Male, 34. Compulsive gambler. 12 years spent addicted to roulette and slot games, both FOBTs and online. Last gambled on 4/2/17. Go to GA weekly. Happy to chat
Good to see Judge Paul Glenn highlighting profits made by firms like Stoke based @bet365 - while the founder Denies Coates has an estimated £4bn fortune, in the past the GA group in the city has struggled to pay the room hire for its weekly meeting
@GamDemons It’s on the GamCare website - https://t.co/G33yE1Q4V3 you have a profile and can add in the date you last gambled. Good to keep track of it 👍🏻
Two years today since I last gambled. A day out on the beers with my mates in Halifax and after doing my usual trick of blowing all my money by the second or third pub, I completely broke down. I don’t know what was different this time but so thankful for whatever it was
@PilotA3800 Try and learn from it. Was it online/in a shop? Can someone look after your money for you in the future so you can’t access it like you did on this occasion?
@foolsgold040716 It’s been a long road and can never take one day for granted. But the thought of going back to that way of existing now makes me feel physically sick. Just hope I can always have that feeling bottled up so I never forget
Closing in on two years gamble free. 16 days away. Dread to think where I would be if I was still gambling. For anyone struggling, I couldn’t go an hour without gambling at my worst. Used to gamble while driving, gamble in work. Thought I was beyond help. You can change
@howaylee Dread to think how many hours of my life I spent in the bookies. Once I got in as soon as it opened and was still there when the man behind the counter finished his shift - he even said I’d done a longer shift in there than him 🙈