Hi all,
Hope you’re having a good weekend. To anyone currently white-knuckling it through the Weekend sports and resisting that urge, well done!
I wanted to share a specific shift in my head space since I quit. When I was deep in it, I used to justify being a total cheapskate for anything in "real life."
If something cost $100, I’d tell myself it was too expensive or "not in the budget."
The reality was that I’d easily drop 3x or 4x that amount every single week. I wasn’t actually broke, I just didn't want to "waste" my gambling money on things like new clothes, gifts, or a decent dinner.
The freedom of being able to spend on birthdays, Christmas, and just going out with loved ones is massive. I don’t have to do the mental gymnastics of checking if a $50 gift is viable anymore because of my gambling problem. It’s a massive relief to finally have my money actually belong to me again.
Has anyone else felt this? That feeling of being stingy with your family but "generous" with the bookies? Come over to the Subreddit for my methodology on quitting and chat with some fellow ex-gamblers to be!
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Yes, that’s how your brain is when gambling, something changes and you can’t think logically
for me it used to be gacha game… a 10$ food or 20$ DLC for a full game is too expensive but then I drop 200$-300$ to gacha game without batting an eye. You can’t explain it with logic, and I can feel my brain way of thinking literally change, its trying to chase that next dopamine rush.
what makes me able to stop permanently is deleting my entire account, not just deleting the app. never touch a gacha game again after that, I never realized I have the potential to become a gambling addict until I experience it firsthand
aint we all the same. wouldnt replace our torn underwear, all funds go to deposit and bang we are cooked. re depo and the cycle continues, underwear getting more torn than before.
I’d lose a couple thousand at the casino then be going slightly out of my way to save ten cents a gallon on the way home ($1.50 for the whole 15 gallon fill up).
Lose big at the casino then be annoyed when something small/unplanned expense came up at home bc it would eat into gambling funds
Oh definitely, my car would be filthy, it’s only about £20 to get it washed outside and hoovered inside, but I didn’t want to part with it. That night I’d easily deposit way more than £20 and lose it.
Such a weird addiction.
What is your subreddit please.