Original Reddit post

Age 35 I was gambling addict from 2018-feb 24,2026. Society will only see gambling as stupid, but won’t realize the damage it does to the person mentally and physically. I had 500k at once, but you can’t stop as this is just a number that goes only up and down and you get high from both mentally like any other drug. After fully stopping, I’m in 70k debt now. Life:

  • Losses daily made me super negative, being rude, ignoring people and selfish.
  • I moved to Self harm physically and stopped. -People laugh at me for being quiet and called me an asshole to ignore at work to new coworkers. Even, if I’m minding my own business.
  • I feel like a criminal, who got freed after serving a long jail term. I forgot to socialize , be happy or normal.
  • Health is back now eating proper for last 3 weeks and working out. -Jealous and feel insecure of other men seeing them freely talk with women. I wasted my time only gambling, instead of learn to be friends with people. Same people I see daily now ignore me, the same way I ignored them during my gambling life losing money daily. submitted by /u/Teripendiicecreamyum

Originally posted by u/Teripendiicecreamyum on r/AskMen