Hi Chris
Welcome to the site – I sense that you are relay upset about losing £500 and I understand this -‘gambling is a progressive disease and the losses only get bigger so well done on seeking help at this stage .
There are support groups on here also – perhaps
Setting up barriers like internet blockers will help you not to gamble ?
Every time we throw out money to the “fatcat” casinos we deprive ourselves dog things we could be enjoying .
Keep posting – you can stop this now ! If you think about it $500 would have bought a lot of entertainment so you don’t have to be bored – sometimes our addiction causes us to not spend money on normal things but then blow huge sums on gambling .
One of my strategies is to always treat myself to something which I consider frivolous – even a magazine – just to get used to spending money on normal thins and on me .
Hope to see you on here lots.