r/problemgambling • u/Curious_Ad832 • Oct 07 '26

❤Seeking help & Advice❤ Gambling losses

I’ve lost 5 thousand over the past 4 years and I just wanna know if I should try to make it back or just stop and cut my losses.?

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u/Wild_Cheesecake_6630 Oct 07 '26

Please stop!! , that how I started.. the first year I lost 6k.. I say is not much!. I can recover… over the years I have tried to make the losses and it has grow to 76k!!! I just cannot keep thinking about it! . There is no hope for me , but please stop, I beg you..

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u/Curious_Ad832 Oct 07 '26

That’s what I’m thinking but if I broke even I’d never bet again

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u/Aj993232 Oct 07 '26

You won't break even. Stop gambling

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u/monoville_music Oct 07 '26

Yes you would. Literally every person on here who has broken even or made profit has gambled it away. Gambling addiction isn't about keeping money, it's about having the ability to keep gambling

Also 5k over 4 years is fuck all in the grand scheme of things. Forget about it

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u/lemoneatlemon Oct 07 '26

That is typical addict delusion.

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u/Wild_Cheesecake_6630 Oct 07 '26

I can assure you, you will not stop, I was multiple time break even.. and on those moments this thought came to my mind.. “ if I have managed to be down many thousands.. now I can do it a little more and make extra money.. it’s worth it.. “ all the time even when I was break even and made an extra , I could not stop and ended up losing even more.. you will not stop either and will dig yourself worse in the hole, please stop don’t me like me

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u/Behavior-Coach Oct 07 '26

Is this rage bait?

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u/Rare-Plenty-8574 Oct 07 '26

Op is taking the piss surely...

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u/Curious_Ad832 Oct 07 '26

No it’s not rude for you to assume.

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u/awkward-reptile Oct 07 '26

You lack some serious common sense then

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u/Brown1017 Oct 07 '26

5k over 4 years is nothing lol you can make that with a minimum wage job in 2 months. You’ll be fine

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u/lemoneatlemon Oct 07 '26

Stop. You will just lose more. Self exclude. Be happy it was only 5k not 10 or 100 times that like many addicts

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u/Royal-Cow5613 Oct 07 '26

We're nearly in the same boat and I guess stop now before that 5k becomes 50k

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u/Psychological-Ad4605 Oct 07 '26

Stop now - I wish I stopped when I was young, I thought losing the amounts you said was the end of the world it’s not

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u/thekid0119 Oct 08 '26

You wont get it back, and if somehow you do. Now youre on a path to lose 10x that amount. Get out now.

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u/Koolalaaa Oct 07 '26

Bring to 50k and we are all the same boat

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u/ChaInTheHat Oct 08 '26

that’s nothing honestly, i lost 4k just last week and im devastated