Growing up on a farm with race horses Steve started gambling at the races in his early teens, and continued through his twenties and thirties, losing everything on the horses before eventually recovering through Gamblers Anonymous in his late thirties.

Chris’s story is quite different, she starting gambling on poker machines in her early twenties and finally just wanting to die of shame, from losing it all and more to the pokies, before overcoming her compulsion through Gamblers Anonymous in under 4 months.

If you’re having trouble with gambling and think that Gamblers Anonymous could help you then phone (03) 9696 6108 or see their website gaaustralia.org.au.