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Hi. I’m a 36 year old female who as gambled online for over 5 years now. I had counselling 2 years ago to help me recover and I was clean for a while and then I had a relapse! I have no one to talk to about this because when my mum and partner found out the first time this started, I really hurt them both. My mother in law criticised me all the time and kept telling people what I had done. I stole from family to feed my addiction. My partner said if I gambled again he would leave me and take the kids off me.
I feel so lonely and think they would all he better off without me. I love all my family and I keep trying to say, look I need help but the words never come out.
I have got myself into more debt but I have self excluded myself from the most recent site. I play online slots on bingo sites.
All I think about is gambling and my partner plays on his xbox every night and is on his laptop every night straight from work so I feel alone once the kids go to be.
This is day 2 for me on not gambling. I want to break free from the addiction now and never turn back I just don’t know if I am strong enough to do it! -
Hi Casper, well done on your two gamble free days.
Read soem of the other stories here, you will see a lot of stories similar to your own. You will also read the success stories – what are they doing that you can apply to your own situation?
Well doen on getting excluded from that online site. Did you know you can get a blocker for your PC that will stop you visiting other sites? http://www.gamblock.com is one though there are others.
There is a lot of support around these days, here and sites like this, places like Gamblers Anonymous, counselling and more. Keep coming here and check out what other support is in your area.
It sounds like you have other things that will need addressing; stopping gambling will put you in a position to be able to do that.
Maybe talk to your husband and try to plan some non gambling, non X box things to do together.
I would recommend finding a way to come clean about the debts. Trying to keep things hidden can in itself send someone gambling.
You thread is called “Will I ever be free of my gambling addiction.” Well you will always be an addict but by using the support that is avaialble you can move forward and have a great gamble free future, one day at a time.
Keep posting.
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Hi Casper,
I haven’t had a bet in a long enough time to turn my life around really. I couldn’t do it on my own though and however long someone has been gamble free, days, weeks, months or years tehy ahve all done it the same way – one day at a time.
Keep posting and let us know how you get on at the gym.
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