Winning Big

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've chased those losses (this is the part of the addiction that I find the hardest) Learning to accept the loss as it is instead of loosing all the finance I have at the time.

So how does this make you feel? 

Firstly you feel absolutely ecstatic at such a big win, all these thoughts rushing through your mind about things you and your family could really use or need, Then the curiosity settles in, what if I won more? You put down a large deposit compared to normal (why not right you've just won it) and your playing a higher stake than normal hoping it hits a good line.
An hour or two passes and you're looking at your balance of £0 and feel stupid as this was £1000+ only hours ago, you want the ground to just swallow you up as you feel ashamed and worried about how you're going to get through till your next pay cycle, You may even want to end it all because you don't know what to do but always remember you can get through it one day at a time, we can always rebuild what we've lost.

The lows will always outweigh the highs of gambling unless you quit whilst you're ahead, there's always only one winner and that's not you it's always the House.

Follow my next blog on what steps to take to reduce your gambling habits 

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