This topic is aimed primarily at all German players here in the forum

Hello everyone out there,

I would like to collect donations here at gofundme to found a self-help group that helps with a topic that unfortunately still has far too little recognition in society, namely gambling addiction.

Unfortunately, this addiction had reached me very early on and absolutely ruined my personality, personality and finances. The daily urge to play has completely shaped my everyday life and is increasingly destroying me. I made it out of this hell myself and I know that anyone else can do the same with the right people around them, so I have an inner need to help others out in this seemingly hopeless situation, of course or unfortunately all such efforts cost money and does not finance itself collecting donations for such a topic is really very difficult, so my attempt here, the money should mainly be used to finance the additional costs for the first year of the premises and to have information material made. I can now rent the premises Thank goodness for the first year itself tribes so that as mentioned here with this donation mainly about the additional costs as well as information or training material which is provided free of charge to every interested party, because if players or ex-players do not have one then it is it Money. I just want to find support here that you just don't get from the places you actually expect. Everyone who donates here, even if it's only 1 euro, is invited to take a look at the result as soon as the training rooms are due to open in December. The gofundme page is: https://gofund.me/90b0bddf

Hi Fulda,

Thanks for sharing your story with us and thumbs up for your effort to help others. I know people who struggled with gambling finding great strength in helping others and engaging in a community that is working together on how to avoid gambling urges. Even here you can find some threads with such a function.

Unfortunately, the link you sent is not working for me, but I hope that you will succeed. In case you would consider lowering your expenses with your project, you can consider working in an online space primarily. Perhaps the German Centers for Help with problematic gambling will be open for collaboration. You can find them here: https://casino.guru/problem-gambling-help-centers#cnt_84=true

All the best,

Simon

Hello Simon, thank you for your answer, please excuse the link not working, here is a new working link https://gofund.me/90b0bddf

Unfortunately, I've personally experienced that online help doesn't do as much as stationary on-site help People like me and other addicted players need live conversations and other people who support them live online, the danger is too great that you let yourself be distracted, That's why I founded this group because I noticed in myself how important personal support is and people you can confide in without having to face prejudice.

Hello.

I was wondering whether you could provide some insights for German players.

Do you have your own personal experiences with local support centers or groups?

Any chance you could recommend some? This is a very sensitive topic hence any useful hint may save others a great deal of stress.

Hello Radka, I would like to tell you something about myself or about institutions that I know, first of all I would like to offer every German player who reads this that he can contact me privately here in the forum and I will listen to his problems and try to help secondly I can only recommend everyone to turn to local offices, Diakonie Rotes Kreuz etc. PP in an acute case, that's still better than sinking into self-hatred, and then I can only recommend everyone give your finances to someone you trust and who is not weak and everything else that helps is lengthy understanding processes that playing to excess is sick and you have to stop before you die and I don't mean dying in a physical sense but in a mental and moral sense

Well said, if I may say so!

I appreciate the positive vibes you're resonating with even on such a challenging topic.

We should not turn our backs on those troubled people, If you can ease someone else's pain, you should do that without hesitation. 💚