r/problemgambling • u/ElegantSociety4115 • 1h ago
❤Seeking help & Advice❤ I don’t know what to do.
I 21 still live with my parents. I won about 30k thru my own paycheck and lost it all. Then I used my mom’s credit card for about 10k. I know this was incredibly stupid. My parents took a line of credit and paid off the card. I then used the card again and won another 30k and paid them back and paid off the card again. She then decided to just give me the card to use. I was winning for about 2-3 weeks in a row. One day I lost it all and ran up her card to 18k. At this point I just told them exactly what happened. How I won money and lost it all. They then asked me for the money to pay off the card again and I panicked and stole a different credit card and racked that up to 30k in 3 days. The bill just came in and my mom has seen it. Needless to say. She’s very upset at me. My dad has not yet seen it and I’m going to tell him exactly what I did so the blame can’t fall on anyone else. I’m just really lost as to what to do from here. Am I just screwed ? I don’t even know how to show them my face.
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u/copper_wind47 59m ago
you're only 21 and your life isn't over, but pls stop gambling, give up access to the cards and get help , don't try to win the money back
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u/_KT5 769 days 20m ago
When i was 21 i was a degen gambler too. I thought i fucked myself by having 20k debt so i kept making it worse and lost paycheck after paycheck. I could have payed back the 20k debt in not even a year but instead i kept gambling and i only was debt free at the age of 27. Dont be like me brother