New gambling addict - very disappointed in myself

Hi All,

Not sure how i got to this point. I'm still fairly young but I am in a high amount of debt with nothing to show for it. Almost entirely down to gambling.

It's got severe over the past few months. And I'm disgusted at my lack of willpower and what this means for the future. I like to think I have the self control to stop, and I do for a couple of weeks but always find myself back online. I've self excluded from almost all of the betting agents but still manage to find new ones.

My father is also a gambling addict which makes the disappointment even more intense.

I'm hoping I'll find the support I need on this forum to help make positive changes to my lifestyle.

Hi Jfriday.

I can relate to your story. My drug of choice was online betting (mainly sports) but anything that moved I would have a punt on.

My dad to suffers from this, in fact he still is an active addict.

Unlike you it took me a long time to decide to join this forum and make a real honest attempt to quit. Well done on noticing the problem and coming here. Unfortunatly many people come here, post once about wanting to stop and then they dissapear again.

The few that turn up here almost daily and post and interact with others have the best chance of beating this addiction.

I look forward to hearing about your progress!!

It's nice to know that I'm not alone in it being a genetic issue sometimes too.

I fear if i tell anyone close to me that it will make me look even worse as I have a father gambling too. A 'you could see how negative the effects were why did you take this on yourself type thing.'

I'm going to be quite immersive with the forum I think, it seems to help a lot of the members and I want to be a part of that too.