now on bbc news: women and gambling: my secret addiction. a lot of people that know me still don t know i am a gambling addict. even when i came here, 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
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 young, so about nine year old or something like that. my mum had an i m not blaming my mum, obviously, she hated gambling but she had a caravan and 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 5p a spin it was. and she would give me pocket money every night, and i was putting it in them, like, i miust have been nine year old. i won £35, and i would give it to my mum to look after. and then i kept dipping into it. and can you describe when your
a lot of people that know me still don t know i am a gambling addict. even when i came here, 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 ou
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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