I (30M) just found out my wife (30F) has been hiding a gambling addiction from me for around 3 years. She’s lied about her savings, she’s lied about where she’s been during lunch, after work, working late all to go play slots. She has essentially no savings and accumulated 10k in credit card debt.

The thing is I can afford to pay off her debt so she doesn’t have to pay interest and they she will pay me back instead. And I haven’t been easy on her at all, I just feel like I have to balance empathy for her struggle, anger and sadness for all of the lying over the years, and the anxiety of her potentially falling into it again and sabotaging my future as well.

I now have full access to her accounts, am tracking her location on her phone, and will be developing a budget for her to follow. I explicitly told her I will not willing live like this and if it continues I will find a way out. But honestly, I’m kinda just lost and stressed and somewhat hopeless

Slow and steady wins the race. Lots of support on here and family has kept me going. Much love!

Comic books, I live in The Netherlands where Donald Duck comics have always been a really big thing, i've always been a fan since I was a kid, but eventually I stopped reading, anything, I thought I would never get the motivation to read anything anymore.

The gambling part, long story short, started as a small bet in late 2022, ended up becoming a big addiction, between early 2024 and early 2025 I could stop myself from it, I didnt gamble, until I got fully back to it by thinking okay we can do one small bet a month right cause i do miss it maybe a bit and nope, ended up completely destroying me as before, or even worse

I'm 24, i'm still young, i'm grateful that I have a job and an easy way to build back from it since I dont have that many responsabilites yet. But I need to change, and I am changing, I dont want this to be the thing that i've been carrying most of my 20s with, now it's only been 16 days clean, but its already the most i've had without gambling since many months now, and I don't feel the urge at all

I can't believe that instead of that, I got fully back into the comics hype, comics are amazing man, when one gets older you admire the stories even more, how creative they are, how they could even come up with that story, I cant believe that the urge right now is, reading something fun before going to sleep.

Everyday without this stupid gambling thing life gets better, you get more creative, you feel fully free, and even more with reading all of yalls stories, i'm never coming back, i'm feeling my inside child getting back again, and my inside child would also never gamble... 4 years have been too much, and that 1 year i already didnt gamble was funny enough one of my best years I can remember from the past years so guys, definitely, gambling destroys your life, wake up, and start to live, we got this

I gambled for close to 25 years, if I had a nickel for everytime i said those words. I would be richer than Jeff and Bill. If anyone is struggling and just needs to vent. Drop a comment, message me directly or go to gaorgo.com for support. WE LOVE YOU!

Hello Guys! Please sana magtulong tulong tayo na ireport ang page na'to, ginagawang front ang pamimigay ng pera para makapang engganyo ng mga bagong magriregister sa online sugal site na pinopromote nila. Dalawa po ang page nila. Maraming salamat.

https://www.facebook.com/share/18HxCW5fb2/?mibextid=wwXIfr

https://www.facebook.com/share/19PteV6mGW/?mibextid=wwXIfr

I just lost life changing win on onlinegamling, 5k it can be small to someone but for me and my situation it was life changin, how do i keep living now i just feel so bad and shit i lost all my money on that and just want to end it all

I mean the above in a literal sense. Everyone stops eventually. Eventually might mean when you die.

Most common motivations include money, relationship breakdown, mental load, loss of control, or taking a positive opportunity.

I’m encouraging people to make this choice right now, when there is so so so much opportunity to create.

Around 95-97% of people will live in the same direction and this moral compass blurs our ability to break free and be ourselves. What I mean by compass is the environment filled with people, things and places etc around you often give you the mental green light to justify whatever vice is probably not good for you.

I want people to believe that they do not have to belong to the 95-97%. Success and prosperity are born when you are strong enough to ignore the environment and make daily decisions aligned with your inner self and what you know you want in life or what you want the best version of yourself to be.

We live in a world where you can have whatever you want. And I am trying to inspire people to not pick the things that everyone else is having.

When you make a decision to beat something properly strong like gambling, you uncover that power (that is already within you) to create anything you want. The power is there, it’s just covered by a weight of habits and conditions embedded into you by modern society.

Choose yourself today. Understand the cycle. Make the cycle something that fits your dreams or at least the best version of yourself.

Here is day 2 of my recovery and I wanted to keep myself in check on here for accountability.

I have been seeing people mention GA or GO in conversations about gambling support, but I was not sure what it meant at first.

From what I understand, it is not about judging people or telling someone to “just stop.” It is meant to be a space for people dealing with gambling-related stress, financial pressure, secrecy, relationship issues, or the fear of admitting that gambling has become a problem.

It also seems like it is for more than just the person gambling. Partners, parents, friends, and family members can be affected too, and they deserve a place to learn, ask questions, and find support without feeling blamed.

The part I appreciate is the idea that you do not have to wait until everything is completely out of control before looking for help. Sometimes you just need information, a conversation, resources, or a place to take the next step.

If anyone wants to check it out, here is the site: gaorgo.com

Has anyone here found a support community, resource, or approach that made it easier to talk honestly about gambling with someone they care about?

Turns out, when you stop sabotaging your own life, it actually gets a lot better. Who knew?!

651 days of not actively ruining my life. 651 days of not gambling.

Do I miss it? No. I don’t miss waking up in the middle of the night in a panic over how much money is gone. I don’t miss lying. I don’t miss looking away from mirrors because I couldn’t face myself. I don’t miss chasing money constantly, while still never having any. Working all the time but still be broke. I don’t miss being a lousy friend and partner.

The high from a win is so minuscule in comparison to all the bad things I got from gambling. I wake up every day grateful to put another sober day behind me.

What clicked in me and made me finally able to leave gambling behind was something a man in a gambling support line said: you don’t gamble to win, you gamble to gamble.

This makes any and every win just more money to gamble away. It killed that little hope I had to fix my gambling debt with more gambling.

And you know what? 2027 or 2028 I’ll be debt free. Started with a debt of at least $90,000.

I live a nice life with vacations, nice car (not luxury but fully functioning and new) and so on. While paying it off.

If you are reading this and struggling: your better life is sooo close. Mine got 300% better in just a few weeks. Let go of gambling and your life will be so much more fun, I promise.

I don't know what to do anymore. Nagsusugal ako since pandemic 2021 up until now, meron time na natitigil ko ng ilang buwan tapos babalik parin ako. Everytime na may hinahabol akong dues, sa sugal ako kumakapit, nagsusugal ako nagbaba kasaling mapupunan nun ang kulang na pambayad ko, pero ang ending lalong nauubos😭 Minsan, kapag natatalo ako, sinasaktan ko narin sarili ko baka sakaling magising at mamulat ako sa mga pinaggagawa ko😭😭 any one here na nagpa psychiatrist? Gusto ko nang magbago pero ang hirap, gusto ko nang mawala sa isip ko ang sugal. Gusto kong magbago para sa pamilya ko, minsan gusto ko nalang magpakamatay dahil paulit ulit lang ang nangyayari😭😭

Hello everyone, I just wanted to share my journey with someone because lately I’ve started feeling pretty down, and I wanted to talk about my struggles and progress.
I'm a 22M from Eastern Europe, and I’ve been trying to take my life back from the mistakes I’ve made. My main struggles have been with gambling, alcohol, lust, and gaming. It’s been 2 years since I started my recovery journey to build a better version of myself.
Here’s my current progress:
Alcohol: Haven’t been drunk in 2 years.
Gambling: Haven’t gambled in 1 year and 1 month (I self-excluded from all casinos).
Lust: Free from it for a couple of months.
Gaming: I still play video games from time to time, but not like I used to (I just don't feel that same passion for it anymore).
Personal Growth: I've started reading books, learning a new language, and taking better care of my grooming and style.
I’m still struggling a lot with dopamine cravings, but things have actually been going really well recently. It feels cold and lonely at night, and I can't sleep very well, but I guess that’s just how it has to be for now.
Right now, I'm working on building my confidence to push past my fear and actually start going to a real gym. I’m average build—neither fat nor skinny—but I really want to build a better physique and push myself further.
I hope I can eventually find someone to stand by my side, support me, and accept me for who I am. I still feel empty because I can't share these struggles with anyone in real life out of fear of being judged, which is why the internet has become my place to share my thoughts and feelings.

This was my first group I joined on Reddit and it got the ball rolling. Actually going to a in person GA meeting has helped. I know some meetings aren’t for everybody but try a few in your city. Hearing from people and their experiences in real time just helped in this long journey of trying to recovery.

I use to look at meetings and think they wouldn’t work but I was wrong. Hopefully some of you go and see a difference as well. Even if it’s a small difference every step helps in our journey.

For months, I have made a decent amount of cash but every-time I have the money on my hand or on my bank accounts, I find myself gambling it away and losing it. I’ve been broke for many times now. I even have a debt because of gambling. I know how hard it is to earn money, yet every-time I have it, I always gamble it away, it’s like i’m just earning to gamble. I always have that feeling that I need to get back what I have lost and then lose more money in that process. Now I’m broke again with a little bit of debt left. I hate myself. I need your help guys, I want to overcome this addiction.

It all started 9 years ago. But I don’t want to talk about the start because the start was “normal”… for the last two years I’ve known I’ve had a problem but years 5, 6, 7 were the worst.

I know it sounds stupid because I’m only 25 but for a long time I had a deluded dream of becoming a professional poker player. I used to think it was possible. And that every downswing was testing my resilience, will to endure, ‘mamba mentality’…it’s even pretty embarrassing😭

But the truth was I was losing because I was making bad decisions. I couldn’t control myself. I had lost control and all the bad things that I hated about myself swept to the top and took control. It was a manic experience, but yah. Also found out I’m bipolar disorder too ig.

I know I’m lost millions but it’s not really that much. It’s in the 6 figure territory. I’m financially destroyed. But today I choose to be better. I’m going to go to a GA meeting tomorrow just like today and come back here and share more just like today. Also I am going to do the gratitude feature on my app an old head in GA keeps a mailing gratitude list but I like digital lmao😭

I was always in denial of my addiction to gambling. It all started way back 2023. I tried playing color game, cashed in a total of 1500 and won 260k. That was the first time I had that much money since I'm a fresh grad and a newbie at work.

I thought I had enough and stopped for a fee days. I used the money to buy nee gadget, help my family, and take a trip to Baguio. Dun, naisip ko ulit magsugal. And boom, lahat panalo. I won another 100k. Di parin ako tumigil until naubos ang kalahati.

Akala ko okay na. Until sumugal ulit ako and naubos ang tira, di ako tumigil hanggang naubos ang savings. Nagkautang pa ako sa CC.

After that tinigil ko. I was clean for 2 yrs. Recently lang ngayong 2026, nalulong na naman ako. I won big. But realized now that I lost bigger. Sana nung nanalo ako, tumigil nako. Now my savings for 3 yrs of working was lost. May Japan trip pa ako so worried nako sa adb and bb ko kahit january pa ako mag apply ng visa. May utang ako na total 180k installment apart from my other existing monthly dues.

Tonight, I lost another 15k kakahabol ng talo. And then I landed here sa reddit. I read your posts. And kung dati todo deny pa ako, now I am admitting it. Lulong ako. At kailangan kong matigil. Kailangan ko nang tumigil.