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Feeling a damn site better than I did this time last week after losing all that money, the first few weeks is always the hardest and I know it will get easier as time goes on, for once I’ve spent the weekend relaxing and watching movies etc with my partner instead of sitting online gambling, even done some baking today, we can get through this one day at a time
Thanks for all of your advice, I am in charge of my own finances, myself and my partner manage are own finances separately as we both have our own houses etc, I agree totally with all comments and am putting measures in place which will prevent me from gambling moving forward, the main problem was my savings account is an online account so I could move savings back into my main bank account in an instant, I am going to put them into a second savings account I used to use which is only accessible via a pay in savings book which will prevent me from having accessible funds at an instant, I did some baking yesterday to take my mind off gambling and am into day 2 gamble free, I know the anger and pain of the loses will ease in time and the fact is the money is gone and I need to accept that and move on
For the positive words of encouragement, the account I opened is now closed and I have self excluded also, I am now self excluded from all major betting sites, I’m glad I lost more money as it gives me the determination to not want to go back to that horrible feeling that comes after a loss, today is a new day and I need to forget about yesterday and concentrate on today
Well after 3 weeks gamble free I relapsed this morning, joined a sports betting site just with the intention to put a small bet on the euros what happened ended up going into the casino and playing roulette again, half an hour later ￡150 down, how stupid, I’ve logged out of it and emailed to close my account
At least I’ve learned I need to stay completely away from any form of gambling if I’m going to beat this addiction
I need to try and forget about it and move onKeep going Maverick, 14 days is a great achievement, stay strong and come a few hours you will be into the 15th day, your words of wisdom have helped me reached 10 days gamble free, like you I have been tempted to just have 1 bet but I know that 1 bet will easy turn into more if I lose, just keep reminding yourself of that horrible feeling that comes after that loss, keep moving forward and use the 14 day achievement as a positive to keep going
Well I’ve not gambled for over a week and whilst I still feel disappointed in myself for wasting the money I have the feeling of anger and urge to chase my losses has reduced as the week has gone by, I need to keep positive, on the plus side at least I haven’t wasted more money this week
I haven’t even thought of gambling the past couple of days
It’s early days and I have been here many times before but I need to forget the past and concentrate on the futureI have read lots of stories on here and they have definitely been an eye opener and they also helped me move forward knowing there are lots of people in the same boat. I do think that these companies could be more proactive, I requested from 2 companies that I be excluded yesterday and one hasn’t even responded yet and the other has sent me forms to fill out, that’s another day I could have easily gone back on and gambled again although I haven’t, I’m going to take every day as it comes and keep reading and posting in here as it does really help, even by just been able to express my feelings, I try and keep my mind off it but you can’t get away from it when every other advert on the tv is advertising gambling, every time I see one it reminds me of what I have done but I can only try and take the positives from it and tell myself I do not want to continue feeling that way and hopefully one day seeing them doesn’t have any affect
I don’t even enjoy gambling anymore and every day I wake up now I’m going to tell myself I am not going to gamble today