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Hi I’m nelly I’ve been gambling online slots since 2006 its got really heavy I have several bank loans I now have gamblock on all my computers but the other day I bought an iPad which allows me to go on these sites I’ve spent ￡2000 although I won and made withdrawals I am still ￡500 down and these casinos take a week to put the money back into your bank so today I woke up and had ￡10 and I have to buy food and the cat needs to see the vet I have now had to ask my mum for a loan as I’ve had a payday loan and can’t get another until I’ve paid back the other one I’ve put gold on gumtree it’s ridiculous all these lies to my mum and borrowing money so today when she lent me ￡1500 I decided I’d lock ￡1000 away in an isa sell my iPad and make today the day I never spin the reels again I contacted the casinos and told them to shut my account due to gambling problems I know why I did it did it being the operative word because I was in an abusive relationship now I find myself a single mum with 2 teens with special needs ADHD and aspergers so gambling was a way of shutting down but not any more now it’s pay back the debts and save can’t wait to shop today and get all those Bogor deals it will probably give me more of a thrill than winning a few quid but it’s not winning it’s getting a few quid back that was already yours thanks for reading
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Hi Nelly, A Warm Welcome to Gambling Therapy
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Harry25 year poker player, 25 year Hierarchal fool, 25 year ego boost… Intellectualisation was my down fall, simplicity was my salvation -
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hi nelly and welcome to gambling therapy, good for you that you have decided to start the long road to beating gambling addiction, i myself am on my 13th day of being gamble free and in that short time have found that doing simple things here and there can be more enjoyable than sitting for hours on end gambling so keep it up!!!
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Welcome to the GT community. Here you will find the support you need to arrest your awful addiction. In the beginning of recovery, most of us have had to put in barriers so that we cannot access money to gamble with. That has proved incredibly helpful to me. Good for you for blocking your online gambling sites. How easy would it be for you to unblock these sites in a moment of stress, weakness, etc? It isn’t easy to have two teenagers, let alone two that have special *****. I have two friends that have older teens with Asperger’s, so I am aware of some of the challenges they and you face. Kudos to you for getting out of that abusive relationship. You deserve recovery. It isn’t going to be easy, especially in the early days, but I can tell you that recovery will be worth it. Carole
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well welcome and next time the neighbors bang on the party walls bang on the keys here instead of the online stuff that just gets ya more grief.
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Hi Nelly! I’m so proud of you for your gamble free days and that you are in recovery. Early recovery can be challenging as we choose to no longer have the gambling in our life as the anesthetic to our emotional pain. Raw feelings start to come back and at first we don’t always have the coping skills to deal with these feelings, but the coping skills come back, and we learn new ones. I’m cheering for you Nelly and for your daughters, who get their Mom back. I can certainly understand why you would need a complete break from any teenager, having raised a few myself. Your girls have special challenges as well, which makes a break for you even more needed. A suggestion may be to brainstorm, and write it down, what else you could do to get a break that would be healthy and recharge your batteries. You my dear deserve recovery, as we all do. Happy Recovery Day! Carole
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What a great change in you, in just a few days, well done keep it up.
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Thanks all had a bad night last night no not gambling the kids meds wore off and they both got aggressive and nasty had to call the police usually I would gamble but I didn’t got them calm then watched telly and played chuzzle for a few hours I think today it will have to be last minute Easter shopping
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Hi Nelly and welcome to the site ?? It will feel good to get your Easter shopping done instead of being broke! I like Carole’s suggestion about coming up with some different things you can do. A new hobby perhaps. Do you every get the opportunity to get out by yourself? Walking can be a great way to boost your ****. Keep your money tied up it can be tempting if you have a balance sitting around. Stay strong Nelly.
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Hi I’m ok fed up seems the new neighbours are mates with the old so here we go again lots of banging etc I need to sell and move my new job is ok bit worried as she has snakes and an iguana she lets loose I can’t cope with that my ankle is very sore and bruised and swollen but m coping glad mums gone we didn’t get on
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Dear Nelly! Have you gone over to meet the new neighbours? What about explaining to them that you have special ***** kids and that at *****, they do act out and make more noise than maybe most people? If they knew that, maybe they would be more tolerant and bang the walls less. Nelly, unless you work at a zoo or at a pet store, iguanas and snakes have no business being around you and making you nervous. Could you ask the person who owns them to put them in their cages when you’re there? I’m afraid of snakes; they creep me out. Carole
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