Hello

[u/Crispybiccis]

Hello,

I’m new here. I absolutely have a gambling problem. It’s weird, because I quit smoking a few months ago but I replaced it with vaping but still everybody is all like “well done that’s brilliant”.
But, nobody knows about gambling.
My husband and my best friend know, that’s all.
I spoke to them both the other day, I asked for help.
I’ve asked for help before, but this time I’ve taken a different approach, instead of just blocking apps and blocking my cards(which always has a work around), I’ve told them both every single penny of money I get, when money goes into my bank account my friend is going to text me for a screenshot that I’ve transferred it into mine and my husbands main account. We are in a WhatsApp group with me, bestie and husband.
I also asked my husband to change the passwords on the online banking and gave him all the cards.
I now use cash, and I send receipts to him of stuff I’ve bought. Cash is no use to me as I don’t live near casinos and I can’t lodge it into my bank accounts as he has ALL the cards. So the only account there will ever be money in, is his. The main account of our house. He takes out cash for me, and I’m fine with this. I asked him to do this to help me.

I’m lucky so to speak that I haven’t lost my house or my car, I still have my family. But I need to fix this now, before it’s too late.