The Struggles Of Gambling

Hello, Welcome to my journey of Gambling addiction, How it affected my life and the positive changes since stopping. Today I'll be writing about how to reduce your gambling addiction, I admit it's very difficult to admit that you've got a gambling addiction but admission really is the first step. There are many dedicated services devoted to helping people quit gambling, Gamcare is the best for this, with 24 hour support from Gamcare as well as a loving community all supporting each other's journeys this is a great step to take after admission. Set up deposit limits! Every casino will have deposit options available, Use them! Set yourself a monthly allowance that you can comfortably afford so you have every chance of still winning but you don't have the risk of loosing all you have. If you want to take a complete break then you can give yourself a cooling off period, This cannot be amended once set and after the period of time chosen has ended you'll need to cont...

Welcome to my blog about beating a gambling addiction and all the highs and lows with it! I'm talking today about the feeling of hitting it big and what can follow from this, So let's imagine you've just deposited £20 onto your given casino of choice, you've selected £1 stake and you're pretty much breaking even so you think to yourself "I'm going to up my stake" You're now hitting £2 a spin and that winline you've been waiting for has just landed! Adrenaline is rushing as you're seeing your win climb higher and higher so you withdraw it thinking finally I've hit it and I've got money again! The urge to gamble those winnings are very powerful! It's best to quit while you're ahead, withdraw your winnings and never return again but as most of us that has struggled with this addiction we've deposited again and looking for another good win, before you know it you've lost your winnings and you've lost more because you...

 Hello, my name is Karl and I'm a recovering gambling addict and I'm here to talk to you about my journey, From loosing all my wages each month and falling further into debt to now curbing the addiction and feeling like a winner! The highs of gambling and the much more often lows of gambling and all the emotions that come with it. Follow me as I tell you my journey and the highs and lows that came with it. It all started being very meaningless, watching friends win gave me the thought "what if I win big too" and that was the first slip in a very steep and slippery slope, Just because someone else has won big doesn't mean you will too, if only I knew that then!  I'd be making small deposits of £10-£20 and usually not winning anything but just having fun enjoying the large variety of games available to hand, It didn't bother me then as I felt as I was in control but those little deposits daily added up and even though on days I'd double my deposit I'...