Trigger warning: this story talks about suicide.
‘Lack of money’
Sucré says that his gambling addiction started fifteen years ago. Although it seemed that he had everything well organized, he was still triggered to gamble. “That was due to a lack of money. I was looking for options to get more money.” He started with small amounts and gambled online, for example by betting on football matches. That went well for a while. “I had a permanent job, so I could always get money again.”
Downhill
During the pandemic, Sucré left his job in an impulsive mood, which led to increasing financial problems. “Then it went downhill and I ended up in a negative spiral. Is It only takes one thing to go wrong and everything you’ve built will be destroyed very quickly.”
Sucré also gambled through a kind of online intermediary. Then it was said: “if you win on our website, we pay you cash”. That promise was subsequently not kept. “Everything I Had Went Up in a Month”aldus Sucre. “Then we are talking about thousands of euros.”
For kicks
Sucré knows better than anyone that a fun game can turn into an addiction. “And it becomes structural and it is no longer for fun. If you notice that it’s about the kick, you’re actually already addicted. And at a certain point it wasn’t even about the kick anymore, it was just a pastime.” It took Sucré a long time to recognize that. “I kept it to myself for a long time. It is also very difficult to say ‘I am addicted to gambling’. I needed help with that, to be so open.”
