Lost 1.5k in 2 weeks, spiraling out of control

So i may not have the most money right now, but i saved about 6800, now i am down to about 5400 in 2 weeks.

I started playing slots at the gas station and i don't even know how it got this bad so quickly. I cant believe the amount i lost so quickly. Im 25 and can do alot with that money.

I started to just hit the ATM and bank and grabbing cash out like it is nothing, i literally would lose and be like OK time to reload and just keep repeating it, right now i know this needs to stop.

The feeling right now at this moment in my head is saying go try again and grab a 100 and maybe you can go win it back. but i know im already knee deep and should cut my losses.

I basically worked a whole paycheck to gamble it away, feels sickening, not the end of the world but im very embarrassed and disappointed i let myself get to this point.

I would go start with 60$ hit the ATM up for 100$ then hit it again for another 60$ lose it all say whatever, come back in a few hours and pop in another 60$ then the next day begins.

Such a horrible feeling and trend. I look at gambling locals always there and say they are dumb, but yet here i am even dumber for blowing money like that.

I need to stop now i can for see me losing everything. Its so sickening makes the next day horrible.

Im gunna try to stop today and get through this week with absouely no gambling then hopefully keep going further without playing .

Its such a bull $#%^ scam which i know idk why i play it, i won't change my life winning since you really can only win 1k usually tops.

Sickening but i can move on i know it, i just need to stay away. Huge loss, never lost this much except for a vegas trip which i feel like ok to lose then, but not when im at home not on vacation. Horrible.

Welcome Bawse ,

If you have only recently started gambling , consider yourself very lucky that the reality of this addiction hit you fast and hard . For a lot of us , the illusion that we can make money gambling has kept us trapped in the spiral for years .

Yes , you lost quite a bit of money , but think of it as a very expensive and valuable lesson . Compare this experience to eating a peanut and ending up in the hospital with an severe allergic reaction . Once you recover from that , you can be sure you would never willingly eat another peanut again .

It may sound like a fanciful example to liken gambling to food allergy but there is a striking similarity :
Both of them have the ability to destroy you if you continue to do it . The only difference is that a food allergy will probably kill you faster . Gambling addiction will leave you just enough alive to keep feeding it . It's a parasite and you're the host . Those urges to go get more money and try again are the addiction's demands to be fed .

Well done on making the decision to stop now that you can see what it really does to you . What it promises and what the reality is are two incredibly different things . Every promise of easy money from a gambling "win" is a lie . Every actual "win" becomes more to feed it with . It will never let you walk away with it . The addiction needs the food ( your money ) to survive .

Feed it and it will grow stronger . Starve it and it will die .

Stay strong and recognize the urges for what they are - bait for the trap . You can do this !