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    • #78538
      saikrishna
      Participant

      Hi All,

      This is Saikrishna from India, I started betting when I was 21 and used to bet only on sports. From past 8 months I have been playing online casino, That’s when my whole life changed. I lost all my savings, took loans to chase those losses, made huge debts and maxed out credit cards of total worth 25k USD. No one knows about my addiction and the losses that I have incurred. I am not able to keep up with my daily bills and sleeping only for 2-4 hours per day. I am getting depressed. Don’t know what should I do. I feel hopeless and only way I am feeling is leaving this world. What should I do.

      Please help me, I really want to live for my family but I don’t know how to pay these debts. Please let me know if u have any kind of remote work I can do. Please help me

    • #78550
      hopelessbear
      Participant

      Hi Saikrishna. I am so sorry that you ended up where a lot of us are right now. I just want to say to that you are not alone. Many others and I were/are in the same situation as you are now.
      For me , I was where you are 5 weeks ago. The feeling was unbearable and spent all my savings and out myself in a big pile of debt within a year as you are now. The last spin I made and I realized that I just fucked up so bad and the thought of leaving the world seems like the only way but it is not. Your life is more than your addiction. You can do this. You can get better. I know you don’t see it that way now because you only see the whole mess you’ve made. I was the same. Don’t end your life because of this. Sure , We will be in debt for years and it will be hard but We can do this!

      Find Hot line or go to your local hospital to seek for help your mental needs . You are not alone. A lot of us were where you are right now.
      Do you have anyone you trust that you can talk to? Contact your local budget and debt counseling as well. They can help you sort out your financial.

    • #78552
      saikrishna
      Participant

      Thanks for the reply Hopelessbear, there is no local budget and debt counseling at my place. I would really appreciate if someone gives me work which I can do remotely. Please community, hoping for a positive response. Right now all this debt thoughts riling up my mind and I am going berserk. I am really in a terrible position. Please help me.

      • This reply was modified 4 years, 6 months ago by saikrishna.
    • #78554
      hopelessbear
      Participant

      There is a lot of websites that you can get work as a freelancer such as fiverr or upwork etc. Maybe you should try it there.

    • #78556
      saikrishna
      Participant

      Thanks for the replies @Dunc @hopelessbear, Really appreciate it but I am not an expert in any thing, So, I wont be able to get direct freelancing work as they will look for expertise in certain areas. This is the main reason I am asking over here. Si that someone will come and give me some work on humanitarian ground but I am a very quick learner. Please community help me out…

    • #78560
      hopelessbear
      Participant

      I strongly suggest you to contact debt counselling organization that @Dunc posted. I was where you are and feel right now. Everything seems like there is no way out. After I talked with my debt counselor. She informed me on what I need to know and what to do. One thing to be expected from all of this is that there is no a quick fix. Solving debt problem is not a sprint , it is a marathon.

      The first step I did was that I wrote down everything on the paper and I made a call / sent email to all of the companies and ask them for help, tell them that you have a very bad month and looking for a little room to breath. Try to negotiate if you can get a payment free month, Pay less than you usually do or freeze the interest. Not all of the company will help you of course but some might help. Prioritize your bills , Rent and food comes first.

      Then I started to looking into what monthly cost on what I can cut down , make a budget for everything. Then starting to looking for something I can sell.

      The most important thing to do is seek help for your addiction. So you won’t get down to that road again and Please Be kind to yourself.

    • #78565
      saikrishna
      Participant

      Sorry for asking help to find job in this forum. Thanks for the valuable response but still I am in a very vulnerable situation, I literally see no way out of this and I locked myself in room without eating for the past 24 hours. I am quite hopeless now. Really not seeing a way out.

    • #78570
      saikrishna
      Participant

      I really appreciates the initiative on this forum but i see no difference in my thought process. Probably I am worthless

    • #78572
      saikrishna
      Participant

      I tried to reach all those numbers, none of them are not working…

    • #78573
      saikrishna
      Participant

      Sorry Dunc, you are trying to help me out but I am in that state of mind where i am not able to think properly…really sorry

    • #78577
      hopelessbear
      Participant

      You don’t have to say sorry to any of us really. I know you might feel like there is no way out right now but there is always the way out.
      You did great by come to this forum. It is a step forward to get better. Unfortunately I can not help you with more than my support here.
      Most of the people here can not help you in exactly what you are seeking because we all are fighting with the same battle.
      I am fighting the same battle as you. We can not solve all of that in a short period of time. It will be a long hard road but you are not alone.
      I am still have a long way to go on my recovery too. We can do this!

      I was where you are right now. Every where I looked was just darkness. I had the thoughts of walking up to the cliff and jump. Thanks god. I didn’t do it.
      Life is precious. Your addiction is not define who you are. You are not worthless. Be kind to yourself.
      I know it feels so overwhelmed right now because you can not see the end of the road but I promise you, there is.

      Please try to call hotlines

    • #78590
      saikrishna
      Participant

      Getting extreme suicidal thoughts

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