Acceptable?

Hi, just wondering whats peoples thoughts are on this?

I have always gambled for as long as i can remember, even since kids i used to finish school and go and play cards for a few hours with the lads for a few pounds, now a few visits to casino maybe 5 or 6 times a year with the partner or a few lads, sometimes win sometimes lose a little just a bit of fun and a few drinks. Hardly ever in a casino would i play a roulette table just usually blackjack and 3 card brag. Im 28 now and gambling has never been a problem for me until i got hooked on the live roulette on my mobile and lost all my money and got myself in debt over the space of a few months. Now i have self excluded all the gambling sites i can find online and my girlfriend keeps my bank card so there is no way of me gambling even if the urge is to get the better of me, dont get me wrong i had a few relapses along the way but now im 2 weeks gamble free and sorting my finances to get myself back on track and finally starting to feel a bit better about myself after weeks of feeling down and depressed. I havent felt this sure i wont be back on the online roulettes since i got hooked. Im wondering what people think of still going on nights to the casino for a little flutter or is to quit my problem gambling cutting all ties to it aswell?

Not acceptable.
It's the gambling desire playing tricks on you. The experience of every member on this forum shows that there is no middle way. You have to accept that there is no more gambling for you. Ever.
You can keep it under control with moderate gambling for days, weeks or even months.
But have no doubt that the black day will arrive and you will gamble everything you have saved. The rock bottom relapse eventually will occur. And it will be very, very bad.
You have to stop now if you don't want to ruin everything good you have constructed in the last period.


There is no easy or pleasureful way out of this. Quid for good and stay strong.

Getting Better is right. You've shown a propensity toward unhealthy gambling so it's better to just stop. I gambled for years w/o a problem and then in manifested into a total obsession. At first I just played blackjack and went to the casino w/ friends for fun and to win a little money. Then I got hooked on online poker then casino poker and before I knew it I was also hooked to blackjack and every other casino game as well.

You might think that you can go back to how you were but once you feel the rush of winning again you'll lose control and keep pressing until you've lost everything.

Okay thanks for this, a few of my friends are going to casino in a few weeks to watch some boxing match so it got me thinking would i be able to go and keep myself disciplined, but your right i should just buy the box office and watch from my living room and avoid every opportunity that may lead me down that horrible wrong path again.

Idiotonaroulette wrote:Okay thanks for this, a few of my friends are going to casino in a few weeks to watch some boxing match so it got me thinking would i be able to go and keep myself disciplined, but your right i should just buy the box office and watch from my living room and avoid every opportunity that may lead me down that horrible wrong path again.

Sounds like a good plan. Maybe invite your friends over and have a little party? It will cost you less than you would have lost and you'll actually enjoy the fight instead of being preoccupied with your next bet.

Idiotonaroulette wrote:Im wondering what people think of still going on nights to the casino for a little flutter or is to quit my problem gambling cutting all ties to it aswell?

getting better and buster1969 had given you good advice and I think the best time to quit is when you are very clear in the head and not necessarily when you hit rock bottom. This addiction is just a bottomless pit with no end in sight.

I used to think that I could just take or leave it with gambling but I was so wrong, it just got hold of me like the tentacles of the octopus and would not let go. I fought like mad and want nothing to do with gambling anymore, it is impossible to gamble just a little, it just build up over time.

Today I am glad to have my life back and in the back of my mind I know that there is no cure but I will never take it lightly again.

Stay strong, you can do it and have a good time with your friends.

Its good that alot of you people have been gamble free for so long yet still come here to give advice and support to people like myself. Thanks means alot

-- Thu Aug 03, 2017 8:17 pm --

Its good that alot of you people have been gamble free for so long yet still come here to give advice and support to people like myself. Thanks means alot

Idiotonaroulette wrote:Its good that alot of you people have been gamble free for so long yet still come here to give advice and support to people like myself. Thanks means alot

-- Thu Aug 03, 2017 8:17 pm --

Its good that alot of you people have been gamble free for so long yet still come here to give advice and support to people like myself. Thanks means alot

I've said many times that newer members help me to not gamble. It's been a long time for me but hearing from people who have gambled recently reminds me of my own struggles. I also feel like helping people stop gambling hurts the gambling industry a little bit by taking away some of their revenue.

getting_better wrote:Not acceptable.
It's the gambling desire playing tricks on you. The experience of every member on this forum shows that there is no middle way. You have to accept that there is no more gambling for you. Ever.
You can keep it under control with moderate gambling for days, weeks or even months.
But have no doubt that the black day will arrive and you will gamble everything you have saved. The rock bottom relapse eventually will occur. And it will be very, very bad.
You have to stop now if you don't want to ruin everything good you have constructed in the last period.


There is no easy or pleasureful way out of this. Quid for good and stay strong.

"The black day will arrive." All compulsive gamblers know what that mean.
Getting_better, you have put it very clear. After that black day, you will end up chasing losses and then dig a big pit.

Stop and seek help early, you don't have to hit rock bottom.
I guess you already doing that.

-- Mon Aug 07, 2017 9:55 am --

buster1969 wrote:

Idiotonaroulette wrote:Its good that alot of you people have been gamble free for so long yet still come here to give advice and support to people like myself. Thanks means alot

-- Thu Aug 03, 2017 8:17 pm --

Its good that alot of you people have been gamble free for so long yet still come here to give advice and support to people like myself. Thanks means alot

I've said many times that newer members help me to not gamble. It's been a long time for me but hearing from people who have gambled recently reminds me of my own struggles. I also feel like helping people stop gambling hurts the gambling industry a little bit by taking away some of their revenue.

By helping others, we also strengthen ourselves.

Very nearly at rock bottom, if it wasnt fot my overdraft i wouldnt be able to pay my mortgage and bills and most likely my house would be reposessed. Another 3/4 weeks i can be out of it and start looking at overpaying my credit cards and try get myself out of debt, im just trying to keep positive and hope to look back at this as a minor set back in my life and a lesson well learned.