Hello everyone. The past few years I became a gambling addict. Probably gambled close to 100k and lost around 20k over the course of that time. I hid everything from my wife and family not even realizing it took over my life. Two months ago I broke down and told my wife everything. Since that day I havnt even considered gambling again.
As I’m doing my taxes for the year I discovered I took out 90k in loans. I would take loans out on a weekly basis and pay them off when with my gambling proceeds or when I got my paycheck. Then I’d just take another loan and gamble again. Reflecting in all this I can say I am absolutely disgusted at what I have done over the past few years.
I took out about 12k in cash advances off credit cards too. Somehow I didn’t go too far over the edge as I have every loan paid off and only 8k in credit card debt. But the first month of quitting was horrible. Everyday was struggle mentally.
Now as time has went on it’s gotten better. There’s still moments where it sucks but I can say I’m happy to put this behind me and move forward with my life. If anyone out there ever needs to talk to someone shoot me a message I’ll be here. I know how difficult it can be and I want everyone to know it gets better. I’m actually excited about the future now and can’t wait to see what life’s gonna bring me.
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Really glad to hear you have quit and things have got better. You have to make sure you never ever go back, cuz if you do you risk losing more than money. You will risk losing the trust of your wife. Don’t close off the idea of getting help if you do ever think you may need it, may not be today or tomorrow but the future. I just want you to protect your future man as things are going to get so much better even from here you just can’t go back
Follow the steps in this article if you want to break your gambling addiction. Hit me up in chat if you have any questions. Regards, John [https://www.reddit.com/r/problemgambling/comments/1pxt0at/what_happens_to_you_when_youre_addicted_to/](https://www.reddit.com/r/problemgambling/comments/1pxt0at/what_happens_to_you_when_youre_addicted_to/)
Excellent. You got this
Your words cut deep man, that’s what hurts me the most that I hid it from my wife. I feel so horrible about it I know deep down I could never ever gamble again. It’s been a couple months now and I’m positive I’ll never go back. That being said, if I ever get the urge I’ll talk to my wife because I know it i can battle it with her help. Looking back I wish I would have said something sooner. I appreciate your comment, you couldn’t have been anymore right.