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Board Gambling discussion
Re: Where to seek help if you need; concerned with gambling addiction.
by
Fortify
on 18/08/2021, 20:29:55 UTC

Where to get help:

Gamcare operates the GamCare operates the National Gambling Helpline, providing information, advice and support for anyone affected by gambling problems - advisers are available 24 hours a day on Freephone 0808 8020 133 or via web chat.

Please feel free to add sources according to the nation or locality. 🌞

I think that gamcare is unfortunately rather limited to helping UK based problem gamblers and I'm not sure they'd have the resources available to help people in other countries over the phone - their website will certainly have some useful advice worth reading. Honestly, online resources can help you with some solid strategies but ultimately you have to want to change and except that you may have wasted a lot of money before hitting the realization that you will never win long term gambling. It's fine for the odd bit of fun, but if you have a serious addiction you need to stay away from it permanently because it can suck you back in if you don't - accept you cannot control it except by cutting it out completely.