I am thanks, although had a turn not to long ago lost £80 and since I’m a completely brain dead idiot I chased it and lost a further 3 weeks wages just trying to get that £80 back so that was depressing.
Surprisingly it was this afternoon when this happened. Mostly the stupid casino randomly sending me a email when I’m self excluded.
Just over 2 years ‘clean’ aswell
I’ll bet it was Remi. Oops.
I’ve joined it, I’m actually also self excluded at all casinos and have the gambling block turned on but still constantly receiving emails and texts.
Gmail
It probably doesn’t help as when I got depression in 2019 and was being blackmailed at the time I pretty much joined every single website to clear my mind including the non uk licensed ones
Hey @Ashton
I’m sorry to hear about your situation but glad you’re looking for help!!
We have two teams who can help with any gambling concerns you have and can offer support to you in house if you head into our chat and let our team know you’d like to speak to the Vulnerable Customer Team or our Financial Health team (which a couple of us on the forum are apart of) they can help as much as they can and signpost you to some great organisations that can help you from the outside that isn’t just related to your bank account.
EDIT: I totally didn’t realise this was a 2 year old thread but the support is still available regardless of how long ago your post was.
As a recovered addict of a different sort, don’t be too hard on yourself here.
It doesn’t mean you are back to being a gambler, there’s no progress meter that gets set back to zero, no wagon you’ve just fallen off or anything like that. You’ve saved yourself so much money and stress over the last few years by not gambling, you will always have saved that, so remember to thank yourself for that.
Hopefully tomorrow you and going forward you’ll go back to that, if you don’t though, seek help and take measures as you did before. Like any illness, monitor, get help where you need it, and don’t blame yourself for a relapse or reoccurance.
Thank you
That’s true
I feel like I would stay away for quite some time now, if not permanently.
In a way I’m glad I didn’t win as if I did win then I’m sure I’ll of just got greedy and got more addicted
Really glad to hear it!
The thread may be old, but everything you’ve replied to is from today after a perhaps misguided reawakening of the thread.
Stupid casino, I’m sorry to hear that.Hope you take this in the right vein - It might be worth setting aside a weekend to go through your email inbox - perhaps with a friend or family member - to unsubscribe or set rules to filter out as many of these (potential) emails as you can.
That aside, I second absolutely everything @breville_monkey has said.
I know it’s probably the worst thing you can do but I tend to hide it from family & friends due to fear of judgement.
That’s quite normal actually. In the support group I go to now very infrequently, probably a majority of people don’t disclose their addiction (past or present) to many people around them. In some cases disclosure isn’t optional of course.
It’s different if you are in a situation where you may really need close support and/or monitoring from someone, right now it doesn’t sound like that’s where you are at.
If it becomes that, third party services can really help with how to discuss it with someone close, if it doesn’t then it is 100% just a choice about who you tell, when and why.
I understand that, for all the reasons @breville_monkey has already covered, and is why I caveated with ‘perhaps with’.
It’s easy to say “I’m sure people won’t judge” but harder to accept our risk this, I know.
It may be you can filter out your inbox yourself - but the suggestion of third party support might be worth investigating if the potential risks seem too great.
I get that. I suffered quite heavily from OCD for a while (and no, it’s not just because the towels are not lined up 
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I did the exact same thing, and when I finally realised the only way to help beat this was to open up about it, I was fully expecting to be judged, shamed, etc, etc…
Which didn’t happen. I have a book on CBT while really helped me deal with it and start to “control” the urges and feel comfortable with the uncomfortable until things got better. If you haven’t tried It, perhaps that might work for you?
Good to hear that things are going better and remember, you’ve got this
Yeah I have OCD too it’s awful at times
I’ve been using some apps on CBT as I managed to get a free 6 month code and just been following it slowly
Thanks