever. It will always be so.
You have got a second chance but may or may not get a third.What would have happened if you had lost this time? What if you had lost again after that? Would you even have been able to borrow more money?
You have a fine starting point for a new gambling free life if you are ready.
Sorry to gear about your recent loss Sometimes you Just need One last spin before you quit?
One can Win in roulette but if you lose enough it becomes impossible to get a Head again (unless you have unlimitted Cash). If One wins it gets difficult to stop before losing the winnings and often More than that.
After 3,5 Weeks I have earned back 2,5% (extra hours and paid for something I never used) of my losses. Not much but slowly I earn it All back. You can do the same…Much better to earn than Win it back. It’s safer and supports the goal of non-gambling from now on.
Sometimes you just lose every spin from the first until you have nothing left. The idea about chasing with another 5000 would be too risky and you know it. Of course, you could win but to win back 15000 can only happen if you take even more risks. And if you won back 3000 (not too unlikely), would you feel happy and satisfied then? Probably not…you would continue and probably be in debt within an hour or less.
It’s all very sad and depressing. Lost all my savings too (not as much as you but all of it). Get urges frequently but after 3 weeks I only think about it 1-3 times a day. It becomes easier. Why did you gamble in the first place? How can you prevent yourself from doing the same thing again?
Be a good person, learn from your mistake and enjoy your life right now…Don’t wait until you have got 15000 or 50000, you can be happy right now. What I mean is: Try put your loss in the background for a while and make a plan for your future (AND don’t do it again, you a not a gambler anymore!)
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I feel sorry for your loss. You lost a large amount of money.
It won’t help to gamble again…As you say yourself: ” don’t know why I can’t think straight when it comes to gambling.”.With your great work ethics you can get up again financially.
Are you ready to stop? If you are ready I think you need to set up more hindrances/blockers.You may want to consider attending some kind of therapy to learn more about why you play and just to say everything out loud…I don’t have the balls to do that myself but it’s a good idea!
You are still quite young and you have shown the ability to save a lot of money. I think you can overcome the financial déroute and get a bright future….if you get rid of this addiction.
Most gamblers get one or more relapses before they manage to stop completely. Don’t be too hard on yourself. But you need to take action to avoid going back once again!
You can’t stop in time and seem tp be chasing your earlier amount. Clear signs of Problems.
I understand you have won almost 1k. now. You should forget and forgive your mistanke and never Play again.
Hope you manage to stop and quit your beginning addiction before you get More Problems out of it
It’s okay now but I want to establish the fact that I and many many others who did the same are real people. It did happen and it will happen to you if you continue. Maybe it happens today, in a month or in a year but you will regret you didn’t listen.
You know, when I won I read and respected similar stories but didn’t think it could happen to me but it can and will happen to everyone who doesn’t stop in time.