I'm frightened.

[Guest]

Hi
I have been in the position of not having the courage to make those calls.
After 20 years of struggling with my own gambling problem I finaly got to the stage where I admitted that gambling had got me completly beaten. I had got to the stage where I had exhausted all legal means of credit and had gone down the route of theft which had taken me to the Crown Court.
Please find your way to a meeting as soon as possible and you would not be the first who prior to the meeting fealt totaly worthless and walked out believing that this illness can be beaten a day at a time and with help from those who have helped others to help themselves.

Matt W

Hi

I am new here myself. I started with the online bingo sites, pretty harmless jeeze <!-- s:roll: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_rolleyes.gif" alt=":roll:" title="Rolling Eyes" /><!-- s:roll: --> then I went onto the slots. We are in the position of paying off our creditors and the only reason they are still getting paid is because I have absolutly nothing to do with our money anymore. My husbands makes sure everything gets paid, I no longer have as much as a bank card/debit card so I cant go online. I found this has really helped as I could always get round the blocking software no matter what he put on my laptop. I cancelled my cards, saying they were lost, so any cards already registered are useless. I am only a couple of weeks free from gambling but this has helped. I intent to go to meetings i physically cant at the minute as i have broke my ankle, I know the only way I will stay free from gambling is to attend meetings. My husband has heard it all before from me as well, never again etc I really thought he was going to leave this time, but he is prepared to help me fight this. Maybe you could talk to your husband and hand over control of your finances to him until you feel you can be trusted again.

Happygirl x

hi im new today i am a gambler and am about to start ga meetings on monday do i just turn up,what is killing me now is i am only 43 and have been with my husband for 27 years and love him to bits and i know he loved me the same but after all the gambling i have done and compulsive spending he decided to walk out on me on the 14th dec this year had no xmas,i cant help what i have done,should have sorted it years ago he new what was happening and just let me carry on,dont think he realises what an ilness it is how can i sort this i love him so much