Losing It All To Finding Hope: The Worst Day | Part 2 | Kate Seselja

She lost $12,000 chasing one machine. Months later, she nearly lost her life.In this deeply emotional episode of Slaying Sober, Kate Seselja shares the devastating reality of gambling addiction, shame, suicidal thoughts, recovery, and hope.Kate opens up about: • Losing everything to gambling addiction • The emotional impact on her family • The night she almost took her life • The powerful moment her son changed her perspective forever • Why she founded The Hope Project • How the gambling industry manipulates people by design • Rebuilding identity, dignity, and hope after addictionThis is one of the most raw and honest conversations about addiction, mental health, recovery, and healing you’ll hear.Trigger Warning: This episode contains discussions around suicide, addiction, gambling harm, and mental health struggles.00:00 – Introduction to Part 2 00:46 – Trigger Warning 01:04 – Irrational behaviour during gambling addiction 01:19 – Losing $12,000 chasing one machine 03:10 – Sitting in the car after losing everything 04:07 – Family impact of gambling addiction 05:51 – “Addiction by design” explained 06:17 – Kate’s rock bottom moment 06:55 – The night she almost took her life 08:23 – What kept her alive 09:17 – Living with shame and self-hatred 10:30 – The counsellor who changed everything 11:30 – Reconnecting with her identity and humanity 12:00 – The “plastic bag of shame” analogy 12:48 – James shares his addiction experience 14:42 – Compassion from loved ones during recovery 17:23 – Gratitude for family and survival 19:00 – The moment her son saved her life 20:33 – “Everyone makes mistakes” 21:51 – Hopelessness and suicide 22:22 – Why Kate founded The Hope Project 24:42 – Addiction and isolation 25:28 – Gambling harm in Australia 27:11 – Fighting the gambling industry 28:47 – How gambling apps manipulate users 31:21 – Betting apps and psychological targeting 34:10 – “Gambling almost took everything from me” 35:00 – Helping one million people find hope 36:17 – Final reflections on recovery and healing 37:05 – Closing messageIf this conversation impacted you: Like the videoShare your thoughts in the commentsSubscribe for more real conversations about addiction, recovery, healing, and hope.#GamblingAddiction #MentalHealth #AddictionRecovery #RecoveryJourney #SuicidePrevention #Podcast #HealingJourney #MentalHealthAwareness #RecoveryPodcast #EmotionalStory #HopeProject #TraumaHealing #SelfWorth #GamblingHarm #InspirationalStories #SlayingSober #AddictionAwareness #PodcastClips #Healing #Hope