[Callmecrazy]

Hi. I recommend taking all your credit cards and scratching off the CVC numbers. You can still use the cards but can’t use them online. If you know the numbers by heart, apply for new ones, tell the bank you lost them and then scratch without looking. Self exclude to old sites.

Also, what helped me is developing a hobby that in a way is similar to gambling but is not gambling. Walking, running, playing tennis is great but you also need something similar to gambling. For example, I gamble to relax, escape and get a thrill. I do it on my Android phone, mostly lying down in a relaxed position. I’ve substituted this with watching true crime documentaries on youtube. My body position is the same as it would be while gambling, the context is thrilling, yet it is not gambling. It’s similar, but safe.

[Callmecrazy]

Thank you for your reply.

I used to be a member of this board, I forgot my username. It helped me tremendously. I used to read and write and relapse and read and write and relapse. I repeated the cycle all the time or rather as many times as I needed to until it finally hit me: “If you’re always going to do what you’ve always done, you’re always going to get what you always got”. And I did it, I don’t even know how. Scratching the CVC numbers off my cards really helped, as I couldn’t give them away and needed them to survive the first few months (I recommend this to anyone in a similar situation). As I moved away from gambling, I moved away from this forum as well. Funny thing is, the last thing I remember before my relapse and binge is looking at gambling billboards (they are all over town now)and thinking how they’re not affecting me at all. But, now I’m here.

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