11-05-2011, 12:49 PM
Hi people ,I'm 28 and I have been gambling from the age of 17 ,it started with pub fruit machines and arcades at the beach it was not a problem for the first couple of years I just enjoyed it but then ....
when I was 19 I started going to the bookies and betting online and the banks being so friendly back then giving me credit cards loans and overdrafts would lead to a disaster.By the time I was 22 I had debts of many thousands And lost a long term relationship which was understandable and I wouldn't dream of getting with someone while I'm still gambling
so from the age of 22 -27 I had to pay off the debts which ment giving control of my money to my family but this hasn't stopped the gambling Any spare money I had still went to the bookies .So the large debt has now gone but the addiction is very much still there as it always will be :/
I just want to make sure the next ten years are not like the last ten years I have excluded from aleast 50 TOP sites online for life and excluded from local shops , though shops not local don't realise this!. Also had 1-1 with shrink for 2 years helped alot but GA meetings would prob be better but none local
if there was a richter scale for gambling addicts out of 10 I'd be......... well they would have to make a new scale
regards nick
when I was 19 I started going to the bookies and betting online and the banks being so friendly back then giving me credit cards loans and overdrafts would lead to a disaster.By the time I was 22 I had debts of many thousands And lost a long term relationship which was understandable and I wouldn't dream of getting with someone while I'm still gambling
so from the age of 22 -27 I had to pay off the debts which ment giving control of my money to my family but this hasn't stopped the gambling Any spare money I had still went to the bookies .So the large debt has now gone but the addiction is very much still there as it always will be :/
I just want to make sure the next ten years are not like the last ten years I have excluded from aleast 50 TOP sites online for life and excluded from local shops , though shops not local don't realise this!. Also had 1-1 with shrink for 2 years helped alot but GA meetings would prob be better but none local
if there was a richter scale for gambling addicts out of 10 I'd be......... well they would have to make a new scale
regards nick