[Nick1234]

Hi!

I write my story and hoping that reading it will help someone to avoid my mistakes
Gambling problem took control of my life, while I had many other problems in my life. Now I see that, I drowned my problems in gambling. While I played poker, I forgot my other problems. Plus I took the losses easier, because I was using various soothing medications prescribed by a psychiatrist for other concerns. So I lost a lot of money in half a year. In reality I ignored the biggest problem- that I have problems with gambling. I took a quick loan, played some money, then looked for a new place to get a loan. So it lasted half a year. Now I finally realised , that I dont have money to pay my bills. It worked as an alarm clock. Immediately I wrote to the places where I played, that I have a problem and never want to play again. in addition, I applied a national restriction to get self-excluded from everywhere.
Unfortunately, understanding the problem only comes when you are completely at the bottom. Right now I have no desire to play anywhere. Unfortunately, I discovered this problem too late and can only blame myself for it.
But I learned that problems cannot be solved by creating new problems.

I wrote a request, to get some money back. My request was accepted for review. Soon I will replay, did they accepted it. This is what I am praying for right now. Even if the answer is positive, I will never forget those mistakes and will never want to play again.

Sorry if there was many mistakes. I dont speak english well. But hope u will understand point of my case and would not make my mistakes.

[Nick1234]

Also, when I was taking sleeping pills, I didn’t fall asleep and there were many times when I was up for 3 days in a row. The hope that I could win something kept me going. However, the loss always increased.

[dunc]

Hello and thanks for starting a thread in the Gambling Therapy forums

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