is about flipping it so there is a shared is about flipping it so there is a shared responsibility and an acceptance that if you have addictive products sold to you every way you addictive products sold to you every way you look in society, anyone can -et way you look in society, anyone can get addicted to them, and that is the approach i hope the statutory levy and the approach i hope the statutory levy and the people involved and it will take levy and the people involved and it will take. like matt james, look, thank will take. like matt james, look, thahkyou will take. like matt james, look, thank you very much for sharing your story thank you very much for sharing your story with thank you very much for sharing your story with us thank you very much for sharing your story with us and going through all of that story with us and going through all of that so story with us and going through all oftha . . , story with us and going through all of that so clearl
and put £1600 overdraft on one of our overdraft accounts, and i had spent within our on online slots and i snapped up the card and started scratching at my wrists so i did go to try and get help. back then in 2014, it wasn t well known because it is sold as a leisure activity something you do through choice. for people to struggle to understand how you could come addicted to something that you choose to do. so later down the line i found a talking therapy and i had 12 weeks talking therapy. alongside that i went public with my story to raise awareness of gambling addiction but also female gambling addiction. i think that helped me over the years to stay in recovery from gambling addiction.- from gambling addiction. kelly, thank ou from gambling addiction. kelly, thank you for from gambling addiction. kelly, thank you for going from gambling addiction. kelly, thank you for going public - from gambling addiction. kelly, thank you for going public with l from gambling addiction. kelly
predatory, incessant all of this predatory, incessant marketing facilitating addiction and making marketing facilitating addiction and making people feel trapped and that they will making people feel trapped and that they will never be free of their addiction addiction. james, the nhs previously addiction. james, the nhs previously wouldn t accept money from gambling firms, gambling levies, when they were voluntary. that is going to change. that is something you will post about kind of treatments would you like to see the money spent on? first of all, it has to be entirely independent in that the industry now has no independent in that the industry now has no involvement in prevention or health has no involvement in prevention or health messaging at all. the nhs should health messaging at all. the nhs should lead on that. evidence based treatment should lead on that. evidence based treatment through the nhs is. there treatment through the nhs is. there are treatment th
and help is needed and a lot more funding is officially needed for that. l funding is officially needed for that. , , ., that. i will ust remind viewers who are oinin: that. i willjust remind viewers who are joining is that. i willjust remind viewers who are joining is what that. i willjust remind viewers who are joining is what has that. i willjust remind viewers who are joining is what has happened. l arejoining is what has happened. the government has announced a tax on gambling firms, and they also are looking at affordability checks and maximum stakes on online slot machines. that has gone to a consultation, lucy fraser was standing up in the house of commons delivering the latest news on the gambling plans as outlined there. not a huge amount of detail, we are waiting for more detail to come through. we arejust waiting for more detail to come through. we are just speaking at the moment to kelly. could you tell us, when things got hardest for you, what help he received tha
scenario take their own life as a result of gambling addiction. the culture secretary was very keen to specifically spot blind spots that are being exploited. is there still are being exploited. is there still a blind spot in the system from your experience and other women you have spoken to? experience and other women you have soken to? , , . ., spoken to? definitely, as a female with a gambling spoken to? definitely, as a female with a gambling addiction, - spoken to? definitely, as a female with a gambling addiction, i - spoken to? definitely, as a female with a gambling addiction, i really| with a gambling addiction, i really struggled. we have moved forward and there is improvements and changes for women suffering with gambling because it is seen as a male dominated addiction. it does affect so many and it affects women very differently to men. flan so many and it affects women very differently to men. so many and it affects women very differently to men. can you explain how th