Welcome. Everything said during this chat will be treated in the strictest confidence.<div style='font-size:16px';><strong>Andrew</strong> :  Hi<br></div><div style='font-size:16px';><strong>Arthur M.</strong> :  Morning, how can I help you<br></div><div style='font-size:16px';><strong>Arthur M.</strong> :  Hello Andrew are you still there.<br></div><div style='font-size:16px';><strong>Andrew</strong> :  Hi Arthur, sorry i am currently at work but wanted to speak to someone about my gambling problem<br></div><div style='font-size:16px';><strong>Arthur M.</strong> :  What's been going on mate, have you attended a GA meeting before.<br></div><div style='font-size:16px';><strong>Arthur M.</strong> :  Where are you located, I can get someone local to you, call when it suits you, if you want.<br></div><div style='font-size:16px';><strong>Andrew</strong> :  No i haven't i'm only just beginning to accept i have a problem. I have managed to rack up £32,000 worth of debt in the last year and a bit and it's not the first time i've ran up debt through gambling<br></div><div style='font-size:16px';><strong>Arthur M.</strong> :  Sorry to hear that Andrew. I gambled for over 40 years, before realising I needed help to stop. Tried so many times myself and it never worked.<br></div><div style='font-size:16px';><strong>Arthur M.</strong> :  You can arrest this addiction and give yourself a clear head and a better life.<br></div><div style='font-size:16px';><strong>Arthur M.</strong> :  Where are you from Andrew<br></div><div style='font-size:16px';><strong>Arthur M.</strong> :  My number is 07775565723 if you want to call me and you can go forward from there.<br></div><div style='font-size:16px';><strong>Andrew</strong> :  I'm from Falkirk<br></div><div style='font-size:16px';><strong>Arthur M.</strong> :  Do you want to give me your number and I can get someone near you to give you a call.<br></div><div style='font-size:16px';><strong>Andrew</strong> :  I'm at work at the moment but i could call on my break.<br></div><div style='font-size:16px';><strong>Arthur M.</strong> :  There's a meeting in Falkirk tomorrow, that would be great if you give me a call. What time is your break.<br></div><div style='font-size:16px';><strong>Andrew</strong> :  I don't know what to do i'm so angry with myself and don't know how to fix this mess i've made<br></div><div style='font-size:16px';><strong>Arthur M.</strong> :  I'll let you know a bit my gambling and how I was angry every when I gambled.<br></div><div style='font-size:16px';><strong>Arthur M.</strong> :  There apps you can add to your devices to block you from gambling sites.<br></div><div style='font-size:16px';><strong>Andrew</strong> :  I am on gamstop but managed to find some European site that would add me which i stupidity <br></div><div style='font-size:16px';><strong>Arthur M.</strong> :  FALKIRK Thursday7:30pm to 9:30pm Old Parish Church Larbert, 19 Denny Road, Larbert, FK5 3AB<br></div><div style='font-size:16px';><strong>Arthur M.</strong> :  The apps are good, but like you've, we can also find another way to gamble. What kind of gambling do you do, I was mainly sports betting<br></div><div style='font-size:16px';><strong>Andrew</strong> :  I'd rather speak to you over the phone if that is ok? i really don't want to go to a local meeting<br></div><div style='font-size:16px';><strong>Andrew</strong> :  Slots Slots And More Slots<br></div><div style='font-size:16px';><strong>Andrew</strong> :  I'm a sucker for spinning reels and bonuses <br></div><div style='font-size:16px';><strong>Arthur M.</strong> :  I'll speak to you at your break, there's plenty of meetings not far from you.<br></div><div style='font-size:16px';><strong>Andrew</strong> :  I think the penny has dropped that i have a problem, for years i kidded myself on that it wasn't that bad but it is<br></div><div style='font-size:16px';><strong>Andrew</strong> :  Did you have lots of debt and what did you do if you don't mind me asking?<br></div><div style='font-size:16px';><strong>Arthur M.</strong> :  I was the same, as I said took over forty years for the penny to drop<br></div><div style='font-size:16px';><strong>Arthur M.</strong> :  I'll let you know how gambling affected me and my families life. I didn't have any debt, I don't know why, but lost nearly every penny I earned.<br></div><div style='font-size:16px';><strong>Andrew</strong> :  I'm 42 and i have nothing to show for all the work i've done over the years and it hurts. No house No car No savings <br></div><div style='font-size:16px';><strong>Andrew</strong> :  I fell like a complete looser <br></div><div style='font-size:16px';><strong>Arthur M.</strong> :  Andrew you can still achieve these things. Your not a loser, you have an illness.<br></div><div style='font-size:16px';><strong>Arthur M.</strong> :  <br></div><div style='font-size:16px';><strong>Andrew</strong> :  I have a partner at the moment who wants me to move in with her as a family but i can't as i have so much debt hanging over me at the moment that it wouldn't work and i really don't want her to know the mess i'm in<br></div><div style='font-size:16px';><strong>Arthur M.</strong> :  Your partner will eventually have to know. Honestly is a part of recovery, I'll explain more when we talk.<br></div><div class='msgln'><span class='left-info'>User <b class='user-name-left'>Andrew</b> has left the chat session.</span><br></div><br>== This Chat Has Been Closed ==<br>Press "Exit Chat" to return to homepage.<br>== This Chat Has Been Closed ==<br>Press "Exit Chat" to return to homepage.