Hello JT.
You are being honest when you say no urges-because you’re totally broke. But why do you only expect to be gambling free til Saturday?
If you know you have money coming, and you know you will get the urge, why not stand tall and make a stand now. If you cant ask your girlfriend to look after your money please confide in someone you trust and ask them to keep your bank card over the weekend.
Debt mate for a lot of us will be an ever present for the remainder of our lives.
You are in debt because of gambling, you will not get out of debt doing the same thing as you did before. Try and turn the situation to your advantage, have you spoken to Stepchange they can help immensely with debt problems.
When I say turn it to your advantage I mean instead of seeing this mountain of debt as a reason to gamble. See it as the result of gambling, not just one very bad gambling episode but the result of hundreds of attempts to get debt debt free. Gambling does not cure debt, it creates it. And as you know debt is only part of the problem. In fact its not part of the problem its just one of the many consequences of gambling.,
Instead of letting yourself get concerned about a consequence of past actions, try and concentrate on taking preventative steps to avoid adding to it.
I earn between £11 and £15 per hour, my debt is over 200k.
The debt dosn’t consume me, it cant allow it to. I can live and enjoy life now. You can too mate.
Take care.
Geordie.