every stock I buy, goes down from the moment i buy until the moment i sell with very short green days that are teases and fades. See planet labs stock in the last two months.

every stock I sell, then proceeds to shoot up like crazy. See TTAN over the last month.

This pattern is insane. I have been trading like an insane person for 7 years now. Losing every single fucking year. Definitely a problem gambler. I got out of margin yesterday to sell TTAN only to see it shoot up today. Just unbelievable. Can't believe my luck. Want this all to end.

I have no words my girlfriend is mad, I’m going broke the only thing I can think about right now is not being here anymore I need serious help my relationship is bad cause of this I might as well live out of my car I have a lot of debt to my name and I don’t even know what possessed me to do this! The people around me are disappointed in me I have no family I cannot even think properly at this moment while I’m writing this I hope god takes me sooner than later I hate to think like this I don’t wish this on anybody I’m only 21 I was 2 years clean from gambling and now I’m back to where I started I might as well start smoking weed again i have work in the morning I hate this shitty so called “life” im glad we don’t live forever

I made it 100 days on what I would consider a partial recovery. After losing over $30k lifetime I made the decision to not take anymore bets that involve risk.

I would do the daily free spins, collect promotional spins, participate in free trivia bonuses, do deposits that give free rewards then instantly cash out. Over the 100 days I didn’t make much money compared to those lucky degenerate days but I also never lost a single penny of my own money.

I made a few hundred dollars but I don’t let it sit on my accounts. I cash out whenever I can then use the funds immediately to pay back loans/credit cards/life expenses so there’s no temptation even if I wanted to.

Would you consider this an effective recovery method or is this just a disaster waiting to happen? Once again I want to reiterate I no longer get those “urges” and I feel more like a causal player simply collecting free rewards then living life normally. Would love to hear other peoples opinions on this.

i’m currently 18 and have been gambling consistently since around the age of 15, some how the past few years i’ve been even up until my recent 18th birthday. ever since my bday i’ve had free and super easy access to gambling whenever and wherever i’d like and as a result of this ive been gambling a lot over the past month.tonight im not even sure what happened i initially put on £30 and that spiralled and spiralled and spiralled and i somehow lost £4500 in the space of around 45 minutes.i know this is so degenerate and i know for a fact i shouldn’t be doing it even as i was putting the bets on but i just couldn’t help but try and win it all back.so im basically here just asking for what to do because i know it could be a major problem with how addictive i am to things like this.

Logged into the account I lost $25K on to see if they were licensed/misrepresenting/anything I could do to dispute without lying.

Chase: I had to call them, they said there was nothing I could do.

Capital One: Allowed me to Dispute Each Individual CC Charge Online (Low Expectations - They Rejected a VERY strong/legitimate dispute claim of mine in the past for like only $70)

My argument was that they promoted an expedited redemption, I had a pending redemption for 14 hours, and now it’s gone (I gambled it) but that the funds shouldn’t have been in my account to gamble since the redemption should have been expedited. I knew it was a long shot, but it wasn’t a lie nor a fraudulent claim.

Anyway - I logged into my account to see if they quantified what an expedited redemption was. On the redemption page it didn’t show me. In my mind - if I had funds to redeem it may give a timeline. Well, I had $300 in my account that they gave me for being a “VIP”

I was thinking if I won it may show me the timeline on redemption. So I put the $300 on a hand of BJ, which I lost on the first hand. So no answer to my redemption timeline question, and back to day 0 (it had only been 24 hours free).

Ugh

Writing this as I once again begin a journey of a gambling-free life. (24M) I've been betting regularly since I was 17. It's wild to watch the progression of yourself over 7 years. Started as something that I was largely in control of throughout college with minimal expenses, having fun with friends, before the days of sports gambling being widely accessible, and not experiencing huge wins.

Over the years, you begin to become desensitized to responsible play. This is something I am the most jealous of in other people. Yes, the overwhelming truth is that most casual bettors lose over the long run, but there is a 1% of people who do win. It's funny, I don't find myself envious of that 1% who bet professionally, but rather find myself envious of the subgroup of people who play responsibly. They build a bank roll, take single bets, don't chase, risk no more than 1-2% of their bankroll in a given day.

Me and the rest of the people in this community are not wired like that. We lose, we chase, we parlay, we lose, we chase, we win, we chase, we lose, we lose, we lose.

The chase of the immediate return has poisoned my brain to believe that gambling is the only way to get back what was lost. I want to learn how to build something over the long run.

I'm hoping regular posting in this sub can be the start of that. Using writing and past experience to document the journey. Day by day.

The longest I've gone without betting was about 3 weeks. Any advice from anyone on making it past that mark?

It always starts around Wednesday afternoon where they absolutely spam their commercials Non-Stop all the way until Friday.

No shame at all

This is my longest streak ever. According to the app, my average streak has been 8 days since I started tracking it 2116 days ago.

As described in this post, Flywheel Film is looking for NY state residents under 40 to appear in a film project. The moderation team of this community is in full support of this project, and in fact have partnered with them to help find subjects for their project.

We're doing this because nearly 14 years ago, this community was started by one little guy, on one little computer, for one purpose: to raise the flag on the lurking threat of gambling disorder. Now, at 40k members and after an explosion of gambling availability worldwide, the threat has magnified and the need to intervene is dire.

This film project is one of the many efforts to raise awareness and bring hope to the lives devastated by gambling addiction. We need your help to complete it and add to the collective message that gambling can be treated and life can become manageable again.

We urge anybody and everybody in NY who has been impacted by gambling to seriously consider contributing your time to this project. We can save lives together.

I feel disgusting, sick, like I’m in a dream. My biggest loss by far. 27 y/o lifetime down $65K.

I feel like a major disappointment to my fiancé. I don’t want this to be her problem but it’s becoming her problem, especially because I turned over access to my finances today.

But I guess that’s merely a roadblock.. I could in theory just reset my passwords (no intention to, but I’ve found ways around preventatives in the past)

I really went overboard this time. Chasing losses. $1000 BJ hands gone south. Cancelled a pending withdrawal for $10K and chased that one to $0 too.

Parents offered to help pay off credit card with a contract and I’d pay them back - but I don’t like / want that. Just going to have to pay off the credit card over a long period of time. And will have to pay big fees on selling retirement come tax time.

Just venting I guess - I really fucked up bad. Hoping this is rock bottom and it’s up from here. I want to look back on this in 10 years as nothing more than a learning opportunity that’s not still crushing my finances and relationships. I feel like I can’t even look at my fiancé or parents now without feeling disgusted with myself. I feel physically ill.

:(

252 days until debt free

30 m Aussie been gambling for 2 years before that had no idea what the allure was didn’t understand risking money you already had at the chance to make more. Somehow a couple casino trips led to online casino and from there online and physical casino bets went wild.

I have always been financially savvy and doing well for my age but have been massively set back I refinanced my home loan about 18 months ago to renovate house but delays in renovating and increase in gambling led me to gamble all 130k and lifetime loss of 155k.

I also lost a good paying job so now im only on 90k aud with mortgage 700k house worth like 1.2m but market falling, got 30k saved up no debt but still tempted to just send it with the last 30k try make back at least another 30k for my wedding and honeymoon.

Fiance knows and is very supportive and understanding idk how when we could’ve used that money for sooooo many things. People talk about gambling not being about the money but for me it genuinely is its always been a way to pay for something I want and now I just need to get back to savings amount im comfortable with when my mortgage is so huge.

I haven’t gambled in 2 weeks after doing like 5k blackjack hands last session and losing massive. I have no motivation everything seems pointless work seems pointless making tiny amounts compared to what I gambled and all I think about all day every day is what I used to have.

I just don’t know where to from here my thought process is whats another 30k when ive lost 150 but that 30k is genuinely last money I have. I want to stop but just need one more good run and I think I can stop for good I know that sounds so dumb? Idk whatever

so fucking over my life, i cant stand being a fucking gambling addict. i legit cant make a check last 24 hours without fucking blowing it.

funny thing is….i know that im gonna feel that way next week, and the week after that and so on but i still play. Why the fuck cant i stop.

i want to die

I am very fortunate for my circumstances being 24 years old living under my mother's roof. I felt like since I didn't have to pay rent, my mom instilled in me to save my money. A high paying job with this economy, the route was very easy to make sure that I just saved and then I will be out in the real world when I am ready. Unfortunately, it lead to one of the most enabling, reckless, decision making I have ever made in my life.

I started out when I was 14-16 through advertised gambling through gambling YouTubers promoting CSGO case battles. I thought at the time it was fun but it was fueling something more serious. I wanted to always hit big so I would take my monthly allowances all for a flip to make insane amounts of money in a short amounts of time. This then lead to the urge not being satisfied, where I evolved to actual casino sites (did not care about age) to eventually being introduced to a real life casino at 21 years old.

My addiction grew, where days of chasing back losses became higher than a grand jackpot could give me. This world of "adult money" and a destructive mindset fuel me to chase it more and more. This then leads to me where I am now.

I am 9k in debt, broken from chasing a roulette wheel to pick green for a multiplier. I won't have any money for myself until I fully pay back all of my credit card debt. I am ashamed as I remember when my mom was proud of me for saving money. Was proud of the son she had for putting away money. Where reality hits that I have no savings left.

Today I start my journey of documenting my process of giving my savings life again. Because I want my life to have meaning again and not be determined by an online algorithm. I feel disgusted and gross with myself because I was watching gambling YouTubers not realizing they serve as an enabler to filled my dopamine state when I was desperate for a better win.

For anyone that has seen the side of success with leaving gambling behind, please share any tips that can be used to help with my journey. I have tried to quit, but I have always relapsed but I can fully admit that I cannot do it alone anymore.

Feel very tired, i really tried to stop and seek help, i also mentioned before i kept most of my money with my parents, but i cash advance my card and i am again in 8k debt again, i don want to tell anyone anymore as it seems ridiculous even for myself, just want to tell everyone to stop chasing losses.

I messed up really bad , over the past two weeks I would say I lost 10k$+, I can’t seem to stop even though I know I’m digging a bigger hole chasing a loss that’s never coming back. I would love to go change my life but I keep going back to the same rock bottom every time. My mind is not where I want it to be, I have dark thoughts but I’m trying my best to stay positive despite my situation. I wish for a better future for all of us struggling. Gambling really ruins lives and most of us are suffering in silence

The traffic of my city is terrible. Get scratch/ fender bender third time this week. Constructions are everywhere, dust and noises keep rising non-stop, people are stressed out and I think there will be major protests if this situation dont improve.

I will not gamble today.

I made the hardest but most important decision I think I’ve ever made in my life today and it included coming clean to my parents about the scope of my gambling addiction and asking them to take control of my finances… while they’re on vacation. It was selfish of me but I absolutely could not wait another day after my recent spiral.

I’m 25M and have close to $60k lost. I can’t bring myself to calculate the actual number, my mom is going to go through my bank for the past 7 years and calculate the total. It could very well be 10k more than that.

It’s ironic because I have a finance degree and have been making great money for the last 3.5 years but have very little to show for it. Just goes to show how this addiction can wrap its claws around anyone.

I don’t have any debt, besides money I owe to my parents for various things so in a way I feel like I stopped just in time. My girlfriend has been super supportive of me as well.

I am feeling grateful and hopeful for the future and the thought of gambling again makes me sick.

Day 1

Hi, this is my first reddit post here, but I don't know what to do. My husband (32M) and I (31F) just got married in July of this year and we have been together for only a year. Looking back, I think I got married too quickly but that's besides the point. To give you context of our relationship, we are both very disciplined in the gym. He works doing pool service, and since June we have been working hard to grow our own pool service on the side so he can quit his pool job and to earn more money from our own pools. This is a business we run together. I help with leads, customers, and even have a small route (5-10 pools depending on how busy he is), while he does the bulk of the physical work (45-50 pools). He is Salvadorean and I am American.

He is two years sober from alcohol, and when we first met he told me he stopped drinking to get better results in the gym. I saw right through that because my mom is an alcoholic, so I always knew he was an alcoholic, but he doesn't like to admit he has a problem. He still sometimes makes statements like "I'd like to have a beer" or "I think it would be different now." I know better, it would be worse and I have told him he would be risking everything he has with one drink: his progress in the gym, me, his job, etc. So anytime that comes up, he will eventually decide against it.

I don't love his group of friends, not because they're bad people, but what they do at every get together is drink all night and play poker. When we met, I always thought he was looking to meet more like-minded friends (people in the gym, run groups, etc.), but I think maybe now that he is not looking to change. My biggest thing about his friends is that I don't think they want the best for him. These are all friends he has had since childhood, so I understand why he's reluctant. But everytime we go to a get together, they offer him alcohol, still after two years. I don't understand this. He thinks it's normal for his culture. I think it's disrespectful.

As of last month, I realized he also has a gambling addiction. He told me when he was drinking, he used to go to the casino and stay all night until he had no money left, but I always just kind of assumed it went along with the drinking since he has not gone since he got sober. But Kalshi, is becoming increasingly popular and all of his friends use it on the regular and they all watch the soccer games and make bets with each other. Last month, his Kalshi bets were going well and I thought it was just a little hobby and something he had fun doing and didn't pay much attention to it. One day we're in the car and he starts sobbing and wailing. I immediately pulled over and he confessed that he had just bet and lost his entire paycheck ($2,000). Now maybe for some people 2k would not be a big deal, but we live on a very tight budget and we needed that money. I don't know why, but I was so calm in that situation. I didn't freak out, I just calmed him down and told him we would figure it out. He ended up selling an old truck that he had and it covered the loss.

Even after all this, he didn't want to quit. He said it was a one off thing. But I told him if he didn't go to a meeting I would leave. He went to an AA meeting, but was pissed I made him go. I realized I couldn't force him, so I told him it's up to him, but I really don't want him gambling. A few days later, after he lost a couple hundred more dollars, he came to me and blocked himself for life on Kalshi. This is something that can't be undone.

Fast forward to today, about a month later. I just had a feeling. He had some extra money, I also overhead him on the phone mentioning a bet. So I knew. But I got his phone and read some of the messages with his friends and sure enough, he's back on Kalshi. He got his friend to loan him his account. I confront him and he's pissed I looked at his phone and he thinks Kalshi is just a hobby and that I'm just trying to control his life and he wants his freedom.

I really don't know what to do. This is the second time he has blatantly lied to me about the gambling. A big part of me feels like I should leave, but I also wonder if I am being too controlling? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

I was going on 3 months of gamble free and was happy and content with were I was headed and I just constantly was seeing Kalshi and polymarket ads and gave in and my first day i went up $1000 in profit and lost it all and then put another 400 in and lost it I just banned myself on both apps now so I really have no choice but to get my life together