r/PhGamblersAnonymous

Sorry new here.
This is my day 1 of no gambling

I was shocked and relieved at the same time because I finally have stories to read na same na nangyari sakin. I feel na mas umokay ako now kasi alam kong may pag asa pa pala akong, isang sugarol, na mag bago pa. I lost approximately 700k and may mga utang pa ako sa family (50k) and kumuha pa ako sa life insurance ko na 80k (kinuha ko lang yan pero may pera pa ako dun thank fully).

I only have 71k in my savibgs pero malaki din CC debt ko na almost 100k hopefully mabayaran ko sila huhu. Ang hirap mawalan ng malaking pera. Can I ask kung ano pwede pong gawin para masustain ko ito? Thank you

Sabihin mo lang ito kay Lord,

Panginoon, patawad isa akong makasalanan. Hindi ako karapat dapat tumingin sa iyo, buong kababaang loob hinihinga ko sa inyo ang aking problema. Tugunan ninyo ang salita ko pagod na akong magkasala pa, bigyan ninyo ako ng kapahingahan. Ibigay ninyo muli sa akin ang kapayapaan at pag asa para sa aking sarili, sa aking pamilya at iyong simbahan. Muli patawad panginoon

Dinadasal ko ito araw araw nagkakaroon ako ng kapayapaan at kalinawan kung ano ang dapat kong gawin. Sa dasal na ito nandito na lahat ng pwede mong sabihin sa Dios. Hanap ka lang ng isang tahimik na oras sa isang araw at iuusal mo ito. Mapapansin mo na lang unti unti ka ng kakawala sa tanikala ng sugal.

When I was active on online gambling sites, ang dali daling umutang.

Kahit hindi mo hanapin sila kusang lalapit sayo.

GCASH, Maya Personal Loan/Credit Cards, Other major credit cards ang daming email/texts/promos ng mga yan, apart from all the OLA's.

A gentle reminder lalo na sa mga naguumpisa pa lang sumugal at iniisip na kikita talaga sila from it, that if these apps could have all these vital information like your:

FULL NAMES, BANK ACCOUNT NUMBERS, GCASH THAT HAS GSCORE, they will know as well your CAPACITY FOR MONEY, CREDIT, SALARY, BUSINESS, AND SUCH.

THESE MOFOS FOUND A WAY TO STEAL YOUR MONEY, "LEGALLY", WITH YOUR FULL PARTICIPATION AND WILLINGNESS, WAKE UP!!!!

GINAG*G* LANG TAYO NG SISTEMA, KAYA GUMISING KA!!!

DO NOT LET THESE MOFOS PROFIT FROM YOU ANYMORE.

AND DO NOT EVER FORGET THAT THE GOVT ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN TO ITS FILIPINO PEOPLE.

Pinagkakakitaan ng kung sino mang nasa taas niyan ang KAHINAAN MO.

KAYA MAS TIBAYAN MO DAPAT KESA SAKANILA.

TIGILAN MO NA HABANG MAS MAAGA PA.

SELF EXCLUDE YOURSELF ASAP >>>> https://osea.pagcor.ph

ATTEND GA MEETINGS >>>> https://gaphilippines.com/meetings

MAKE URSELF AWARE OF WHAT'S REALLY HAPPENING >>>

The Online Casino Crisis in the Philippines - Asia Insight https://youtu.be/FHry8GOawPk?si=qBgOSfYk8wA8A10h

How Online Gambling Took Hold Of Philippines And Indonesia: Will The Crackdowns Help? | Insight https://youtu.be/ie4WBjlL-kg?si=i1i_RUJa02Brk7s7

Today, I just want to tell the world that I LOVE YOU LORD and you are my Saviour.

Hi! I honestly never imagined I’d be writing on this subreddit again. Back then, recovery felt like nothing more than a dream — a promise I wasn’t sure I could keep. But here I am.

I used to be one of you. The pain of losing all my savings back in September 2025 still feels fresh in my mind. I even applied for credit-to-cash loans from my bank, only to lose those to gambling too. It didn’t just drain my finances — it affected me mentally and emotionally as well.

But did I completely lose myself? Did it destroy my relationships with the people I love? Thankfully, no.

The night everything crashed down on me, I decided to hold myself accountable. I opened up to my parents about my addiction, and I’ll always be grateful that they didn’t abandon or shame me. My mom simply reminded me that I’m human, and humans make mistakes.

I also told my partner about everything, and he became one of the biggest reasons I kept going. He stayed patient, understanding, and supportive during one of the darkest periods of my life. He even encouraged me to seek professional help to fix my unhealthy sleep schedule and improve my overall well-being. Alongside that, I started doing a lot of self-reflection and reassessment to slowly rebuild myself.

But if I’m being truthful about what helped me the most — it was God. It was my faith.

Instead of spending Sundays gambling, I started attending Mass regularly. I prayed hard for strength, discipline, and guidance to stay away from temptations and destructive habits. Recovery wasn’t easy. I was tested many times. There were days I felt lost and restless, but I held onto the one thing I still had left: my faith.

Fast forward 8 months later, I can finally say I’m doing better. I’m learning how to manage my finances again. I’ve started paying off my loans little by little. The progress may be slow, but it’s real — and for the first time in a long while, I’m proud of myself.

I first posted here when I was at rock bottom because of gambling. Now, I’m posting again to share that recovery is possible.

To anyone reading this: as long as you believe you can break free from gambling, you can. Church therapy may not be for everyone, and that’s okay. Find what works for you. Seek help. Talk to people you trust. Sometimes the answers begin within ourselves, but we still need support to bring them out.

I sincerely wish all of us healing, sobriety, peace of mind, and a better life ahead. May we become wealthy not only financially, but also in self-awareness, discipline, and gratitude.

Praying for everyone here. 🤍

May 15, 2026. 5:34pm - last bet

I'm on my 6 days bet free today. Pero grabe urges. Sleepless nights even thinking big wins tulad ng mga winnings ni big boy cheng lately.

And with all of that. Still fighting everyday. Maybe God is helping me. Like every time I want to cash in sa 711 or sa mga machine. It's either offline or sira machine.

Babalikan ko ulit tong post na to next week.

One day at a f*cking time mga Kapatid.

Laban!

Fk my decisions in life. Sobrang dami kong utang ngayon. This is the consequences of my action. Sobrang lala grabe. Last week lang ako ulit bumalik sa sugal pero grabe na naipatalo ko. Nagumpisa lang sa 500 - natalo - nag rage bet - naging 1k bet - 5k - tas sunod sunod na buong linggo. Ngayon sobrang dami kong utang. 25k/monthly lang sahod ko. Di ko alam kung pano babayaran tong mga to

Shopee loan - 32k
Maya - 16k
BPI - 16.5k
Total - 64.5k

Yung 30k pa dyan due na next month. Ngayon hindi ko alam kung pano gagawin. Mga kuys patulong naman kung ano pwede ko gawin. Walang wala na talaga eh

I was 1 year sober from playing online casino games. I lost 150k last year at this same exact month. I deleted and deactivated my accounts on prev online casinos.

This week my co-worker was talking about "sugal" and the cashback system. Plus my recent environment was around people who were playing online gambling. I suddenly got the urge to try with casino plus. So I started small because i had an extra 1000 pesos in my e-wallet. So I won on the slots another 1000 pesos. Then I played slots again, with high bet sizes. Then i lost. So i put in another 10k, then another 10k, but to no avail. -- I lost all. Now i turned to baccarat (golden wealth) and loaded another 40k on my account. I used the escalera method which initial worked, but later on got the best of me. Now again I hit rock bottom. I confessed to my partner which made us fight and go to an arguement.

Funny thing di naman nakakaiyak pero yung feeling na empty grabe... tapos feeling ko kada bet ko ay kahit with-in my control ay di ko parin mapigilan sarili ko. Im earning only more or less 25k a month. Now, I got only 20k on my savings left. Also good thing that I settled my credit card dues and shopee dues beforehand ( i paid them early ) so wala ako utang kanino man.

This sucks 😞. Admittedly this is my life choice but in the heat of the moment the temptation got the best of me.

28M
I am admitting it. I am a gambling addict.
Mahabang kwento from how it started hanggang ngayon.

Ever since na try ko ang online gambling.
My first online gambling was sabong na wala naman talaga ako interest pero natalo ng 100k na walang cash out. I stopped for awhile kasi wala nga interest sa sabong.

Then before nauso scatter sa online. May perya games akong nalaro nananalo naman nung una kasi mas sanay sa laro. Small bets palang non, pero sa dulo don na natalo rin. After non tumigil ulit. Nalaro ko rin yong airplane na nag mumulti then you press it stop sa multi na gusto mo. Una nanalo rin pero then same goes talo ulit kasi balak dagdagan pa panalo.

Then other sites came yan na yong may mga scatter. May nakita ako sa facebook na streamer about crazy time na game tried it 3 years ago. Nung una kong laro magkano lang cash in ko. 2digit bet nanalo ng 5digits because of a huge multiplier.
At dun na nag start ang kalbaryo. “Paano kung malaki taya ko pwedeng hundreds of thousands yon or even millions”.
So yong napanalunan ko bumalik lang din nag tangay pa thats 3 years ago
2 years ago naman lahat ng lost around 200k+ nakapag stop sa crazy time pero may sundot ng mga slots pero mababa lang cash in kasi di ko talaga trip slots.

Last year naman lost around 500k+ january to march. I was already winning 300k bawi nayong total talo ko sa sugal. Pero naghangad lang ako ng target amount. May 860k+ plus na ko sunod sunod na winnings for a couple of days na last cash it ko was 1k then it slowly grows everyday. Nanalo yong strat ko at pattern readings. Pero after my last win na 200k plus at the start of the day na isang tayaan lang. Don na ko inaalat nung nag hangad ako. Every spin was roughly 10k-20k every 30seconds. Pabalik balik until the house decided to collect all the winnings. In span of 2hours limas ang pera ko na hindi ko ma cashout gawa ng max ang gcash that was Feb 28 9am in the morning. Iang oras balang mag rereset na (wala rin way to link my bank account). After ko maubusan doon na sila nag drop ng bonuses. Which effin triggered me. A few days while thinking about it nakapag loan pa ako sa sloan. Talo rin. Pati savings ko sa maribank talo rin. Pero diko nagalaw main savings ko.

Sabi ko sa sarili ko tatayo ulit ako iipon for the car that I want, kasi gusto ko ma afford at ma achieve ang comfortable na transpo for my family na hindi nababasa at nabibilad sa init ng araw
Nakapg stop naman ako mag laro ulit ng crazy time. Ulti mo 500 takot akong matalo sa point na yon.

And last october I was able to loan a car. I save enough money for the down payment without touching my emergency funds.

Then this year came
Yong mga sundot ng slots. Gawa rin ng surroundings ko siguro kasi lahat ata ng tropa ko nag slots pero minimal lang.
Until dumating yong feb. ka kwentuhan ko lang yong kapatid ng partner ko about nga sa laro kong sugal na isang taon narin. Then I received bonuses, leave conversions. That night I had the urge to play pero diko tinuloy then I found out na nagbigay ng highest multi which is 20kX. Man that got me saying alot of foul words at nakaramdam ng malaking panghihinayang.
I didn’t play yet nung nalaman ko yon but after a month don na nag start. From 5k to 20k to 50k cash in. Nung una kinakapa ko pa strat. Talo or breakeven. Then sunod sunod na araw lahat talo 50k hanggang naging 200k+ na talo. Stop for a couple of weeks.

Then nung naglaro ulit doon kona nagalaw EF ko yong talo na 200k and up pa ng 200k. Pero diko nabalik kinuha ko sa EF ko pati sa savings ko.
Hanggang sa yong nga na cashout ko sunod nunod bumalik. Umabot lang ng 2days yong more than half million.
Then naubos ko rin EF ko. Nakapag loan ulit ako sa SLoan at ongoing repayment parin ngayon.
Then this month lang running 200k na rin talo ko.
With loan pa na added from maribank.
Nasa 1m na rin i think talo ko for this year. And I’m drowning in debt. Walang EF , walang savings.

I hit rock bottom. Na injured mga pakpak.
Nabigyan ulit ng sampal.
Ngayon lutang, Walang mapagsabihan. I lost my only parent, my mom 3 years ago. My partner knows my gambling but doesn’t know na I’ve lost it all.
Lost years of life, lost opportunities. Lost time, lost focus. Lost self awareness.

Ngayon I’ll try to get back up again. No more excuses.
Andami kong gustong gawin adami kong hilig na hindi ko magawa. Napangungunahan ng takot. Pero sa talo sa sugal hindi. Gusto ko mag tayo ng coffee specialty coffee shop. Gusto kong maging food vlogger yong may tunay na reviews haha. Gusto kong mag sulat ng kanta, tula or anything about creative writing.

Madaming pwedeng matalo sa larong sugal
Hindi lang pera ang winawaldas
Pati na rin yong mga oras na espesyal
Tara tayo, hakbang, lakad, takbo at laban para sa magandang bukas

So. After ko mag rant dito a few days ago about REVENGE GAMBLING, NAPIGILAN KONG SUMUGAL.

Pero kanina lang, ubos 185K in 10mins. Played the same Baccarat game in the same Bett88 — na lagi kong sinasabing rigged, ayun. Tinuluyan nga ako. Lagi na siyang lost connection.

Tama na tong kalokohan na to. Sakit na nga talaga itong meron ako. Para bang wala na akong respeto sa perang pinag hihirapan ko at mismong sa sarili ko.

Kailangan kong bumangon at i-ahon sarili ko sa mga pinag gagawa ko. Tama yung sinabi nung isang nag comment. Yung perang tinataya ko, pang isang buong taong sweldo na ng iba. Dahil sa sugal nawalan ng value ang pera sakin. Ngayon lugmok. Ito ata ang aral gustong ituro sakin ng Diyos. Walang mangyayari sa buhay ko kung paulit ulit akong bibigay sa tukso ng p*tanginang demonyong to.

Pano ba mag sisimula ulit? Pano mag pigil ng sarili? Minsan automatic nalang akong napapa laro. May pag asa pa bang maka ahon ako sa pagkaka utang ko?

Babalikan ko tong post na ito. Last day of betting. Susubukan ko lahat para iwasan to.

Payday - naglaro - nanalo - natalo yung napanalunan - nag stop na habang hindi pa talo yung puhunan.

Improvement ba to? Dari kasi buong sahod talaga.
Ngayon napipigilan ko na. Hindi ko na hinayaan na pati yung puhunan ko makuha..

Hello po, I'm 25M a college dropout with a freelancing job so far that's sustaining my needs. I will tell my story, reaching out here to gain help and advice.

I have the utmost hatred towards gambling because I've experienced the impact of it from my parents, who are active in gambling, and how our family came to be. But last week, I made a mistake that led me to my very depressing situation.

I have saved up money to surprise my girlfriend of 5 years, who is graduating this coming June. I want it to be extravagant because she gets to graduate first, despite my being older than her. I planned on giving a gift that was worth 30k, the one I saved up for months in secret. Unfortunately, this was all not coming into place because of how stupid I was to fall into a scam. I lost a total of 15k because of it. I won't share how it became, but that's what happened.

I was truly devastated and ended up confessing this mistake to my girlfriend. To the coming days of not eating, I have found my most stupid decision in using up all my remaining savings to gamble. This started during my slumber of being scammed, when a friend of mine, whom I witnessed winning a jackpot worth 10k with only just spending 500p in scatter. Through days of being devastated, I was motivated to try gambling because of this. I had spent every last of my savings in scatter. There are only a few instances when I won. I had a win that reached 20k that could've been enough to cover up what had been scammed from me. But I couldn't stop. I ended up losing everything and decided to get a loan from Ola's. I was relieved for a moment when I won 30k back, but gambling really had me. I thought I could do more. which ended up of me losing it all over again.

I hate myself for what I've become. And I became the one I genuinely hate. For now, I have a total of 50k debt and counting from Ola's because of the penalties.

Members of this sub, please, I need your help. I don't have a high-paying job, and I haven't been eating for the past week because of this. What should I do?

September 2025 na apply ako ng Self exclusion na approved nung January 2026 pero nakaka access pa din ako sa mga online gambling apps gamit ang ibang number ko pero naka registered sa name ko din naman, simcard ba ang binablock nila guys??

Ngayon ang ginawa ko nag chat ako sa playtime, casino at bingo plus na I deactivate nila ako, sa ngayon deactivated ako sa mga online apps na pinaglalaruan ko sana wag na akong makaisip pa ng ibang way para makapagsugal😥 SHARE KO LANG TO BAKA MAKATULONG SA IBANG APPROVED NA DIN NG SELF EXCLUSION PERO NAKAKASUGAL PA DIN, PA DEACTIVATE NALANG KAYO MAS MABILIS PA

Hello, I’m 35F and currently may 700k+ na utang dahil sa sugal. Ilang beses ko nang pinangakong titigil na ako after major losses, pero bumabalik pa rin ako after a few weeks. Madalas tumitigil lang ako kasi wala nang pantaya.

Narealize ko na hindi talaga sapat minsan ang “willpower” lang, kasi ang utak natin naghahanap ulit nung dopamine rush, lalo kapag stressed, malungkot, guilty, o gustong bumawi. Kaya sobrang importante nung self-exclusion programs, which I did. Hindi siya simpleng restriction lang; protection siya para sa future self ko kapag dumating ulit yung urge.

Dumating ako sa point ng guilt, self-harm, at suicidal thoughts. Partner ko lang ang nakakaalam, at sa tulong niya unti-unti akong bumabangon. Isa din sa realization ko ay mas malaking bagay sa taong nagmamahal sakin yung nakikita niyang lumalaban ako kaysa nagpapanggap akong okay habang palubog.

This time, papanindigan ko nang hindi na magsusugal. Hindi kailangan maging perfect agad. Ang importante, kahit may urge, hindi na susugal.

Ang importante ngayon: buhay ako, lumalaban ako, at may awareness ako na gusto ko nang matapos ang cycle. Maraming nalulunod sa sugal ang hindi umaabot sa point na kayang aminin sa sarili nila na wala na silang control. Ako, ginawa at inamin ko na. At para sakin malaking bagay ‘yun.

Sa tulad ko ng pinag dadaanan at hinaharap na problema. Kakayanin ko at natin to! Unti-unti. Isang araw, isang bayad, isang desisyon at a time. ❤️

Just want to say it out loud na hindi ka mag susugal ngayon.

We might be on different status but we all fight the same War!

Maliit o malaki ang bet it doesn't matter because it is the

same GREED

same HURT

same DESPAIR

same LIES

We say to ourselves looking at the balance inside the gambling website.

Click

Click

Click

Click

Until that money is gone.

I am guilty as charged as I played just 2 days ago.

PERO TODAY I WANT TO BE SOBER!

LABANAN NATIN TO!

Comment ka na

HINDI KA NA MAG SUSUGAL!

It might look funny pero paulit ulit kong binabasa ang linya na yan parang nacoconvince ako na kakayanin ko to.

Salamat to the brother I met in this sub.

Kayang kaya natin to!

Been gambling since May 2022, that's when the time na nagfreelancing ako, una pang tanggal antok kasi night shift then ending naaddict ako. Nag stop ako Oct 2025, then nagrelapse ako March 2026, then I lost 1.5M from March to May aside sa talo ko before na almost 2M. Sobrang nakakapanlumo. 800k utang ko ngayon. From 6 months malaki naipon ko busy sa work todo OT. Simula January to April I earned almost 1M. Ending may utang ako ng 800K. Hindi ko na alam ano gagawin sa buhay. Btw babae ako, nakakahiya pero admit ko naman na addict ako. Now what I did is naguninstall ako ng maya gcash, credit card app na madaling magcashin pati Goole Chrome. Sana, sana tumigil na ako. I still have 500K sa savings na wala akong access pero imagine kulang pa sya pang bayad sa 800K. Meaning negative na ako. Sobrang nakakapanlumo.

Bakit hinayaan ng gobyerno na masira yung buhay ng maraming tao dahil sa sugal, lalo na yung online gambling na sobrang dali ma-access?

Mas masakit pa, nilagay pa siya sa mga finance app na dapat sana tumutulong para makapag-ipon o makaahon ang tao. Pero sa isang pindot lang, pwede ka nang magsugal at mawalan ng pera. Ang dali niyang ma-access kaya ang daming nalululong.

Oo, may regulation na ngayon, pero parang too late na para sa marami sa amin. Ang dami nang nalulong. Ang daming nabaon sa utang. Kasama na ako doon.

Pagod na pagod na ako. Hirap na hirap na akong bumangon tapos baon na naman sa utang. Minsan mapapaisip ka talaga kung nasaan yung proteksyon para sa ordinaryong tao.

Sana hindi lang basta payagan at pagkakitaan. Sana may tunay ding suporta para sa mga taong nasira at gustong magsimulang muli.

Wala naman supporta sa mga nabaon sa utang dahil sa sugal. Hinahayaan nila yung gangong sistema, samntalang wala naman tayo safety net. 😭😭

-titang pagod 30F