hello Angie, there has been many comments recently on addiction, but each one has been different and everyone deserves the help they need.
Welcome to the site and thanks for posting your comment.
As you already know that you need to put more money on to try and recoup your loses, or if you do by chance have a win, then you try and double it, all to lose the whole lot.
I have known many people caught in the same trap, however someone in particular who played the machines had won $4000, but he didn't take it out, he lost the whole lot and came out crying poor, but nobody took any notice of him.
I think it needs to be spoken about to your psychologist, they are not going to chastise you but offer alternatives on how you can stop, plus you can google 'help for gambling addiction australia'.
This is an illness that has taken control of you, why or how it began may be a reason that needs to be tackled, but now it's the addiction that needs to be addressed.
I could suggest many ways to help you and what not to do, but perhaps the site I asked you to google has numerous sites to contact, this is good while you're with them, but once alone is where your strength has to prevail.
I'm not sure what type of gambling you do so if you could please let us know, then we can help you further, and I say this because each type of gambling is different. Geoff.
