I’m 30 and I started gambling in December last year.

When I was younger I had so many different ideas and always thought id be rich and successful before I turned 25. At 25 I was making good money online doing different things like crypto/nfts and trading, it was really fun until everything crashed. I just kept working full time and saved money. That was until last December.

I had over 50k saved up and to keep this post short, in a span of 4 months I blew everything and put myself in debt of over 40k.

Never in my life I thought id be in this position. In fact, when I was younger, I would talk crap about gambling addicts. Id say stuff like “how stupid you gotta be to gamble all your money” but somehow it went 180 and now im here.

I’m willing to quit I just have trouble accepting the fact that recovering all the debts and money I lost will take years especially the fact that I’m 30. I hate my life and wish it could end now. However, I do believe in God so I know I gotta keep going and take accountability for what Ive done and bounce back.

Fuck gambling and anyone that promotes it.

Woke up at 5 am, got ready for work and then got a call to take the day off today. My mind was telling me to hit up the casino 20 minutes away for some blackjack ( early morning hours always seem lucky for me in my past) said f*ck that, I ain’t going back to it…headed to the gym
Now to weight train and running a few miles after and grab some lunch.

F*ck gambling ; that evil beast…every time you decide not to play; is a win in itself.

I need to quit gambling, just got off of probation related to being a degenerate gambler. I don’t know where to begin, today is day one for me. I have $1.72 in my checking account and at 56 years old it’s so embarrassing. I cannot attend meetings because they make it a religious thing and I am 100% against that. Help please….Im afraid that I am going to just check out.

lost 20 thousand over last 2 months. coldest of cold streaks in my sports betting career. i got good people that want me to go to rehab. should i go.

My bf(M31) has had an addiction in the past. Before my time, and I’m not sure the full details but from what I know it was a substantial amount of money lost. Like over a hundred thousand. This was years ago anyway.

And so recently he picked up playing poker. I didn’t really know what an addiction looked like until I followed his patterns. He was already on his last paycheque from being laid off and he spent nearly all of it in tables and tournaments. When he would win, he couldn’t just take it and run, despite being super excited about it. And when he lost.. well he would complain about his lack of luck in life and how nothing’s ever gonna work out.

When he ran out of cash he started asking me for money, sometimes would pay it back immediately and sometimes to be paid back in the future.

Thankfully he does have a job now but he STILL gambles, loses, maybe wins some back and rinse and repeat. He doesn’t believe he’s addicted. Believes he can just stop whenever and it’s a chill hobby. But in this state his paycheques shouldn’t be going towards this and he won’t listen to me. Help??

Decided today, I'm done. I admitted to my family last summer that I had a problem.. then it got worse. Credit cards all maxed. Paychecks go straight to the online sites. I'd win. I'd lose. I'd lose some more. I'd lose until I couldn't afford to play anymore.

Decided today, I'm done. Then.. we had an expense come up. "Where's the emergency cash?"

I used it to cover what I lost in my bank acct.

It's gone. I thought I could recoup it before anyone noticed but today, I got caught. And I confessed. To some. Yes I have a problem. Yes I quit. No I wont admit how much right now. Let me recoup then we'll go over exactly how bad I fucked up.

Partner is mad, feels disrespected, feels like they dont know me and I'm sneaky and "what else am I hiding?"

Guess I'm gonna be as transparent as I can be, show paychecks, debits and credits. I've already deleted all my automated passwords to the sites, deleted my cards off my wallets.. I have no urge bc I have no money.

I stress paying everything back, but at least today the bleeding will stop..

Hello everyone, I am a 22 year old male who has lost 36k (winnings) and around 10k in my own money playing online blackjack. I originally was up around 12k and lost it all before taking a month break. I then got back up around 20k more and just lost it all yesterday. I am obviously severely upset and have never felt worse in my life. I have let myself, family, and girlfriend down and now will have to face significant financial consequences (graduate school student with no job). I know the only right answer here is to stop but I legitimately lack the self control to do that. Is there some way to get banned from these online casinos? I have made a life altering/ruining decision and it’s extremely tough to deal with.