I Lost My Paycheck Gambling — What Do I Do Now?
If you lost your paycheck gambling, focus first on stopping further losses and protecting essentials.
1. Stop the loss from growing
If you lost your paycheck gambling, focus first on stopping further losses and protecting essentials. The useful goal here is not to erase the past with another bet. Create distance from gambling access, protect money that has not been lost, and make the next decision smaller and safer.
2. Separate essentials from gambling money
If you lost your paycheck gambling, focus first on stopping further losses and protecting essentials. The useful goal here is not to erase the past with another bet. Create distance from gambling access, protect money that has not been lost, and make the next decision smaller and safer.
3. Do not make recovery of the loss your next target
If you lost your paycheck gambling, focus first on stopping further losses and protecting essentials. The useful goal here is not to erase the past with another bet. Create distance from gambling access, protect money that has not been lost, and make the next decision smaller and safer.
4. Make a plan before the next payday
If you lost your paycheck gambling, focus first on stopping further losses and protecting essentials. The useful goal here is not to erase the past with another bet. Create distance from gambling access, protect money that has not been lost, and make the next decision smaller and safer.
Your next step
You can use the free Gambling Urge Emergency Plan when the next urge hits. If you want to see what keeping the next paycheck out of gambling could add up to, use the Gambling Savings Calculator.
