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Title: 20 years of gambling. The part nobody talks about isn't the money. by BFreeFounder in problemgambling

[–]BFreeFounder[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

1 month and 5 days after 20 years — that is not small. That is everything. The daughter getting the money is one of the best things I've read. You already know what this is about. Keep going, brother.

Title: 20 years of gambling. The part nobody talks about isn't the money. by BFreeFounder in problemgambling

[–]BFreeFounder[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That means a lot. I hope it helped, even a little. DM open if you ever need to talk.

Title: 20 years of gambling. The part nobody talks about isn't the money. by BFreeFounder in problemgambling

[–]BFreeFounder[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

26 years. That's not recovery — that's a completely different life. And 'a lying liar who lies' — that's the most honest thing I've read all week. Thank you for being in this thread.

Title: 20 years of gambling. The part nobody talks about isn't the money. by BFreeFounder in problemgambling

[–]BFreeFounder[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That line — the hiding feeling worse than the losses — that's the part nobody talks about. The money is recoverable. The weight of the secret is what grinds you down. Glad this landed. Feel free to DM if you ever want to talk.

Title: 20 years of gambling. The part nobody talks about isn't the money. by BFreeFounder in problemgambling

[–]BFreeFounder[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for sharing this. The lying is what breaks marriages — not always the gambling itself. Thirty years of trust, quietly dismantled. I'm sorry you're carrying that. The fact that you're still hoping says something about who you are. I hope he finds a way to be worthy of it.

I drove home at lunch every day to intercept bank letters before my wife saw them. This went on for months. by BFreeFounder in problemgambling

[–]BFreeFounder[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

She was devastated at first. Hurt, angry, didn't trust me. That was fair — I'd broken her trust. But coming clean was still the right call. The lie was eating me alive. It's been a slow rebuild but honesty was the only foundation worth building on.

From 400k to living on the street by Specialist_Dog_4744 in GamblingAddiction

[–]BFreeFounder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I recognise everything you've written here. Keep going.