So tomorrow is turning into a busy day, I’ve been asked to go onto a few different BBC channels to talk about my gambling past and how Monzo gambling block has been a huge part in me never gambling again!
Tomorrow morning at around 8am, I’ll be in the studio of BBC Radio 5live to talk on the breakfast show! Very nervous about this!
Then on BBC One breakfast show I’ve prerecorded a few bits to be played in a feature that’s planned to be on.
After this there’s an episode of BBC Radio 4 Moneybox at midday, that’s going to talk about using tech to beat gambling.
(I’ve heard someone from Monzo might be speaking too! Don’t know this for sure though!)
All the times could change but there you go, facing up to it all tomorrow to be honest and share my past to try stop someone else who’s struggling. It’s all part of a push to get the gambling block feature built into other banks and maybe even all UK banks!
Let’s hope I don’t forget how to speak at the last second ha!
Yep, unfortunately they missed out the main reason I shared, and made me look like I was a daft student who took out a loan, but you lot on here know the full story !
It actually left me feeling pretty low the way they wrote it, been asked none stop in work and on my Facebook how was I so daft…
This is an exact example I guess, to never trust the papers, half a story and completely gave the wrong message… Not one mention of gambling/addiction’s or mental health.
And yes to your ‘never trust the papers’ - I’d expand that to ‘never trust any jounalists’. They usually have a story they want to tell and edit your contribution to fit.
They just don’t care much or put any thought into anything.
