There are plenty of gamblers who have lost it all because of their addiction. This is a serious problem, which has seen thousands of people completely ruin their lives. It can happen to anybody belonging to any walk of life. Gambling habit can start off as a harmless diversion for anyone. I lost a lot of money at casinos for 9 years in a row, and finally had to quit, maxed out credit cards and lines of credit, i actually quit for about 13 months, and was doing good,but then started all over again, im back at square one,and need help and have to learn to quit all over again.

• This video is about the worst gambling relapse I went through during my 20 year gambling addiction. Hopefully watching it will help you understand that probl.
• Firstly, this is miniscule compared to some I've seen but we share the problems all the same. I'm 22, been betting for about 2 years, purely online, and out of boredom mostly. Yesterday I lost everything. I'm mostly angry at how quick it was, a spontaneous 20 minutes of foolish decisions.

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Lost It All Gambling

• Firstly, this is miniscule compared to some I’ve seen but we share the problems all the same. I’m 22, been betting for about 2 years, purely online, and out of boredom mostly. Yesterday I lost everything. I’m mostly angry at how quick it was, a spontaneous 20 minutes of foolish decisions. It was only 3k but I live with girlfriend and the bills come out of my account. I am yet to tell her, even knowing that she can loan me some money and I could just try to forget about this, I’m scared of her reaction. How can I ask for the money with her understanding? P.S Hoping this Forum is on topic.

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

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  Hey BlueSpark,

  Well done on starting your diary on here. It’s good that you’re feeling more motivated and with purpose at work today and often a fresh smart that comes from recovering from gambling can actually help us kick start some good habits/mindsets in life. But be careful…it is very easy to bounce from one end of the spectrum to the other when you’re a compulsive gambler. The gambling gives us very quick and strong mood swings. You might go a week or two feeling great and like you’ve recovered, but with just one moment of weakness or lapse in judgement, you’ll be straight back into the gambling hole. I do urge you to self-exclude from where you gamble and close all your betting accounts.

  Despite not being an insignificant amount, $3,000 is actually a very CHEAP lesson to escape gambling IF you stop gambling completely from now. It’s also not a life-changing amount and can be made back relatively quickly if you just focus on work and savings. But, this is a very dangerous sign of where you’re heading – remember, you’re still young and you can lose A LOT more throughout your life and go into a mountain of debt if you keep letting this addiction escalate. I have been on various gambling forums over the years and I have seen countless stories of people who started with relatively small/moderate losses, who sought help on forums, but nevertheless went on to lose their life-savings/go into major debt. On top of this, stealing, losing jobs and relationships typically go alongside these. So let me make it clear for you again: use that 3k as a lesson as to why you should NEVER EVER touch ANY form of gambling ever again. If you keep playing, there’s a high chance you’ll lose everything important to you in your life. Just think about it the next time before you gamble.

  As for your OH – it is highly likely that she will be supportive of you. The amount isn’t too unreasonable (although most OHs will support their partner initially regardless of the amount lost – it is only when they keep lying and gambling on that relationships usually break down). Telling her will also be a huge mental burden off your mind – in fact, she probably already has some suspicions that something is wrong with you at the moment – usually the people close around us can tell because gambling makes us very withdrawn, isolated, moody and just not ourselves in general. You can also ask her to monitor your finances and give her control of your money as any money you have in your hands is money is extremely vulnerable to be gambled away.

  Nice one on the self-exclusion and telling your OH, I knew she would take it well! As easy as it might have been to take these steps major props to you for actually going ahead with it – as these actions (although quite straight-forward) are actually very difficult for many CGs to initiate (either due to fear or their addiction telling their brain to “do it later” or that it is “not necessary”). Great work and all the best. I’m sure you’ll get through this and you’ll look back in a years time at this as just a distant memory but a major lesson learnt.