[iamhere]

Kevincc,

I am sorry to hear about your father, loss is one of the hardest parts of living.

Going through this kind of loss and the end of a 10 year relationship is a lot in a very short period of time. Don’t let gambling ruin you, seek a therapist. Get the support you need… you know as well as I do, gambling won’t solve anything. ❤️

I hope you’re doing well since your post.

[iamhere]

Hi Jaspercasper,

Well congrats, you are a compulsive gambler. You’re not alone, what you should be afraid of is this being your whole life story, and it very well can be if you don’t make the changes you need to.

You’re 28, you could live another 70 years. Choose to live them gamble free. You should know by now, you’ll never win, no amount will be enough, we will ALWAYS lose.

[iamhere]

Hi Aniepark,

I hope you have been doing well since this post.

[iamhere]

Hello out there!

My birthday is approaching soon, another year on this earth. Thinking about the years I wasted gambling, the money lost, the anxiety that followed, all the moments lost in time. The high highs and the low lows… I don’t miss them.

I can think back to the “win”, the one that flicked that switch in my brain, and changed me. I was about 24 years old, my mom and I popped into the casino by a restaurant where we had just ate. She gave me $20.00. At this point I maybe went to a casino like once or twice a year, socially. I sat down at this machine that was 0.25 with three lines. Max bet was like 0.75. So I was betting the max – no idea what I was doing.. and it landed on 3 red 7’s.. I was just sitting, looking around, no idea what was going on. I ended up winning $1000.00. Not much really, but a lot for me at 24. I remember that “wow moment”. The part of this day that I remember the most, was when I was walking around the casino and I saw this lady playing a $1 machine. She had won about 3 grand. I was like “woah!”, and she said to me “it’s not my money, it’s the casinos” and at the time, In my head I was like “yeah, you won the casino’s money”. After becoming a gambling addict, what she said made total sense. The money you win, will never be yours, the casino will take it.

This year, I am looking forward to continuing on this journey gambling free. ?

Hope everyone is well. If you’re reading this, just keep going, one day at a time, it does get better. ❤️

[iamhere]

Have you discovered what it is that causes you to relapse/gamble ? What’s the trigger?

Success in anything, even quitting an addiction, is not easy. The key is to keep trying, keep trying harder to do better.

You got this.

[iamhere]

I read somewhere that the owing money and having debt is passive stress and gambling is active stress. I really gravitated to this. I owe some money still on my credit cards, but the anxiety and stress that brings me is far less than the idea of gambling again. I don’t know how I ever thought I would win, and If I did, how much would enough be?

Asdfghost – your whole world is one big ball of possibilities. Stop wallowing in your sadness over a few poor decisions. These choices you made were in the past, keep taking steps in the right direction. Don’t let this dictate your whole life, and ruin each day. Look at the bigger picture here, you are capable of sculpting your life into anything you want it to be… don’t let some dumb choices you made in your early 20’s be the story of your whole life. That would be a tragedy. ❤️❤️

[iamhere]

Yesss, it’s been awhile now. Honestly the thought of gambling almost gives me anxiety. It’s like the thought of losing money scares me, whereas before, it’s like I had no fear of losing it. It was like money held no value when I was gambling. Each day that passes, I get that much stronger, that much more ahead.

❤️❤️

[iamhere]

asdfghost

You need to paint a new picture of yourself. Where I came from and where I am in life now are two different worlds, and at times it’s hard to believe my life started the way it did, and most wouldn’t believe it.

So, dig deep, ask yourself what you want in this life. Do you want to leave your country? What kind of career do you want? What hobbies do you want? These things are all achievable, and you are worthy of all these things. Set some goals

Your life has just started my friend. I am 15 years older than you. Trust me, there is so much to live for. Gambling will be but a small speedbump in your life, or it can be your whole life. Let’s both just continue forward not allowing it to control our destinies ❤️

[iamhere]

Hey you,

Long time no chat..

I have a question for you … what would winning represent for you.. freedom? Security?

Why not make whatever you’re trying to ‘win’ your goal. Save, leave your country, make a new life. Nothing worth having is easy in this life. You’re young, work towards your future.

Relapsing is all apart of this journey. Just keep getting up. Stop tearing yourself down, you’re human, you’re allowed to make mistakes.. just keep trying to do better each time.

❤️

[iamhere]

Hi All!

Hard to believe it’s almost March 2025!!

Happy to report I’ve been maintaining a gamble free existence.

I’ve done a lot of investigation into thesevoff shore casinos. Hard to believe i was so mentally foggy to think these sites were legit. It’s like I had no senses to me..

I found a group that has pages and pages of information on these third party vendors these off shore casinos use. I managed to get over 10k refunded directly! Amazing when you bring up money laundering how they quickly refund… it’s really opened my eyes to these casinos really being shady and how if you ever did win.. they never would have paid out..

I know I will never gamble again!!

I hope everyone else is continuing on their journey!!

Xxo

[iamhere]

You’ll do great! What courses are the exams for??
Do you get a break for the Christmas holidays?

[iamhere]

Hey you!

It’s been a little while, how are you? How’s everything going ?

[iamhere]

Hi Maverick,

Thanks for taking the time to write me a message. I appreciate the encouraging words ?. I hope you are doing well and continuing on your journey as well.

[iamhere]

Well hello again,

I’ve taken a break from checking in as often as I was. Seems the spam hasn’t stopped. BUT it is nice to have a place to just write and it be out there.. somewhere.. where someone may just read it ..

I’ve been trucking along, debt is getting paid down. Working away. Finished my philosophy course – super happy about that!! What an interesting course that was. I shall not be taking another ??

Still going gamble free. Not too sure what day I’m at at this point. Mental clarity is real, definitely never gambling again. I feel like I was in some trance of life .. hard to explain. I almost feel like that version of myself is so far removed from who I am and who I want to be. . It really is interesting how gambling alters the chemistry in your brain!!

I hope everyone here is doing well, keeping on the straight and narrow (as they say).
Merry Christmas everyone.
?❤️??

[iamhere]

Congrats! ? you’ve celebrated a year mark (and plus some!) – that’s amazing. Keep going strong! ???

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