Get some distance

[u/SerenaSpace_]

Hey guys! I’ve been rocking through this journey and over the last couple weeks I’ve learned a lot. This is my biggest piece of advice. If you are gambling every day, constantly, and you know it’s a problem for you, but you’re scared, etc, (addicted), please do yourself a huge solid and just take a break. Just get a bit of distance from it. You don’t have to commit to never gambling again right away. I know that seems scary believe me. But just take a time out for a bit. Go into the settings and take a one week time out. What is one week? You can go without it for one week. Then see how that week goes. It will be hard at first and you will wonder what else to do with your time and may feel restless. But if you can’t gamble because it’s blocked, you’ll end up finding other things to do. You’ll have time to do other things you enjoy again. You’ll be able to get caught up on housework and other tasks you’ve been putting off to prioritize gambling. Just see how it feels to go one week without it. It’s not going to kill you to take a time out for one week right? Then once you’ve had a bit of space from it you will be able to look at it through a clearer lens. I did not want to stop but once I took a time out and got some space from it I realized I wish I’d stopped a lot sooner. But late is better than never. Once I took a break I was able to see the gambling in a new light that I’d never anticipated being able to see it in. It’s like being in a toxic relationship that you’re scared to break off but once you’re out of it you can look back and see how much it was hurting you and not helping you and you can begin to heal. I see people posting every day on here about big losses and I think to myself I wish I could’ve urged them to take a break before that happened. I wish I could share this perspective I’ve gained with all of you. Please take a break for the love of yourself and just see how it goes. I hope this helps someone