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Hi All,
I started gambling over a decade ago in college, I started small but things escalated over time. For the last few years now I’ve been broke, credit card always close
to being maxed out, constant need to get payday loans to pay rent/bills. I’ve lost over 20K gambling in the last 2 years and god knows how much over the last 10. I joined this
site 6 weeks ago and went 6 weeks without gambling (which is huge for me) up until yesterday. Yesterday I logged onto bet365, deposited $200 to bet on a tennis match. I turned that
$200 into $300, winning my bet. I felt great. Over the next several hours I lost the $300, then deposited another $200, lost that then deposited another $80. Last night I went to sleep feeling
more depressed than I have in a long time. After 6 weeks I was starting to think I had my problem licked but obviously thats not the case.
Today I’m starting again and this time hopefully 6 weeks will turn into 6 months and then 6 years. Gambling is destroying my life but I know that there can be a bright future for me around the corner
if I can just stop. Thanks to everyone on this forum. Reading other peoples stories and chatting on the support groups is really helping me
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Hi henno
Well done on starting a thread- it kinda means it can write here when you feel the urge to gamble – it might distract you from a while and remove that automatic pilot thing.Yes there is a bright future for you -we just need to finally kick this habit .
Keep strong
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Good to see that you have started a thread. Yes, gambling addiction is insidious and can creep up on us. One thing I have noticed for all of us is the outcome is always the same. We put it back and more even if we win big. I have won big in the past and it just all goes back and more. It isn’t a win because we can never win. That is the nature of the addiction, Luckily the damage was not that big. Get back to support and what helps.
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six months…six years…we never have this problem licked, Henno. It doesn’t go away, but like the winter flu, we can take measures to avoid it, one day at a time.
Starting again is not easy but the alternative is even more bleak.
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been off the site for a bit. staying away from laptop and gambling urges. installed betblocker but don’t think it covers all the gambling sites.
don’t beat yourself up. i have lost ***** of all the times i should have stopped. keep working on reasons not to gamble, that is what i am trying to do and seems to be working so far, but it is really hard. dust yourself off, try again -
Good to see you started a thread Henno! One day at a time. Keep putting barriers between you and your next bet. I like Marke’s idea, write down all the reasons why you don’t want to gamble. Imagine if you had ”won” the 20,000 how good you would have felt. Well it feels even better when you watch it grow. We all have that capacity in us as we’ve wasted so much. And for what? Gambling isolates us from others. The true goal in life is to have relationships that matter. Thanks for your support Henno! I’m rooting for you! Have a great day off.
Laura -
Hi Henno
How have things been ?
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Hi Henno
It occurs to me that we are approaching another Christmas and I was wondering how things are going for you .
Be good to see you in chat or read a post from you.
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