Thanks for your comments Aaron and Fritz, it’s nice to know that others are in the same boat. I guess gambling addiction can take a range of forms.
Well, I thought I had it pretty much figured out. I had not even thought about having a bet for a couple of weeks then something inside me clicked and I caved in over the weekend. I had a bet in the horses which got beat by a nose and that really pissed me off.
So I had another bet, lost. By this stage it was just £20 down, not so bad I thought. However, I thought I would chase and stuck £50 on some ice hockey. Lost. Ok I thought, that’s it. But I woke up Saturday determined to get it back, £80 on the football and it lost of course. So a final throw of the dice and £130 quid in another game. Finished 1-1, gutted.
I’d gone from a gamble free, happy few works into blowing £250-£300 in a few hours or so.
I feel embarrased, sick and low. And guilty too, so much guilt. If only my wife/family knew – that would be terrible. Ah well, today is a new week but it would have been better with that money in my account.