alyssa used to gamble regularly in pubs, on fruit machines and down at the bookies. but she has got out of hand when she started doing it online in her 30s. started doing it online in her 305. i started doing it online in her 30s. ~ . . 30s. i think it started when i was quite 30s. i think it started when i was quite young, 30s. i think it started when i was quite young, so - 30s. i think it started when i was quite young, so about i 30s. i think it started when i i was quite young, so about nine years old or something like that. my mum had, i m not blaming my mum, she hated gambling, but she had a caravan that we were always in the arcade, and at the time you could play on the slot machines, it didn t matter if you are aged, like a 5p spin it was. and she would give me pocket money every night, and i was putting it in their, and i won £35, and i would give it to my mum to look after. and then i kept dipping into it. find my mum to look after. and then i kept dipping in
i said i was going to a mental health facility, because people knew i had mental health episodes that were bad, but nobody knew i was an addict. i kept my gambling a secret for years, and obviously it did eventually all come out. these british women fought to keep their gambling addiction a secret, until they were offered a lifeline a place in a residential centre, and a chance to confront their addiction. i can t remember the exact amount, but it shocked my parents, it shocked my partner at the time, because i think it worked out to be about £30,000 in the space of three months. recent studies indicate that around the world, the number of women gambling is growing. and for those with addiction, is often done in secret. we seem to be sleepwalking, it feels like, towards a problem. elissa used to gamble regularly in pubs, on fruit machines and down at the bookies. but she has got out of hand when she started doing it online in her 30s. i think it started when i was quite yo
the network branched out from properties registered to the hamas leader yahya sinwar and other seniorfigures. meanwhile, fighting intensified in the northern gaza strip during wednesday. there have also been heavy exchanges in the centre of khan younis in the south. hamas said it had killed dozens of israeli soldiers. there s no independent verification. lucy williamson reports from jerusalem. gazais gaza is fear and chaos with one small phase. one family among the crowds arriving night and day at lhasa hospital. desperation relieved with a hug. nasser. there is little else to cling to. the rest of gazais else to cling to. the rest of gaza is waiting for relief. airstrikes kept pounding rafah today. as the un security council met for a third day to try to agree a ceasefire resolution. translation: i resolution. translation: , ., ., translation: i wish for a complete translation: i wish for a complete ceasefire - translation: i wish for a complete ceasefire and . translat
for a fourth day to attempt to secure a unanimous un security council vote on the suspension of hostilities in gaza. but the outcome remains uncertain with diplomats struggling to agree on terms that will avoid a us veto. israel has released footage of what it claims to be tunnels dug by hamas under gaza city, in the north of the territory. it says the structures, which cover a large area, were used as a base by hamas leaders. there s no let up in the fighting inside gaza and the world health organization has said there are no hospitals left in northern gaza that are still able to function with the medical system in survival mode. live now to the bbc s security correspondent, frank gardener. what did you make of hamas s latest statement? fin what did you make of hamas s latest statement? ., . what did you make of hamas s latest statement? .. ., , , statement? on the face of it this is a very serious statement? on the face of it this is a very serious setback statemen
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