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Hello and thanks for starting a thread in the Gambling Therapy forums

Here at Gambling Therapy we pride ourselves on being a caring and diverse online community who can help and support you with the difficulties you’re currently facing. We understand that this might be a tough time for you, particularly if you’re new to recovery, so come here as often as you need to and participate in the forums, access online groups and connect to the live advice helpline if you need one to one support. We’re in this together!

Here on the forum you can share your experiences in a safe, supportive and accepting environment. The beauty of writing it all down is that you can take your time and you will be creating a record of your progress that you can look back on if it ever feels like you’re not moving forward. So, share as much or as little as you like but do try to stick to keeping just one thread in this forum so people know where to find you if they want to be updated on your progress or share something with you.

And on that note….

I’m going to hand you over to our community because I’m sure they will have some words of wisdom for you 🙂

Take care

The Gambling Therapy Team

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Hi Tasha, well done on looking for help.

The good news is that you know that you can stop; you did it before and you can do it again. Then though, when the counselling is over, it is important to use ongoing support to maintain recovery. This site can help you do that.

Day one tomorrow. What thigns can you put in place? Where have you been gambling? Get yourself banned? How have you been funding it? What barriers can you put in place?

Read the other stories here, you will see the sort of things that have helped others. Apply what you can to your own situation.

Keep posting.

Hey Tash,

Good work on seeking help again. Use this relapse as a huge lesson to never ever gamble “for fun” again. Don’t worry, almost every recovering gambler has fallen for this trap before. The most important thing is that you’ve learned from it and will avoid the situation in the future.

Sometimes we need a bit of extra help on top of our own self-control and emotional support/counselling. This is where self-exclusion kicks in. Any avenues of gambling you’ve used or have access to? Ban yourself now. If you don’t the chances of further relapses are very high. No matter how good your self-control there will get to a point at some stage (whether thats 1 week, 1 month or 1 year into your recovery) where one moment of weakness/lapse in judgment, usually caused by a strong trigger, will get you back in the loop. We all know that once you get back into that destructive cycle how much damage it can do and how hard it is to get back out. Put measures in place now to save yourself in the future.