News of Gambling Addiction Forum

Hi everyone,

A key milestone for me today - two months gamble free and it feels great!

I now have no inclination to want to gamble. I believe and hope I can keep this going. I did have a couple of stumbles when I first joined this site, this I feel was because I still hadn't accepted my predicament and I wasn't ready to move on.

Things that have worked for me;
- Closing down ...

Hi,
New to this and so have many questions. I found out my husband had been gambling 5 weeks ago. He started in April of this year more or less out of the blue having never had any interest in gambling before. It was online gambling on his phone which is how I found out. Even though he wasn't gambling that long and the stakes weren't massive he was placing many bets in a day-horse ...

Been looking forward to meeting up with my mates for a weekend of fun (drinking),but also dreading it as these regular days out have at some point usually in the day involved some form of gambling.
Due to circumstance(and i didnt plan this),i had to take bank card with me ,and i was apprehensive most of the day until the drink kicked in,i`m pleased to say though i didnt gamble (thankfully),These weekends away are quite ...

A friend has confided in me today that he has lost over £5K gambling in the last two days, money which he desperately needs for other commitments. I was shocked, I had no idea how bad things were for him. I considered him to be a casual, in control gambler - is there such a thing I wonder?

His story is not too dissimilar to most of us on here; social/fun gambling that quickly escalates ...

Another story from the press showing just bad it can get. Not only can you lose a lot of money but you can also end up losing your mind....


Today marks the start of Gamblers Anonymous Awareness week. Here, one man tells Noel Baker how a mountain of debt is slowly shrinking, years after he won the battle against his addiction.

MICHAEL knew something was seriously wrong when, one day some years ago, he found ...

Hi everyone, sorry for my english.

I am an italian student, I like playing poker and I'm a winning player.
However, I am also a pathological slot player, and this has led me to complete psychological and financial ruin. I want to precise that I gambled almost in every game, and I really love poker, but ONLY SLOTS RUINED ME. I always had control over *any* other game, except for slots.

I wasted every income ...

I see many people post lately with great success stories and they are so great to read! I also see people post with some bumps in the road and that was me last year. It took many falls for me to get to where I am, but I wanted to post saying that once you have truly made up your mind that this is it, the staying on the wagon part does get easier. I ...

For seven days I did not gamble. So far, I have a thousand road stopped gambling. And I've always broken their promises.

But I know that I have no way out of their problems until they stop gambling. I write to you because liked your letters and your struggle against addiction.

Seven days ago, I wrote the first letter on the forum. Nicely you answer me and I got a motive. I know, this is ...

Hi,

I recently posted about some of the lessons I learned about myself during my recovery process and I would also like to share with you an important moment of epiphany, the moment when I finally got it and knew I had to change.

You see, in the weeks and months of beatings I was taking from gambling binges I still didn't get it. I remember the excitement of taking out a new credit card ...

Hey guys, I just found out about this fantastic community and after reading several (painful) stories here, I decided to share my own as well.

I'm a 21 year's old boy, living with my mum and my grandparents, currently pursuing a Computer Science degree in one of the best schools of the country. I can say I'm relatively smart regarding several stuff, but very naive regarding some of the most important aspects of life. So, ...