finances help: I have an online gambling addiction.

l09keepitrea

I have an online gambling addiction.

whenever i get paid its gone jus like that i spend a couple hundred every pay check. i win alot the end up going back and losing. then putting more money in and repeat the process. I’ve lost a couple grand over some time and i dont get paid much. how do i control the urge?

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~LazyDaze~ 398 #
An Undisclosed Location | 4 weeks ago (3 minutes after post)

CUT your internet!!!!

I know that sounds harsh but you need to get away from the ease of it, phone your internet provider and cancel NOW..
Also get in toush with your bank and ask them to cancel any onlin purchases, meaning you can’t buy anything online.

You can do it, you just need to take yourself out of all the situtaions that make it easy for you.

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l09keepitrea 0 #
An Unknown Location | 4 weeks ago (5 minutes after post)

I dont think i can get myself to do that.

~LazyDaze~ 398 #
An Undisclosed Location | 4 weeks ago (8 minutes after post)

Ok, to get yourself to do that, look at your next months or last months bank statement, look at it and whatever it says you can be sure it will be even 10 times worse than that in a few months, you need to get a grip of it now!!!

Force yourself to do this, tell someone who will make you follow through with this, anything just don’t let this spiral because it nearly always does!

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l09keepitrea 0 #
An Unknown Location | 4 weeks ago (11 minutes after post)

thankyou. I guess i can tell my chain of command. they will prob help. thankyou take care. :)

~LazyDaze~ 398 #
An Undisclosed Location | 4 weeks ago (14 minutes after post)

You do it, make sure you tell someone and really you do need to get rid of the internet or atleast ban your bank card from online shopping…
You need to take control of the addiction and not let it control you, I wish you all the luck I know how beastly addictions can be!

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kanneybby 2 #
Sacramento, CA, US | 4 weeks ago (55 minutes after post)

Get help from a professional. At this point things can only get worse unless you try and get help.

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eng.suhim 0 #
An Unknown Location | 4 weeks ago (58 minutes after post)

I think that u need to get away from ur computer as much as u can. Get out with frinds, have another interresting hoppy. But please don’t ruin ur life cuz u will regret it.

littlenick 126 #
An Undisclosed Location | 4 weeks ago (1 hour, 16 minutes after post)

I bet you ten to one that you cannot beat this addiction!

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~LazyDaze~ 398 #
An Undisclosed Location | 4 weeks ago (1 hour, 17 minutes after post)

littlenick wrote:
I bet you ten to one that you cannot beat this addiction!

Your nasty!

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littlenick 126 #
An Undisclosed Location | 4 weeks ago (2 hours, 10 minutes after post)

~LazyDaze~ wrote:

littlenick wrote:
I bet you ten to one that you cannot beat this addiction!

Your nasty!

What????

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courtybubble 175 #
An Undisclosed Location | 4 weeks ago (9 hours, 47 minutes after post)

if you cant get on the internet, you cant gamble online.also, if you dont have the credit cards to access it, you also cant. so that parts relatively simple.

however youre not actually dealing with the addiction problem you have if you just cut the internet off, and youll probably just replace it with something else.
so once youve got rid of the internet, and cut up the credit cards, you need to get yourself down to somewhere like AA, which is for alcoholics but still deals with addictive behaviours in general. they have meetings eeeeeeeverywhere.
im sure they could recommend a great gambling support group too.

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~LazyDaze~ 398 #
An Undisclosed Location | 4 weeks ago (10 hours, 6 minutes after post)

littlenick wrote:

~LazyDaze~ wrote:

littlenick wrote:
I bet you ten to one that you cannot beat this addiction!

Your nasty!

What????

Should of added a lol onto that so you could see I was laughing at your little joke *shrug* lol

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littlenick 126 #
An Undisclosed Location | 3 weeks, 6 days ago (21 hours, 30 minutes after post)

~LazyDaze~ wrote:

littlenick wrote:

~LazyDaze~ wrote:

littlenick wrote:
I bet you ten to one that you cannot beat this addiction!

Your nasty!

What????

Should of added a lol onto that so you could see I was laughing at your little joke *shrug* lol

I know you exactly what you meant. :)

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i.thriv 0 #
An Unknown Location | 1 week, 4 days ago (2 weeks, 3 days after post)

The only way to beat any addiction is to SEE yourself better off without the thing you are “addicted” to. I mean really, you are addicted to losing money? Why not pick something positive to be addicted to like working out or making people laugh. My addictions have always been related to being unhappy. Find something that makes you happy and do that instead.

P.S. I kicked tobacco cold turkey after 12 years. It really wasn’t all that hard, just quit buying the stuff!

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