• Barbi posted an update in the group Group logo of CommunityCommunity 1 months, 1 weeks ago

    Hello everyone, I’m Barbi i’m 20 years old and as weird as it sounds, i have been gambling my whole life. I asked a question to my self when did it start? or how did it start? and it clicked it, when i was only 9 years old, i started playing texas poker online for fun, though i did not understand how it worked, i liked the feeling of winning the demo money online. Later, i got into gaming, and sooner i started gambling my skins from the games on online websites, i was about 13 years old. Now there’s a black point in the story, i do not know how, but i stopped for a few years, i didn’t lose much since i didn’t have a job.. so to pick up the story, when i was in high school i started sports betting by the money my mother gave me to get myself some food, at times i won, at times i didn’t have anyting to eat at school. Further on, i stopped with sports betting, when i got introduced to online gambling. It has been now affecting my life, my mental health and everything around me for over one year. I’ve got a nice job, i get paid well, but still there are months when i’m waiting for my paycheck because i gambled the money i was supposed to spend on other important things. I know that this yourney is going to be hard for me, but i want to be better, i want to stop this generational addictive bloodline, it ends with me, this addiction ends with me quitting from everything once and for all. I’ll update every week how is it going and how it’s affecting me. Be well, and be kind.

    • Lin replied 1 months ago

      I wish you the best of luck.

    • I’m 20 too, started opening loot boxes in video games and it just always enticed to win in chance, just keep at it, do it for yourself.