How are you holding up?
I’m fresh to the recovery scene, 3 days in. I have 2 kids under 4 and a hubby that’s not going to be around too if I continue. Though I haven’t put us in debt I’ve removed all of our saving and it’s upwoods of 250k (I haven’t brought myself to actually work it out). So I totally understand where you are and how hard it is, you are not alone.
But we can beat this. We can ignore that little voice in our head saying only a $50 cause it’s complete BS. Somethings I’m telling myself is
– I’m never going to win the amount I lost back. Period. It’s gone. If a miracle happens and I did I’m never going to walk out with it and quit, 100% I’ll lose it again and chase even more.
– my hubby hasn’t left, my kids still have a chance at an amazing future. As much damage as I’ve done if I continue the damage will be so much worse.
– we earn good money, if I’m smart with it we can get back in the green and trive as we are still young.
You need to work out your reason for gambling. If it’s to get back what you have lost then you know that’s not possible. For me I’ve finally figured out its to escape and I’m working on ways to have timeout without it.
You can do this. It’s not too late