GamStop saved me

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BreakingFree
(@breakingfree)
Posts: 27
Topic starter
 

Hello all, 

I have not been on the forum for a very long time but I wanted to come back and tell you that gamstop has changed my life.

I have not gambled online since December 20th 2018. Never did I think I would manage without slots, they were my life, I played every single day, it was my escape. 

There is no denying how hard it was but financially I could not go on the way I was. Never having money to do anything because I'd lost it all. Since I could not gamble online I was able to save money, from always being in an overdraft to watching my bank balance grow. I went on 2 holidays this year, I hadn't even been on 1 in the last 3 or 4 years. 

Although I'm still paying back a loan I feel I've escaped my slot addiction. I've no desire to find a website I can play on. I am looking to the future and what I can do with my money places I can go, things I can buy. 

Good luck to you all.

 
Posted : 17th December 2019 12:52 pm
Vin47
(@vin47)
Posts: 73
 

Well done on staying off the slots for a year. Gamstop has saved me from myself many times in the last 6 months. 

 
Posted : 17th December 2019 1:24 pm
c43h
 c43h
(@c43h)
Posts: 607
 

Well done:)

 
Posted : 17th December 2019 7:49 pm
BreakingFree
(@breakingfree)
Posts: 27
Topic starter
 

Today I was sitting thinking, I wonder how many days I have been gamble free and I looked back on my calendar to count it’s been 969 days. 969 days since I contacted gamstop and it has changed my life. 

During lockdown last year I nearly crumbled, I was so close to phoning gamstop to remove my block. When I look at the position I am in now, I’ve never felt better. Mentally and physically my life has changed. I really have and this sounds so cliche but I have broken free. No credit card debts, my loan is now finished and I’m never in my overdraft. I can afford days and nights out. I have lost weight, joined a gym and took up running. I’m not lying to friends and family, I’m not asking people for money to tide me over. I am living a better life. 

If I can make the change and do it, you can too. 

 
Posted : 17th August 2021 12:11 pm
(@jeanydog)
Posts: 27
 

Well done!  I am inspired by breaking free stories. ⭐️

 
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