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This is hard, I can’t even save, I need to pay off my debt from gambling

Hi Jenny
I’m sorry you had a difficult day. I’ve been there also where I wanted to continue gambling and my card wouldn’t allow it.
It’s a blessing in disguise.
On the upside you were able to pay down some debt. That’s got to feel good.
I know having a small amount of money left makes things difficult for you. I’ve been there also.
All on its…[Read more]

Jenny hold the line 🙂

Help me

Hi Jenny
Growing pains. It isn’t easy for anyone who is trying to stay away from gambling. But your rewards for doing that will be ten fold.
You probably have been doing a lot of self talk. I do that quite a bit. . Reasoning with myself sometimes isn’t easy. We just need to keep trying and be really proud that we are. Only good can come from tha…[Read more]

Hi Frog I share your thoughts on just having to stay away. I’ve fallen into that trap many times thinking I can just handle it. And usually when I go back at first I can but I quickly slip into if I just spend some more money I’ll likely hit.
Then when I don’t and I’ve spent all this money depression sets in for me. I literally hate myself…[Read more]

Now I need to get this monkey off my back

I know for myself when I think I can’t do something I want to even more. Then I told myself I can gamble but it’s up to me to decide I’m not going too. If that makes any sense.
So they say urges last approximately 15 minutes then they pass. It probably varies from person to person.
Stress can add to wanting to play even the stress of loses…[Read more]

Hi Lisa
I can identify with you. Not that long ago I had little to no control when to stop gambling. I’d win some money then lose a lot more because I’d keep playing. Like a yo-yo until the string was broken.
The only thing at first when I knew I should stop was banning myself. Self exclusion.
That helped a lot I had a sense of freedom and pea…[Read more]

Saw you asked how I was doing I was doing good went 2 weeks and then I got paid Friday and went to the casino lost my first withdraw and then rewithdraw and lost it but I was with some friends so i was able to leave didn’t feel great to lose my money and lose my progress but I’m doing better for sure I hope you doing good I haven’t really visit…[Read more]

One thing I do when I have time is getting my makeup done before work so I get dolled up for work to make myself feel good and I enjoy the compliments, that’s one way I make my daily living enjoyable, makeup. Makeup is my hobby. Look good feel good therapy.

Hello Joyce,

Good for you for sharing your struggle and seeking support from the platform. You might not have control over how things go once you start gambling, but remember you do have control over whether you gamble or not. I would encourage you to write down reasons you don’t want to gamble anymore and save it to your phone so that you can…[Read more]

My reason for quitting is the chasing after money I lost, instead of winning im owing more and more so I stopped chasing and quit while I’m not in too deep, it will only get worse. The only problem is now I keep justifying myself playing again but I know if I do ill be more in debt if I do, I too keep dreaming I will win big and get my money back…[Read more]

Yeah Jenny that free money is to Lure you back.
I think you mentioned you know this one 🙂
I’m sorry it’s so difficult to stop. It was really hard for me. In 5 days I’ll have 4 months. Do I count the days? I do do I wonder what it would feel like to go back. I do.
I checked my bank account this morning.
I could play hard core. But they’…[Read more]

Restarting IS cheating on your sobriety, doesn’t matter where the money comes from, doesn’t matter if you win or lose. You’ve already lapsed if you gamble. Thinking about this question is in fact a sign of emotional relapse so do be aware and remind/reaffirm why you want to quit in the first place and whether quitting is more important than…[Read more]

Hello Ceojay @CEOJAY

Try not to fixate on the fact that you lost x amount of money, otherwise it will likely prompt you to put in more money to chase the losses. Focus on how and what you should do (financially) to sustain yourself until the next paycheck/other revenues.

If you are looking for self-help resources, I am building a mobile app…[Read more]

Since I don’t have access to gambling websites I just log in here and read your posts and comments hopefully I will reverse the thoughts.

I decided I will only keep $100 cash on me so I wouldn’t be tempted to spend it on gambling, I owe so much money it’ll take me years to pay back, let this be a lesson learned for myself how hard I have to bounce back, I asked for extra shifts at work so I get full time hours, fortunately this paycheck I will get 70 hours, im hoping for overtime…[Read more]

I’m trying to figure out if I can do this