You are right about the not understanding part Misskimber. I knew this guy who was a long time gambler. He got left a half share in a house and suddenly had access to large amounts of credit. Within a year he had lost the lot. The irony is he was actually a pretty good gambler and had good contacts in the horseracing world etc. But the gambling part just overtook him and he ended up losing thousands on sports he knew nothing about like Ice Hockey. He would even bet on coin tosses and the like. He was a decent guy too.

I can understand what it might feel like to lose all my money but it's that compulsion to gamble on anything and everything that I luckily can't imagine ever doing. I guess that is the difference between people who gamble adn addictive gamblers.

The good news for you is a lot of people have stabilised and recovered from these type of events. Not saying it's easy but it can be done. Who knows you could come back here in a year's time and be in a much better situation.

It can be done.