More than £200,000 down after a 12 year addiction, Will Halstead felt suicidal, full of shame and alienated from society.
His compulsion had started off at the age of 18 with betting accumulators on football games, before roulette wheels and online slot machines hooked him in and spiralled his gambling out of control.
His relationship with his parents, who he lived with, broke down because of it, and he and was left feeling ‘in a bubble’ of gambling that no offers of help or support could penetrate.
