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I keep telling myself, this is the last chance i can get rid of this addiction and re-build my life.
Gambling is funny.. in an evil way. I know this is my last opportunity, but gambling still comes to my mind from time to time.
I’ve been contacting online casinos to self-exclude from gambling. My goal is to get my accounts permanently banned from all major online gambling sites by the end of this week.
I’m relieved that even online gambling sites have a self-exclusion policy in place.
You should really think about self-exclusion! It is the best way to be gamble free in my opinion!
At first, I was hesitant to register myself as a problem gambler and self-exclude from gambling permanently because I had this thought, “one day maybe i can enjoy gambling like normal people do”
Well, I can’t
Thank God for the self-exclusion program.
Honestly, I haven’t gotten rid of this addiction completely myself. I was living a gamble-free life, building my bank account back up, for a year and half before i relapsed in 2019. I self-excluded myself from all casinos around me in 2017, so that made me very hard to find a place to gamble, but I relapsed by going to a indian reservasion casino and online gambling sites. If I hadn’t self-banned myself in 2017 from casinos in the states, I probably would have lost all the saving that I had built up from 2017-2019. Self-exclusion was the best decision I made in terms of gambling. I live in the US, but there should be a law regarding self-exclusion in EU as well.
When I gambled, I would always chase losses. If i lost 1000 dollars, I would go straight to ATM and pull 1000 more.. then 1000 more.. until I gave up chasing losses for that day. I would like to think I’m a smart person, but when it comes to gambling, I was the stupidest person on earth. I knew the house always wins, but I kept telling myself, “I can get lucky this time, next time… I just need one good winning streak to get my losses back for the day..” I think this is the most dangerous thought you have when you gamble.
I’m writing a diary to remind myself why I cannot afford to gamble anymore, it destroyed my self-esteem and changed my personality. When i was gambling, I isolated myself from the outside world, trying to escape the reality. I’m heading into week 2 and whenever i have an urge, i look at my diary.
Also, I’m planning to attend GA meeting. These are the things I’m doing right now to avoid going back to online gambling websties. I can’t say for sure if these would help you because everyone handles things differently, but I found that they have been helping me control my urge. I’m still in my 20s and don’t have a wife or kids yet. I am so glad that I don’t have a family yet because I absolutely do not want my family to go through this process because of my problem.. this is the worst thing one can do to his/her family. You have a very supportive husband, which is very nice, but I want to warn you.. my parents trusted me with every life decision I made, but I can’t say the same right now. If you keep breaking promises, eventually they will have hard time trusting you. Don’t let yourself and your loving husband down by relapsing. The money that I’ve lost by gambling is over 100,000 dollars, but the thing that hurt me the most is that my parents do not trust me anymore.
Gambling can really ruin your relationship with your family members. it sounds like you haven’t gotten to that point yet. I think now is the perfect time for you to quit gambling before it gets worse. I’m truly happy for you that you acknowledged that you have a gambling problem before severe damages were done, I wish i did. Best of wishes to you!
I used to watch poker videos, famous streamers playing blackjack on online sites because I thought watching these would somewhat hold back my urge to gamble myself with my money. They do not help, they only increase your thoughts about gambling. I’ve been blocking all channels about gambling on youtube because they keep popping up as recommended videos.
I feel like you are from where I am from by your username. gambling was also illegal in my home country. Please do not associate with anything that is related to gambling if you really want to get rid of gambling in your life.
But I told him I would still like to do the casino night outs because it is my only leisure and he said it is okey.
this line really worries me. As a compulsive gambler, I used to think I could go out with my friends from time to time just to spend some free time with them. I was dead wrong. Now my friends know that I am a compulsive gambler, so they don’t invite me to their casino nights. In fact, i told them not to invite me as I have a problem with gambling.
You acknowledged that you are a problem gambler, my advice to you is to stop completely because as most of us do, you could have a relapse and go back to your old way.
Once someone is addicted to gambling, it is very hard to quit. I mean extremely hard to quit gambling all together. I truly believe you should avoid going to casino at all cost, find something else to do to enjoy your time.
i started small, gambling 100-200 dollars at max.
Once i had a job making 4000-5000 dollars a month, the amount i was betting also got bigger.
We all try to chase the loss and that’s when you get a real problem. gambling your paycheck after paycheck thinking eventually you will get lucky enough to get on a roll and get all your losses back.
sounds like you are just beginning to gamble and I really hope you can stop because i know how gambling can f**k your life up especially when you are chasing your loss.
i used to think i was different than other problem gamblers when i first started gambling. what you are thinking was exactly what i was thinking. stop if you can, i think it is the best advice i can give you