HI all. So today I have decided to stop all this gambling. I'm 31 from the Isle of Wight and have been gambling since I was around 13. It all started in the arcades of fruit machines then led to bookies, football bets, online slots, online compulsive football betting, I could literally not be a couple of minutes without a bet being settled to placing another one. Then if I actually won I would lose it on online slots , cancelling withdrawals and losing all of that.!
literally just sick of all of it.! The situation im in is not heavily in debt but I'm getting sucked in to all the payday loans yet again, oweing out more than my wages can afford and it's getting out of control. So here I am for an attempt to finally overcome this horrible sickness in the back of head.
Really hope I can overcome it this time after a couple of failed attempts before.
I have never writing a progress diary before so I am hoping this will help to spur me on even more than before after reading a few others diaries staying up all last night!
thanks for reading all
Good luck DB87. It’s a battle we’ve got to win.
Have y Thanks change.
So today has mainly been sleeping all day, I work nights and my two best mates at work are gamblers. They do it at work through the nights , just like I has been doing also. I Went through the night just trying not to pay too much attention to the gambling chat and told them about my attempt to quit.
Haven't put any blocks in place just yet but I know I will need these in place asap in order to help with the urges I know I will face coming down the line. Also need to exclude my self from my local bookmakers which I will do before this weekends.
Haven't faced any real urges as yet but they will come for sure . I just need to be stronger than them .
Yep, good luck fella. Knock it on the head, gambling is an awful way to kill a few hours. It ultimately kills ourselves too!
Thanks mad max
So today is day 7 and still haven't had a bet. Trying to just turn that part of my brain off and not think about it. Saturday is My favourite day and generally the main day I look forward to, for the football accumulators, but today it won't consist of that. My dads coming down from the mainland so going to take my son out bowling and get food and couple beers and just ignore the footballs on.
Thinking of starting to play golf on a Saturday during the day to replace the time sitting in front of the TV watching soccer Saturday.
Day 11 today and still haven't had a bet . Obviously it helps being basically being skint lol and sleeping way too much! Payday is nearing though and normally when I'll have a payday splurge and normally lose a lot , this payday I will pay back as much as I can towards debts and leave a minimal amount for my self to live on.
I will just concentrate on gym and eating and watching Netflix this weekend to take my mind off the usual stuff I would be doing. Like the advert sez . Once the fun stops . Stop. That happened years ago! About time I stopped.
Hi DB,
Seems like you are doing a great job, the first 14 days are always the hardest and you are close to the end of those 2 weeks. Keep up the great work. I am on 30 days today, I am only 18 but I spotted that with an addictive personality I had to stop, I managed to spend around 2.5k in 2 months.... Thankfully I am not in any debt situation, but the journey is still tough.
Here if you ever want a chat!
Matt
DB87 wrote:
Day 11 today and still haven't had a bet . Obviously it helps being basically being skint lol and sleeping way too much! Payday is nearing though and normally when I'll have a payday splurge and normally lose a lot , this payday I will pay back as much as I can towards debts and leave a minimal amount for my self to live on.
I will just concentrate on gym and eating and watching Netflix this weekend to take my mind off the usual stuff I would be doing. Like the advert sez . Once the fun stops . Stop. That happened years ago! About time I stopped.
Well done DB, that’s a great achievement! :)) As someone who has gone for a while gf and relapsed, I would strongly advise to get Gamstop in place just in case that devil on the shoulder comes creeping... it’s only my advice as I have tried to stop without additional blockers but it’s just not worked, so this time I’ve gone for it. I wish you luck on your journey and will pop in to see how you’re doing.. good start fella! ... Kaz xx
Thanks for your messages of support guys.
Haven't really been active on here so thought I would post an update . Today is day 27, still gf. Actually manage to nearly clear all payday loan debts that I had got my self into which is a positive. Like I said in a previous post just been going to gym with quite a bit of sleep to get through the weeks along with working , so haven't been thinking too much and getting much urges to bet.
Yesterday bought some golf clubs, so today me and couple mates are going to go driving range to practice for eventually starting playing - my plan to avoid soccer Saturday haha!
If you guys could link to your diarys and will also follow your progress - I have tried looking but there is so many diarys to find them.
Thanks all and have a good week
Click on name and you can see everyone's diary that way
come on, never give up and you will win!
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