I’m 14 Days in and it feels great
Hello Everyone,
I’m 14 days without gambling today and I feel great. My story is much like a lot of them posted on here. I started gambling about 3-4 years ago, small amounts at first but they slowly increased when small wins didn’t do it anymore. I was gambling paychecks away over night. Getting $20 and running to the bank to deposit it into my account to bet. Long story short this past winter I blew 10k in a night that my wife and I had been gifted by my mom.
I constantly made excuses why I couldn’t get it out of the bank or I couldn’t make a phone call to get it transferred, blah blah blah.
Two weeks ago it blew up in my face. My wife discovered the money was missing and my gambling addiction. I then did three things that changed everything for me.
I self excluded from every online casino I used, and also the ones that I didn’t use, for the next 5 years.
I came clean to my family. I sat in a room with my wife, sister, brother-in-law, and my mom and told them everything. The big and the small. I told them no money should ever be handed to me until a time when I can prove I can handle it and I don’t know when that will be. All money should be handed directly to my wife. I have also been calling my friends individually and telling them I have a gambling addiction.
I changed my paycheck to be directly deposited into my wife’s account.
I’m two weeks in now and for the first time in years I feel as though a weight has been lifted off my chest. I feel happier around my family. I have so much more time without sneaking off to try and gamble $50 on slots. I don’t have to think of lies and excuses as to why I’m short on cash for anything. My wife used to ask me to get milk on the way home and I would say I left my debit card at work or something. It was always an excuse and a lie.
If you find yourself in this situation, please tell your family, or whoever is closest to you, the truth. Then take the money out of your hands and give it to someone you can trust to help you.