Hey everybody. On 13.1.2025 I was lying on my bed crying. I was bleeding blood from my nose, literally. Very probably from stress caused from gambling. I relapsed hard, lost my entire savings and started to drink alcohol just to cope with my relapse.
I lost 15 000 euros this last night and everything crashed down. I could not think I could not live…. I could not exist aith a self pity and remorse…
Now? I am over 1 year free. I can not say the journey was a dream but for sure it was not a nightmare. I am thinking mote clearly than every before and I am starting tk be proud of myself again!
I got my life back and I saved more than 22000€ in 12 months.
Now I am steady. I own an apartment, I do have some savings, I do have my own car. I also do have a great job and wuite a good mental state also.
I can not complain, I am grateful. There are times when I even wanted to "gamble" again but I fought it over. I have got a few very good friends and I am proud of them too.
I am really thankful that I am now in position I could never believe I can get in.
I am relatively financially stabely with great famaily, friends and stable job. Wau. Few years ago I would say this would be impossible for me.
Here I am. It is so precious for me now. I realize it is not a norm for me. It is something something special. It was not supposed to be this way.
I was supposed to be homeless with broken relationships. But I knee always somehow I will fight through it. And I did. I am proud of myself and I am thankful for people I have in my life.
I really am.
Let s appreciate what we have together, otherwise we lose it very quickly.
Wish you all the best! Be strong
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Congratulations, i needed to hear that today, in the past month i lost my life savings of 25000€ and i have to rebuild my life from today. Seeing that is possible for someone else helps me seeing a light in the end of the tunnel. Made a promise to my self and my brother that from now on, i wont gamble anymore and will re build my life. Wish me luck in this new path hopefully in one year i will be here sharing my journey the same as you are sharing yours.
Thank you very much for this.
I started this year relapsing again and now I’ve lost in total 15,5k. I don’t know what to do with my life. I know I have to stop but it’s being so hard to just let it go.
I hope your post encourages me and others to follow the same path.
Congratulations for your recovery and I wish you all the success in the world!
Thanks for this post. I had some rough losses in the last year and am really trying to commit this year to getting back on track. Congratulations to you and I hope to be where you are in a year’s time!
Our past does not dictate our future! Great job