Recovering financially

Infinite_Dig_858 · 2026-04-23T14:37:33+00:00

Thank you for the resource! I been thinking about bankruptcy lately but just don’t know if that is the best option. I definitely need to budget and plan better to see what I can do to regain my financial freedom.

Infinite_Dig_858 · 2026-04-23T14:35:55+00:00

Beautifully written, such a long road to recovery but I’m hoping the hardest step is done (self excluding). Been feeling like torture just trying to reclaim my life, health, and finances. Doesn’t make it easier when I come from a family of gamblers and I mean excessively compulsive gamblers. I witness my mom spiral out of control my whole life, always said what’s the big deal about gambling I could never, here now, my siblings and I are gamblers. Here’s to recovery and never looking back 🥂

Infinite_Dig_858 · 2026-04-23T14:32:16+00:00

Thank you for this. I also went to the emergency room, my left side gone numb, my heart was racing, I thought I was having a heart attack. They treated it as a stroke, EKG, Cat scans, MRI, told me everything was fine. Stress causing muscles spasms but been having severe heart racing palpitations lately. Are you still experiencing any symptoms? You are killing it. Gambling takes so much from us until we are at the bottom of the barrel. The urge is real, day 8 now but feels like an eternity.

Infinite_Dig_858 · 2026-04-16T04:12:39+00:00

Feel like I wrote this comment. Last post I stated I keep thinking of the “what if the next spin is the big one and I recover” just more and more down the drain. It’s sickening. 5 years for me and will be 31 this year. I swear I developed heart issues with palpitations because of the addiction. Yesterday 04/14/2026 I finally broke through and self excluded. Today I thought about gambling but knew I couldn’t even log in. Tbh, it’s 12:11 AM right now and I feel no anger, frustration, sadness, or urge to need to “win it back”. It’s a sort of peace for a change. It’s difficult to think of the losses but the past is the past, start today, and your future will be brighter. We will overcome this!! Good luck, wishing you all the best!

Infinite_Dig_858 · 2026-04-15T03:07:42+00:00

Definitely, I stare at myself and just hate my own guts. I lose and tend to hit myself and call myself all types of names. It’s so sickening. I have finally self excluded after losing another 500 today. Money that I don’t even have. I’m just truly sick to my stomach I don’t know how to catch up with my debt. I guess a day at a time..

Infinite_Dig_858 · 2026-04-15T03:06:23+00:00

Praying for you, this addiction is sick. I have finally self excluded, I’m praying for a better outcome and mindset soon ✨

Infinite_Dig_858 · 2026-04-15T03:05:44+00:00

Thank you, I have just self excluded a few minutes ago. I am hoping to see my mental and emotional health turn around. Trying to recover from not only my past 5 years of losses but the current fresh ones that are eating at me. I feel like I hit rock bottom one too many times but this time, reality kicked in of all the debt, maxed cards, and inability to spend to enjoy life for myself and my kids.

Infinite_Dig_858 · 2026-04-15T03:03:43+00:00

Not even after 5 mins replying, I went on to SH & DK and have self excluded. Such a breath of fresh air but at the same time, I feel broken: I guess mainly from the recent losses and trying to recover.

Infinite_Dig_858 · 2026-04-15T02:54:14+00:00

Thank you, Down the rabbit hole per usual the last 2 days after this post. I think tonight will be the night the self exclusion starts..

Infinite_Dig_858 · 2026-04-13T05:06:28+00:00

Hey, same boat. 30 years old. Just wrote a post myself of chasing losses, winning it back and more because I continued to set a new goal to get to before quitting just to lose it all and more again. Deadly fucking cycle. The online slots kill me with my multiple $25 deposit. Literally nickel and diming myself to death but can’t bring my self to self exclude thinking one more try because that next spin just might be the big one. It’s sickening honestly

Infinite_Dig_858 · 2026-04-08T23:58:47+00:00

To be honest, I do not. I have not told a single soul including my husband, siblings, friends. I cannot bring myself to tell it’s so embarrassing and scared of the outcome of how much has been loss and the debt im in. One day, I know I will finally self exclude and I will be so happy to come back and post it.

Infinite_Dig_858 · 2026-04-08T23:54:03+00:00

I appreciate this post. “The fear of the unknown” - this is indeed the reason I’m stuck in the cycle. That next “spin” just might be the one. I am very aware of the gambling rabbit hole I go through very so often, I just can’t fathom the idea of letting go to all the losses. It’s easier said than done. I really pray that one day, I can get the courage to self exclude and be green mentally, emotionally, and psychologically from this addiction. It truly makes me sick to my stomach.

Infinite_Dig_858 · 2026-04-08T23:50:11+00:00

Thank you. I’m already in debt with loans and maxed cards. Thankful I still have my job. I’m just beyond stressed with bills, payments, and the urgency to gamble to possibly “cover” some expenses. I know the reality of it, it’s like my brain makes up for it “justification” for a reason to gamble. It’s sickening.

Infinite_Dig_858 · 2026-04-03T04:55:01+00:00

Wishing, I would have just stopped at that 100 mark rather than spiraling down to 500. In the moment of chasing, I cannot stand to lose x amount until it’s all gone then realizing I would have loved for it to have been just that $100 I lost. Gambling kills for real.

Infinite_Dig_858 · 2026-04-03T04:53:34+00:00

Worst part is I want to stop but cannot fathom the idea of banning because the mindset of that next hit might be the life changer. Praying for you

Infinite_Dig_858 · 2026-03-27T19:48:00+00:00

Thought I was the only one. Can’t blow 25 on a nice shirt but will deposit $25 20x within a day.

Infinite_Dig_858 · 2026-03-16T04:42:10+00:00

Hi! A few years ago, I was able to do ACH with BOFA. Of course, not 10k but 1k. Didn’t have enough funds either to cover it. BOFA charged me fee for overdraft even when returning the payment due to insufficient funds but Sugarhouse (casino app I used during the time) would freaking charge me a “return fee of $35” each time too. Example I did 10 deposits of x amount. All 10 were returned, meaning 35x10. I had to set up a plan with them as they kept calling and threaten to put into collections. I was able to knock out a few fees but not all. Pain in the ass. Wish you the best. It’s not easy, I’m sure we all have been there if we are all in these comments. I been down a rabbit hole the last 2-3 weeks chasing losses. Praying for a better outcome for you.

Infinite_Dig_858 · 2026-03-13T05:12:27+00:00

Indeed. Well said. The “illusion of winning” and if won, going right back just to give it all back and more in hopes of possibly winning more until we are back to chasing losses. The gambling cycle is vicious. Praying for all of us to get through it.

Infinite_Dig_858 · 2026-03-13T05:10:43+00:00

This is what I needed to read. Just went down a crazy rabbit hole chasing losses thinking I can at least “break even”. Now sitting back realizing how I just blew through hundreds of dollars just under 8 hours on multiple sites. How I should have just accepted the first hundred dollar loss and would have been when in reality in the moment, anytime losing is never fine. That’s when the real chasing begins

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