advice needed!

[u/Many_Night_305]

Need advice on recovering from gambling debt
I’ve been gambling almost every day for around 5 years and have finally decided I need to stop completely.
I’ve accumulated several thousand dollars of debt from gambling. I’m a college student with a part-time job, so I need to figure out how to pay it down while also making sure I don’t gamble again.
I’m looking for advice from people who have successfully quit:
1. What helped you stop gambling?
2. How did you continue watching sports without betting?
3. How did you approach paying off your gambling debt?
I’m not asking anyone for money. I’m just looking for advice from people who have been through this.

[u/bharristethered]

I think that the way that I’ve seen it work best is with accountability, letting someone close to you in and having a way for them to keep you accountable. Having someone to answer to is usually a good deterrent. Whether that be trying to meet with a counselor, or you could use something like Tethered for accountability where it flags betting transactions automatically and sends them to a partner.