“Gambling addiction: I lied to everyone”
“With about 400 000 sek in liabilities took the gambling addiction his entire life.”
“I lied constantly, cried myself to sleep and wanted to puke at my own reflection in the mirror,” says 35-year-old Daniel who played in nearly 20 years.”
“Kicks. So lovely, so endorfinfyllda.”
“So he describes quickly and undoubtedly how gambling addiction have been able to keep such a tight grip on him for almost two decades.”
“– perhaps It is difficult for an outsider to understand but those kicks are like a drug, ” says Daniel who does not want to tell his surname.”
“On a red leather sofa in the waiting room at the Spelberoendes association, he sits with neddragen hat and clears his throat before he starts to tell about his trip.”
“– I began already as a young kid and played for pennies. Then, it was mostly sports games on who makes the next goal and went on to play live bets during matches, which gives the kicks all the time.”
“about seven years ago, it escalated it. 24 hours a day, he thought of the games, on what he would bet, how he would win the back – and perhaps how he would hide what it was he was doing.”
“– It was completely up the walls. I began to lie to everyone, I faked for my partner, I heard the children cry in the night so that I could go up and play. I used all the excuses I could, around the clock the whole time, ” he says.”
“my Sleep was suffering, Daniel became angry for the slightest and sometimes even aggressive when he was not allowed to play. He took more and more loans to afford the debt and was sure to be the first inside the door to hide the traces and take the post before my boyfriend arrived at home. But one day, when Daniel was sleeping over at his parents ‘ damp a utbetalningsbekräftelse for a text loans in the mailbox.”
” That time I made a fool of myself, luckily. She opened the letter and so was rolled all up.”
“the Day after the secret was discovered, heard his wife to Spelberoendes association and asked for help. Daniel started to go to CBT, parterapi, to the psychologist and left off their finances. He blocked even the phone, ordered a new debit card, that you couldn’t trade with online and limited himself so much it just went.”
“– in Spite of all of this so I continued to lie and play. But then during this meeting came one of the leaders in the me and then I couldn’t hide anything anymore.”
“On the subway home, he called his partner and told the truth – this time the whole.”
“Subsequently, he began attending meetings frequently and today, two years and three months later, he will pass by the premises, sometimes in order to inspire others. For behind every door leading from the hallway with the red leather sofa sitting the other gambling in the hope to clear it as Daniel finally managed to get spelfri.”
“the Leaders think that it is good that someone is spelfri can show that everything is not just misery,” he says.”
“TT: And how are you today?”
“– Everything is relative, but it feels much better. I still have a small craving to play though it becomes easier and easier to handle for every day.”
“Daniel, who himself played in about 20 years, but today is spelfri, says that his main tips for to stop playing is to recognise the dependency of itself.”
“– you must do This in order to be able to go on, ” he says, and also inform about the following actions that helped him.”
“1. Let your relatives get out of this addiction so that you can get support.”
“2. Leave off your finances and provide transparency to any part of the family.”
“3. Barring you from as much as possible, and register with a break from the game.see”
“4. Limit yourself as much as you can.”
“– can you Handle it so you have good opportunities to keep you above the surface, ” he says.”
