Hi Steven!
I see you are asking for advice about “stopping completely”.
Then, I read on another thread that you had managed to acquire another 2k on another credit card.
Not judging. Just sayin’!
So maybe for a start stop taking new credit cards.
Stopping gambling is real easy.
I stopped hundreds of times.
Staying stopped is really difficult.
That’s why CGs need help/support/barriers.
I went to extreme measures to gamble. Travelled miles in all weather. Borrowed against all the odds. Manipulated people, organizations (banks, credit unions, loan companies etc) to give me loans beyond all belief. Now its payback time. And I can tell you it hurts!
It seemed so harmless getting 2/3/4 k here and there but when the zeros are added on and we find ourselves looking at 6 figure sums, reality sets in and the pressure rises.
My advice to you , Steven is not to stop completely. Yet! Just stop borrowing money for now. If you say you’re broke , then you can’t/won’t gamble.
Next step is to tie up your next salary cheque before that vanishes too and I can tell you without a doubt that it will.
Can you get a friend/family member to take over the control of your finances COMPLETELY?
CGS cannot handle money.
At this stage you can only see money as ammunition for gambling. Of course your rational mind will say otherwise but as soon as that money hits your account you will swing into action. I did it for years that’s how I know. I even took high interest loans which involved agents coming to my home with cash.( very stressful!) As soon as the paper work would be filled in, the cash was handed over. It took about 3 days to arrange these transactions.(more stress). During that time I would psych myself up . Swearing to God that as soon as I got the cash I would go straight to the bank but as soon as the money was laid before me the wheels of the car would barely touch the road and ten/twelve hours later I would be on my way home, penniless , crying “why did I do it AGAIN”
The reason we lose everything, Steven is because we are compulsive gamblers and compulsive gambler never win.
So before you attempt to “stop completely” instil that into your brain.
“CGs never win”
CGs NEVER win”
CGS N E V E R ever win”
When you “get” that, you will stop gambling, completely!
