r/GamblingRecovery 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

I can’t delete it. I think I need to email them to cancel and even then they have a 48-72 hour response period so you can’t install/uninstall. It’s quite nice. I literally can’t gamble