Immediate help

i've been gambling on poker machines for about 12 years and have lost more money than i even want to think about. i have a good job and always thought it was my enjoyment, even though i was running my credit card debts up to the sky to cover what i was losing. i told my 18y.o daughter that i was addicted and had a problem 6 months ago and she was wonderful and so supportive and got lots of information for me but i said i didn't need counselling, i could do it myself - and i did, but 3 months ago i went on sick leave from work due to a problem with my vision. i couldn't go anywhere, except locally, and i coudln't do the normal things i enjoy, so i went to the pokies, thought i could control it, couldn't, went every day even though i knew i was betraying the person who loved me the most. i've lost everyhting, have only a couple of hundred dollars left in the bank, with bills due in less than one week. i finally got the guts to tell my daughter that i was doing it again, she had suspected, but she is my angel and i know if i didn't have her i couldn't survive. i feel so ashamed and worthless that i can't even get on a phone to get help, my daughter has done it for me, isn't that pathetic. now we are waiting for a coulselling appointment, but we have been waiting for 3 days and i know there are other people who are worse off than me, but i desperately need help and everything on the internet says immediate help, but it isn't. it's so hard to admit to having a problem and needing help and then you have to wait. i can't tell my husband as he is super conservative and i know he would leave me and luckily he's away on business at the moment. please, i'm desperate and i'm scared, i need help to stop this help to sort out my financial mess

I started going to the TAB to play this computer generated, animated horse race called Trackside. It was for fun at first, that winning feeling is so great. I kept losing and losing. I lost lots and lots. Everyone knows that you can't beat a COMPUTER. So why do we keep throwing our money away? EVERYONE who doesn't gamble KNOWS YOU CAN'T BEAT A COMPUTER. AM I that stupid?

But I am seeking help now and that is going to help me. I know that money don't come easy. You have to work and earn it. Have you ever heard of a happy gambler? Someone who keeps winning and is always smiling? I don't think so because at night, they will be thinking of that next hit, that next big bet
and the next sports games schedule. And that's not healthy to the body and mind.

i'm a 31 year old professional with a good job and supportive partner today i gambled away my rent and utility money then tried to get it back by dipping into my partners bank account.
before moving to australia i used to have a major drug habbit which i managed to succesfully kick and have been clean for the last 18 months i used to have a few drinks and a bit of a punt on the pokies when i quit my other addiction.
i guess this is where my new one started it only used to take a 20 dollar punt on the pokies and a 10 dollar win to feel like i was a winner and the high that goes with it could best be described at times as euphoric.
this week being the anniversary of the end of my other addiction i decided to have a few drinks and dinner with a few close friends to celerbrate i never had any intention to go and play the pokies but found myself at a club after i'd left my friends and had dropped about a grand before i realised the sun was coming up.
this week i lost 4500 dollars trying to win back the money i lost that night always with the hope or expectation that this spin might be the one. i am now at a loss as what to tell my girl friend as to where 5800 dollars of our hard earned money has gone i have spent more money this week on gambling then i ever did in the same period as a drug addict i havn't told my girl friend yet nor does she know about my prior addiction as we've been together for the last 12 months and i feared what she might think of me had she known the truth.
i guess i'm writing this because i never had any formal help with my drug problem and hope the call to the hotline can help me with what would seem to be a hopeless addiction to anything that would make me feel anything other then the person i know i can be or to be truthfull to the people that really matter in life

Im only 19 and started gambling with online poker and started of with small amounts and was winning a little bit but then i began to lose. Then i started to play with larger amounts until i ended up losing about 2 grand. I couldnt believe i did it and was in complete shock and vowed i would never play again but about a week later i lost 1 grand which was the remainder in my bank. I was able to stop playing for awhile but recently have been playing again however i seem to be able to stop myself from playing with large amounts but i still do end up losing. Ive recently only just started going to the casino as well and i lost 150 in my first outing but then i returned the next day to win it back and won 350 but then i gambled and lost 200 so i broke even. Im not currently in any financial trouble but i just wish to solve this issue before i do end up in trouble and because i think it is going to effect my life because all i seem to think about is trying to win money. I want to stop this at a young age as well. I still enjoy gambling and wish to do so however i want to do it resposibly but i dont know if i will be able to continue and be responsible at the same time

Im 21 years old, i started gambling when i was 18. I started off winning small amounts from placing small bets on roulette and blackjack. And everytime i won i thought it was easy to win and i felt as if i can always beat the system. I started off winning a few hundred then i started making larger bets because i thought it was easy. So what happens next was very obvious, i lost all my money which i had won around 2k-3k. I made money so quick i couldnt believe it. So then came the day where i lost it all back, and i was very angry and upset about losing the money because it felt like it was mine, i was greedy and selfish so i wanted to win the money back. This was my mistake, i ended up losing 10k in 1day, all this was money that i had saved up since i was working at the age of 16. I decided to stop gambling from that big lost, but it was only a few months until i got back into it again, so i won small amounts of money again and then ended up losing more money that i had worked my tears and sweat for. I just wished i can take it all back and start with what was mine, but i know that this will never be the case. My life feels so stressed and miserable, i just don't know what to do with it anymore. Every day and night i can't stop thinking about how i have ruined my life because of gambling. My total lost in gambling would be close to 25k. This is a mistake that will burden me for the rest of my life.