Pick Me Up!

FULL HOUSE!

Sitting in my barber shop, I scrolled through my phone playing online bingo.

I spent the spare, boring moments in between clients betting the odd fiver or tenner here and there.

‘You’ve won £50!’ flashed up on my phone screen.

Result! I thought.

Finally a win!

It was June 2018, and playing online bingo had become a bit of a habit.

I didn’t realise quite how much money I was wasting, until I saw my monthly bank statement…

‘I spent almost £1,000 this month!’ I cried to my husband Damien, 43.

‘This has to stop.’

And so, I banned myself from the bingo app for

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