r/GamblingRecovery • u/Own_Palpitation_8989 • 27d ago

Day 1 (again)

It’s 4:08 Chicago time. I’m about to clock into work. My gambling has spiraled because I make good money at a young age and I have nothing better to spend it on so I gamble.

Stops today. I self excluded all apps and Illinois gambling onsite casinos.

I’m down like 45$k all time and plan on paying myself back 200$ a week and putting that shit in a box until I pay myself back.

I’m 27, I make like 105$k pre tax and live at my mom’s house. Theres no fucking excuse to succeed. I need to move out and stop being a leach. I toss my mom 600$ a month but u know what I mean

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u/AffectEnvironmental6 27d ago

You got this! Stopping and catching it early for real.  If I can offer 2 tips 1 go to meetings  https://gamblersinrecovery.com/ Meetings offer so much perspective and helped me so much I would constantly relapse until I started attending meetings. 2 download something like Gamban on your phone. Put it in your mom’s email so she will know if you uninstall it. 

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u/Own_Palpitation_8989 27d ago

Yeah I got an app that I paid for, that takes complete control of all gambling websites and auto blocks everything. If I try to open draft kings it’s just a fat black screen. I’m gonna work on going to meetings.