I Would Wake Up Outside After Gambling All Night | Malik’s Gambling Story

Malik’s gambling addiction led to casinos, DUIs, rehab, and recovery. 🤝 How I Quit Gambling:    • How To Stop Gambling (This Works!)   🙌 Gamban is a gambling-blocking app designed to create real friction between you and online gambling. Gamban blocks access to thousands of gambling websites and apps across your devices, helping remove the instant access that can make urges so dangerous in early recovery. Recovery is about building barriers before the urge hits, and Gamban can help make gambling harder to reach when you need that protection most. You can learn more at https://gamban.com Malik's Links: ➡️Special Offer for the first 20 people that join my SKOOL Community   https://www.skool.com/freedom-from-ad... ➡️Book a Free Strategy Call with Coach Malik calendly.com/malik-malikkeene/45-minute-strategy-call ➡️Get my book “Overcoming Addiction Through G.R.A.C.E” here https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DVQ6M2TR 🙌 The Gambling Truth Project is a new, industry-independent organization built to put honest information back at the center of America's gambling conversation. Our goal is to counterbalance industry influence with facts, lived experience, sensible guardrails, and clear pathways to recovery. Website: https://gamblingtruth.org Malik shares his powerful story of gambling addiction, alcohol addiction, casino losses, DUIs, and recovery. What started with card games, dice, and early wins turned into decades of chasing losses, blackouts, dangerous decisions, and nearly losing everything. This channel is dedicated to spreading awareness about gambling addiction and helping individuals better understand the risks of excessive gambling. Through powerful storytelling, educational content, and real-life experiences, we aim to shine a light on the dangers of gambling and provide tools for recovery. Whether you're seeking help, supporting a loved one, or simply looking to learn more, our mission is to create a safe space for open conversations about gambling addiction. 🙏🏻 Recovery Resources: https://odaatgamblingawareness.com/re... 👀 Do you have a gambling addiction? Watch this to find out:    • Do You Have A Gambling Addiction?   1️⃣ First day trying to stop gambling? Start here:    • Your First 7 Days Quitting Gambling   🧐 Recently Relapse? Watch This:    • 9 Steps To Stop Gambling Relapses   😅 Subscribe To Avoid Making The Same Mistakes I Did:    / @odaatgamblingawareness   20 question quiz to determine if you have a gambling addiction (if you answer yes to 7 or more, you likely have a gambling problem) 1. Did you ever lose time from work or school due to gambling? 2. Has gambling ever made your home life unhappy? 3. Did gambling affect your reputation? 4. Have you ever felt remorse after gambling? 5. Did you ever gamble to get money with which to pay debts or otherwise solve financial difficulties? 6. Did gambling cause a decrease in your ambition or efficiency? 7. After losing did you feel you must return as soon as possible and win back your losses? 8. After a win did you have a strong urge to return and win more? 9. Did you often gamble until your last dollar was gone? 10. Did you ever borrow to finance your gambling? 11. Have you ever sold anything to finance gambling? 12. Were you reluctant to use "gambling money" for normal expenditures? 13. Did gambling make you careless of the welfare of yourself or your family? 14. Did you ever gamble longer than you had planned? 15. Have you ever gambled to escape worry or trouble? 16. Have you ever committed, or considered committing, an illegal act to finance gambling? 17. Did gambling cause you to have difficulty in sleeping? 18. Do arguments, disappointments or frustrations create within you an urge to gamble? 19. Did you ever have an urge to celebrate any good fortune by a few hours of gambling? 20. Have you ever considered self destruction or suicide as a result of your gambling? Video Chapters: 0:00 Malik’s gambling addiction story 0:59 How gambling started with cards, dice, and casinos 4:17 His college dorm became “the casino” 8:46 How alcohol made his gambling worse 12:12 The first casino trip that hooked him 19:00 Building a business before gambling pulled him back 28:35 DUIs, blackouts, and almost dying 42:28 Rehab, GA, and finally quitting gambling 49:39 Malik’s recovery work today