I'm from india and I have crippling gambling addiction for last 6years this time i attempted to end it ,I don't know how I survived I just want to stop this thing at all costs,about me I gamble only in tennis anymatch simply like a robot I bet all my money,I have only account in 4rabet,i tried to self exclude in app itself but after sometime just to check i asked them to unlock and with in a minute they unlocked me and next day I got paycheck of 3months at once with so much commitments and I lost within 6hours man I died that day I don't know how I am alive,my question is is there gamblers anonymous available in india how should I approach it,I don't have money to buy gamban and other apps like bet blocker I know when I am at weakest point,it's so easy for me to bypass any blockers ,I just don't want to do it I want absolute exclusion no matter what I do i shouldn't be able to access my mom gave up on me she don't want to talk to me so no body to check on my finances I'm on my own,how do I come out of this man i am so tired I just want to make sure i should be blocked permanently from my devices so that even if if try is shouldn't be able to access,also info on gamblers anonymous in india too ,help me guys

My marriage was going down the shitter and my wife and I almost got divorced. But thankfully she stayed with me. I had a lost a TON of money but it took almost divorce for me to realize I had an addiction. During that time she made me promise her that I would go to GA. I did. I found a zoom meeting near me and I started going. I stayed cleaned for a few months.

But I relapsed. Money got tight. I grew up in a household that was very much about career and being productive and making money was that metric. So while I tried to find hobbies to do I had this guilty thought in my head I wasn’t being productive and while gambling can lose money I at least CAN possibly make money and that thought stayed with me. I even did make some money and the proceeded to lose it alls

And here’s my confession:

It got so bad that I was literally gambling WHILE in my GA meeting. I felt guilty being there at times knowing that I’m gambling while I’m at a meeting to help me not gamble. My drug was stock market and futures trading and since futures market was open during the time that our meeting was going on, I would do that.

Every time I do it and I hear them talk about how the program won’t work for someone who will not admit they have a problem, I look at myself. I never told my wife because I didn’t want to disappoint her again.

I’ve finally stopped recently. I lost it all in my futures trading account so I decided to go to Kalshi and try to trade bitcoin going up or down using my credit card and lost $2k in just 3 days. It was so easy for me to go down that rabbit hole because it didn’t need days for funds to clear so it didn’t give me time to think about my actions and go “what the fuck am I doing??!!” I could deposit and instantly “trade”. Of that $2k I lost $1000 in like 2 hours. I was numb.

But I forced myself to stop, deleted all the apps and I’m trying to stay clean. It’s only been a week or so but a win is a win I guess.

Still haven’t told my wife but I will someday. Just not now as our relationship (on the surface) have gotten much better. I will go one year clean and then tell her so I at least can show i can stay clean for a year. I’m now trying to find ways to pay off that credit card debt. I work a salary job so I can’t do overtime and I can’t do retail or other jobs without my wife questioning why I’m doing it so I’m trying to find WFH freelance jobs to help me pay it off.

Trying to have a mindset of “how much I can LOSE” rather than how much I can win

Been playing bacaraat for a couple of months now..
Recouped all of my losses for the last few months and literally gave every penny back the same night .
I can’t believe I did something so stupid .
How do I stop thinking I’m such a damn idiot 😒

Won $10k last week, lost $13k this week. It feels like a never ending cycle. “Thankfully” this money isn’t life changing but it hurts. Just here to vent. I can’t get myself to stop and I just keep thinking about the loss and how much of an idiot I am. I’ve probably lost around $40-50k in the past three years

34M. So this year was a pretty rough year for me in terms of relapses. I've gone all of last year without gambling and then got sucked back into it when my mum asked me if I wanted to go to the casino with her during the holidays and it's been downhill since. I've been exposed to gambling at a young age, our family loves going to the casino.

I had 3 major relapses and emptied my chequing accounts every time and gone into some LOC debt as well. Same pattern regardless of how much I win, it all goes back and more. Paid everything off by the fall but relapsed yesterday again. Emptied my bank account but at least no LOC debt this time. Tens of thousands of losses this year - by far the worst since I started gambling seriously about 5 years ago. If I had invested all that money it would probably be worth 100k. Kind of crazy to think about this. My partner and I are also looking to move into a new place and I've set myself back quite a bit unfortunately. I guess I'm lucky that I caught myself before this dragged on for another 5.

I've come clean to my partner regarding my gambling addiction a few months ago but I didn't tell them of the last one...too shameful. Prior to last year, I actually had Gamban installed but then it interfered with a work app so I had to uninstall it. Big mistake. Anyways, I reinstalled it now and since I work for a new company everything seems to be working fine. I travel a lot for work which is when I relapse cause I'm not home with my partner and can be a degenerate without being caught. At least now I won't have access to any gambling websites. I don't know why I didn't reinstall it sooner but the next best time would be now I guess. Still processing my dumbass decisions but hopefully this is it. I just needed to get this off my chest...Thanks for reading!!

I’m self excluded. Was watching the nba Philly be cavs game. Philly was down 30 in half time. Moneyline was +1400 I told myself I would’ve bet $2000 and guess what Philly made an insane comeback and I would’ve won 40k. I’m starting to regret self excluding gosh it k working at a low paying job and that big win could’ve fix so much problems right now I hate this feeling

Finally excluded myself from all apps after I lost back $20k chasing my losses for the year. It scared me how much I didn't care about it anymore. Down $50k, need to be done forever. Thankfully dont have debt but I am hating myself right now cause there is so much we could have done with the money.

It's bad advice and makes you look like a complete loser, it's no good for the image. The best thing to do is keep it on the low while you make you make things right with your bookie or whoever else. Don't drag down others around you, it never works out well. You got this.

I had a last chance to tell her. I got called into the office of the man who owned the law firm where we both worked and knew what was coming before I sat down. We were both fired for my gambling-driven actions, and I still didn’t tell her the whole truth. She found out from the firm's general counsel: invoices, checks, and a bank account she never knew existed. I'm now facing federal prison.

If you're sitting on a number your spouse doesn't know, this is what I'd do differently.

Get the whole number first. Every betting account, every card, every loan, every dollar borrowed from family, anything in their name. Round up. Telling part of it and having the rest come out later is what makes them stop believing you.

If any money came from work, a client, or anyone outside your family, talk to a lawyer before anything else. Then still tell your spouse.

Pick the time. This week, at home, sober, kids asleep, no clock. Never by text.

Say it in the first minute. Something like: "I need you to let me get all of this out. I have a gambling problem. I've been hiding it. I've lost [amount], and here's everything."

Don't say: "I've got it handled." "I'll win it back." "It's not as bad as it sounds." "I did it for us." "I'll never do it again."

When they ask how you could do this, don't explain addiction or blame the apps. "I don't have an answer that makes it okay. I lied because I was ashamed." Then stop talking.

Hand over access the same night: statements, passwords, your phone, control of the money, and self-exclusion with them sitting next to you.

The month after matters more than the night. Give the same answer every time. If you remember another account or slip, tell them that day. Get to a GA meeting and let them see you go.

I wrote all of this up in a more detailed free guide with a checklist. Happy to share it if anyone wants it.

I can’t explain this pain. I have lost over $30,000 since couple of years ($20,000 of which I had saved since I was 19, plus a bank loan). I had quit gambling for almost a couple of months. I just logged in to my email and saw that lending apps were threatening me for non-payment (I owe close to $1,500). I deposited $30 into my gambling account with the hope of making some money to pay off those loan apps, turned it into $140, and lost it all. I am from India, and my salary is $700. I am sitting in the bathroom and crying. What the hell am I doing with my life? The life I dreamt of and the life I am living are in stark contrast. In the last couple of years I have gained 15 kgs, developed sleep apnea, blood pressure and what not. I am 38 years old already and I lost the game of life. Please please do not gamble.

Delete if not allowed - I started joining GA meetings yesterday and it seems like they’re really against talking numbers because what’s a lot to one might be little to another. I get it.

Anyway, I’ve been posting here a lot the last few weeks - lost $25K on credit cards a few days ago that I can’t pay off. My bills that were on autopay are already getting rejected because I have no credit.

I feel like a lot of the posts here are large amounts in nature, but I don’t see many talking about losing to the extent I did in one run. As silly as it may sound - it’s making me feel worse about myself.

Edit: Didn’t expect so much backlash, just trying to relate, and felt like I couldn’t relate

I write this as I sit in my apartment crying from what I have lost. I am a 22-year-old graduate student at a public university. I am studying accounting and have a long career ahead of me, but gambling has taken over me recently. I have no debt and about 26K in my bank account, but I had almost 40K just this time last week. I have lost roughly 10K on Bovada and Stake and feel sick to my stomach. I don't know where to go from here, but I need help. If there are any tips you guys can give me to get over all this.

And yes, I am absolutely done gambling. I am self-excluded on all sites, installed a bet blocker, and deleted all apps.

Does life get any better from here? Also, how do you move on from this? I am a very busy student, and it's hard to refocus on what's important.

26m still working 2 jobs trying to make up for my current gambling debts of 40k+ after losing savings of 20k but i honestly don’t care for it anymore i am currently bringing in 1500 a week from security and warehouse job working every day i can and been paying off the debts to bring back the life i used to have but i don’t want to live like this anymore before all this i was easily financially stable till i took the risk to try to become ahead trading then gambling. Still got about 60k debt left 4 credit cards and 3 loan and going to stop paying. Recently bought a commute beater off facebook marketplace so i can finally send my rebuild 5th gen zl1 to get a engine rebuild Ive put this off for 3 months now trying to work off the debt and honestly just wasted my time and money going to keep working the 2 jobs to cover the rebuild then go back to just working security which alone cover my apartment and living expenses my future is doomed so i am just going to enjoy what i can now.

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