[akin]

Hello guys, my first time trying out one of these (Therapy) or any form of help as regards my budding addiction to online sports betting. I was lured in as an underage with the false promises of multiplying my petty cash mainly due to greed and not for the need for excuses my relatively poor background and the persistent need for extra cash to throw around for some necessities influenced me. It was just a few months away from my acceptance to college that I got really hung with the habit and I lost the trust of my parents which wasn’t initially abundant at the time when they found out. College sent my ecstacy for gambling over the moon because of the freedom I was afforded and the privity of my spendings, no one could monitor or have an idea on how much I lose so I was sucked in harder by the bookies. I lost so much time and money for the first two years but little did I know its bound to get worse after I stopped being a lone wolf in my third year and the couple of friends I could summon happen to be fellow compulsive gamblers. The environment was conducive for me to lay my nest and not worry about consequences since we are all losing together as a group. The one of many mistakes I made was not considering that my so called friends have far better alternative incomes from home and I was all hung up to dry when It comes down to counting losses the next morning. Its my fourth year now and for the first time I finally sought help and think it’s time for a change if I’m going to be able to savage anything for my future since Law school is the only way out from my background as of this moment.
My country isn’t that big on therapy and I know zero people who have gone through consultation when they could easy go through their religious leaders.
There’s a lot more to be said and done and I hope this yields for me.

[makingchange]

Good on you for making the first steps! It take a big person to realise it’s an issue and a bigger person to give it up. You have you whole life ahead of you and the damage can be undone. Keep reminding yourself of how lucky you are to be in collage and doing a degree that should hopefully start you on a comfortable life. Those friends, you need to avoid I hate to say it. Some people can casually gamble within their means and walk away, others like you and I will keep chasing.
Every time you want to gamble remind yourself of the future you want. A loss leads to a chase. A win leads to a “lucky streak” when ends always in a loss bigger then the win. You got this, and your not alone 🙂

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