I’ve probably gambled away close to 200k over the last 3 years, and mentally it’s been really hard to come back from. I tried getting help, and honestly there’s been a lot of other stuff going on in my life too. I just had a baby my gf knows I have gambled in the past but not the full picture. I make around 85k a year, and I blew through most of my investments.
The worst thing that happened to me was hitting 75k once. It completely changed my mindset because I kept thinking, “I can do that again.” Obviously that was the wrong choice.
On top of gambling, I’ve struggled with alcohol and cocaine addiction. I’m more of a weekend partier, and I actually stayed sober for a year, but during that time I just gambled even more instead. It’s stressful as hell.
Thankfully I have no debt, still have about 20k invested, and around 8k in the bank, so I know things could be worse. But I can’t stop thinking about how much money I lost and it eats at me constantly.
If anyone here has beaten this addiction, I’d honestly love to hear your story. I just need to hear that things can get better and that I’m not too far gone.