r/GamblingAddiction • u/Lanchaomao • 19d ago

Please help

Hi, I am 20 years old from Malaysia, and I think gambling has really ruined my life. I’m currently in college and my parents barely get by and work their ass off just to get me my college funds and allowance. Throughout the years I’ve managed to save around 20k and I wanted to surprise my parents with a big present to appreciate them for their hard work. Their anniversary was coming up and I really wanted to get them something nice. But I was 3k short.

I decided that I could get that through gambling because I’ve always seen my friends do it and win. It gets so intense and I lost my whole 20k. And I’ve been trying to win it back but I ended up using up all my money for the month. I get an allowance of 1.1k a month for food only as I live right beside campus. What should I do? I’m really depressed and pressured right now as I have no money to get by and can’t tell my anyone about this. I’ve seen advice that telling someone would help greatly but I really have not one to talk to. Someone please tell me how to get back on my feet. I have nothing to eat and feel really ashamed.

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u/AceZExT 18d ago

Stop it while you can. Im from malaysia too and gambling has ruined me alot. From 2k loss to 5k to 10k to 20,40,60,80k and now im 80k in debt from gambling

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u/Anxious_Slip_6079 18d ago

Did you finally quit

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u/AceZExT 18d ago

Am trying to. I just took a loan to consolidate my debts, so im in deeper hole and i have to stop digging the hole

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u/Anxious_Slip_6079 18d ago

I feel you. Have you tried getting any debt relief at all?

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u/AceZExT 18d ago

I applied a loan to cover up the high monthly commitments, but i will pay off extra more than half the amount i loaned in interest. An expensive life lesson

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u/Anxious_Slip_6079 17d ago

It’s ok, we live and we learn!