In Britain, 1.7% of adults who gambled in the past year said their own gambling had caused a relationship breakdown. Trust can be rebuilt, one honest week at a time.
Source: Gambling Commission, GSGB 2025FOR WHEN SOMEONE YOU LOVE FOUND OUT.
Promises won’t fix this. Honest weeks will.
“I’ll stop, I promise” has been said before, and it didn’t hold. What rebuilds trust is something they can see: doors closed, money visible, and one honest week after another.
Free to build · About 2 minutes · Private · For adults 18+
SOUND FAMILIAR?
You’re not the only one who knows these moments.
Tap the ones that sound like you. Nothing is saved.
THE HONEST NUMBERS
No scare tactics. Just what the research says.
In Britain’s largest study of real betting accounts, 23% were ahead after one year. The typical account lost 26p of every £1 bet.
Source: NatCen Patterns of Play (Forrest & McHale), 2022At least 70% of British online betting, casino and slots yield came from the 5% of accounts with the biggest losses.
Source: GambleAware / NatCen Patterns of PlayWHY IT’S HARD
Trust comes back through evidence, not intensity.
Big apologies feel important, but they’re easy to doubt. What people believe is a pattern: blocks they can check, money they can see, and a partner who’s honest on the hard days too.
The plan gives you that pattern: a door-closing checklist you can do together, daily progress you can show them, and scripts for the conversations you’re dreading.
WHAT CHANGES WITH NEWLEAVES
Every hard moment gets a plan.
“How do I know you’ve stopped?”
Blockers and bank blocks you set up together, step by step
Hard conversations at home
Word-for-word scripts for honesty without a fight
Proving change over time
Bet-free days and money kept, adding up week by week
START YOUR PLAN · QUESTION 1 OF ABOUT 20
What brought you here today?
Pick one and your plan starts building. There’s no wrong answer.
YOUR FIRST WEEK
Ten minutes a day. One small step each.
Here’s how your first seven days look. Your plan adapts to your answers.
- Day 1You showed up: three honest lines and one thing you won’t do
- Day 2Close the doors: blockers, self-exclusion and bank gambling blocks
- Day 3Money out of reach: move it before the urge arrives
- Day 4Find your trigger hour: payday, the match, the empty evening
- Day 5Ride the urge: breathe, wait, then decide
- Day 6Tell one person, with a script if the words won’t come
- Day 7A week bet-free: count the money and hours that stayed yours
GOOD QUESTIONS
Before you
start.
No. It walks you through setting up blockers, self-exclusion and bank gambling blocks, step by step. You need those separate tools; NewLeaves helps you actually do it and keeps you steady after.
Log it and keep going. A slip never erases the days you kept, and the next morning you get a plan for what happened, not a lecture.
NewLeaves isn’t financial advice. It helps you stop the losses growing and points you to free, confidential debt advice services, which exist in most countries.
Yes. Build your plan here in about two minutes, create an account, and start day 1 in your browser. Then sign in to the app with the same email and everything is there.
Building your plan is free. Full access starts with a free trial, and the price and renewal terms are shown clearly before you pay anything. Cancel anytime.
Your answers are saved to your own account and are never sent to advertisers. You choose whether to share anonymous analytics. Delete your account at any time.
No. NewLeaves is a self-guided daily companion, not therapy, medical treatment or an emergency service. Rowan is an optional AI companion, not a clinician.
NOT A PERFECT DAY. JUST DAY ONE.
Start the first honest week today.
Build your plan on the web in about two minutes, then take it with you in the app.
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