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New to the site but desperate for help . My addiction to gambling is getting out of control . I bet online with sites like bovada . I have been doing this since I was 19 and now I’m about to turn 38 . Over the course of that roughly 20 years I can’t even begin to imagine my total losses . I’m sure I’m well over 100-150k . Between casino trips and online betting . I don’t want to do this any more . I’m to the point where my losses send me into a depression . I love my family and don’t want it to ruin my family . I feel it getting to that point . Does anyone have any tips on how to stop this madness . I keep thinking I can quit on my own and I can’t . I have given up my checking account to my wife but I find ways around it . I get credit cards or sell thing on the side for money . It’s quite sad .. I don’t know what to do any more . I can’t believe it’s come to this . Smh . Please help
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I totally understand. I’m taking my life back right now today!i know the feeling but we got this!
Lstee04. I developed a gambling problem some 18 years ago. I was in my late 20’s decent job and a gf. After a year of sports bets and losing blackjack, the gf left and I was alone in Philly. I hadn’t gambled seriously until 2018 when all the mates on my soccer team would talk about trips to Vegas and all the sports wagers they made. I laid a bet on the NCAA tourney that year and lost. I bet on the World Cup and won a few bets. Took the winnings to online blackjack and while I’ve posted big wins, the losses have been bigger. Find a therapist even if it’s just telehealth. That’s what I’m waiting on and it’s going to be work, and hard work at that. I’m so deep in the hole that I have to try a few more times but it’s a bottomless hole chasing it. These casinos don’t care if we die as long as they pull down a profit from us before we do.