D - I'm a gambler

I'm a gambling addict - these are my stories

Not gambled since 24/01/2020

[D - I'm a gambler @David35373127]

So I'm an addicted gambler, and have been for a long time and I know I will be for the rest of my life. But I don't want it to be a problem anymore. I want to stop. Thread #betregret

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Day 8

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@gillsy1002_ Thank you. So I got paid a day early and I have just got in after walking right past the bookies. I didn't go in. First payday I not gambled in around 2 years

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4 weeks on Friday.... Woooo.... But also payday. I hope I resist

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@gillsy1002_ What kind of things can you put in place

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@adios_malibuu Thank you. I hope so

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It's now been 12 days since I last gambled. I walked past an arcade last night and felt myself trying to justify going in and spending a tenner. I knew it would be more than that.... I never went in. #betting

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4. Missing 4 trains in a row because I was in the station arcade in Birmingham. #betting

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A thread of some examples of when I was in a betting shop instead of somewhere else #betting

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3. Pretending to my gf that I had been held up at work and we won't be able to go out for dinner. Arrived 2 hours late.... £500 down. #fobts

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I have no trouble going this long without gambling. Its a pattern.

First week after payday, next 3 weeks hiding the fact I have lost, then payday comes around again and I have betting money #addicted

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Not gambled since last Friday. Not sure if it's because I'm doing really well or the fact I have no money #gambling

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3rd day without a bet. Watched the football yesterday with Wall to wall coverage of betting websites. Didn't help #betaware

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I was wrong

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I thought I start from the beginning. I can't remember excatly how or when but I know it was some time in 2007. I went into a bookmakers with a colleague and placed my first bet on a fobts machine. I won around £30 in a matter of minutes. That was so easy I thought. #addiction

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On payday I used to get up extra early so I could go and gamble before I had to head to work. #gambling

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I think the longest I have gone in 12 years without gambling is around 5 months between July 2014 to Dec 2014. #gambling

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Had £50 in my pocket, I promised myself that if I got any profit I would take it and run. I got it up to £70 but went for more. I lost it and then used my credit card to deposit another £100 to try and claim back my winnings. I clawed it back to £140....I lost it. #addicted

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So just over an hour ago I walked into a bookies, less than 24 hours after I said I wouldn't go back into one for at least a month. Within 12 minutes I lost £150. #addiction