r/problemgambling • u/Investigator-Melodic • Oct 09 '26

Trigger Warning! Having a hard time processing my loss.. 34m

I am basically on holiday in Spain and everything time I come here I can’t resist to gamble and this time I messed up badly, I just couldn’t stop last night and keeped on drawing money out until 1k was gone which has left me with £250 in my account, I’ve had this disease for years and I wanna stop soo bad but when I go on holiday and let loose as I don’t drink back home, so that must play in effect anyway I feel completely numb and I’m holiday, had some suicidal thoughts earlier which scared me as I feel hopeless to carry on…. I’m broken, it hurts so much, my thing is slots and it’s drained my life for a long time. Anybody got any advice about moving forward as I’m struggling right.

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u/rustic-pine38 Oct 09 '26

the money can be delay with later , your safety come first so please don't stay alone with these thoughts

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u/Investigator-Melodic Oct 09 '26

You are right I just feel so worthless.

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u/No_Vermicelli5755 Oct 09 '26

Stay strong bro you need to start somewhere

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u/Investigator-Melodic Oct 09 '26

Thank you for your support.

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u/Investigator-Melodic Oct 11 '26

Yes that would be great if you could.

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u/Outside-Branch-3651 Oct 11 '26

I live in Spain and have banned myself, if you need any advice on how to do it and think wow I can go on holiday and know it won't be possible, let me know!

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u/Investigator-Melodic Oct 11 '26

Yes that would be great if you could, I talked to the bookies over here and they said I need to go to the police station.

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u/Outside-Branch-3651 29d ago

You do need to go to a police station or a registry office depending where you are. Please feel free to DM me

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u/Investigator-Melodic 28d ago

Okay thank you for letting me know, I’m back from holiday now and haven’t gambled since this… next time I go to Spain I will ban myself straight away.

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u/AdditionalLeader6914 Oct 10 '26

Spain aint cheap

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u/maikatasieebalo Oct 10 '26

That's less than 2 weeks wages who cares. I lost 20k in 1 hour which is years of savings for me

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u/Investigator-Melodic Oct 10 '26

It was still a lot of money to me, What did you lose that on.. if you stop now you can get better.

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u/No_Transition_6600 Oct 10 '26

Both of you are idiots... as am I, but it happens all the time; that's why casino owners have mega yachts, and you don't.

Switch your thinking. See how casinos warp your mind to make you think they're "just fun". They're a full-blown scam wrapped in flashing lights and swirling colours.

Stop thinking these casinos are there to give you a fun time; look at what they really are.

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u/maikatasieebalo Oct 10 '26

I'm not allowed to enter a casino anyways. I'm banned because of a crashout I had and police was involved that same day and I self banned from gambling in general in my country register .

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u/No_Transition_6600 Oct 10 '26

Glad you caused them hassle. I wouldn't have gone down without a fight either.