50 days GF today and 223 for the whole of 2018. Feeling good and that minor relapse was a wake up call. I never want to revisit my darkest days so am determined to carry on with my GF life. Good luck everyone in your personal battles.
Well done on getting back in the saddle after your slip up.
When I started my quit journey, some 10 years ago, I gambled again when I was about 8 months in. It was £50 on cards iirc. Same as you I was disgusted and disappointed in myself.
I think I did it, because I could and felt confident I could just gamble a small amount.
You definitely have to focus on the length of time and money saved during the nearly 200 days before.
It's certainly not easy and there is a chance you will gamble again unless you identify what led to you gambling again.
The important thing is if you do slip again you immediately stop again.
I think very few people actually quit completely and never gamble again.
TM1985 wrote:
Hi G100, sorry to see you had a slip. Time to give GA a go? You've tried doing it 'your way' and it hasnt worked. Sounds harsh mate but I only say that as I have been there many times also.
Hi mate
Only quoting this as I noticed you had reset your day count again. So i really believed you in the post you wrote shortly after this about hitting a loss but accepting it and not chasing it this time, but resetting your day count perhaps means you went back for it in the end? Or maybe some other reason led you back to it - either way...
I resonate with so much of your recent journey through this gambling nightmare. I never ever thought I would sink to the depths I did with this s**t but I went round in circles like you until I started going for the big wins to apparently procure a large amount of money enough for me to finally call myself a winner and draw a line under everything. Needless to say I lost big time and my whole world almost collapsed around me.
The crazy thing is though I would have probably tried to do it again had I not found GA. The circles you are making right now are so reminiscent of the circles I made... I can't really put into words exactly how GA has stopped me making those circles, all I can really warn you about is the circles get bigger and more dangerous the longer you keep making them... And if you're reading this and telling yourself that I am wrong and you won't let them then let me tell you; that's exactly what I told myself when someone tries to give me this advice. Good luck friend.
Hi G100, I have found it counterproductive to count days like that, as it puts pressure on you, and the thought of going back to 0 is devatasting.
You need to view it in another way, in the past x nunmber of days, you have only gambled a few times. You are doing amazing, and it is very rare for someone to just stop gambling immediately, so reducing your gambling in such a way is great progress.
Keep on posting.
Ok so here I am again after a few months gambling again. Several thousand down and now need to pay it back and quick. Very depressing but i’m Going to give it another go and stop from now on. I know the hardest part is the start so my first target is 7 days.
Hi All
this is my first time to the site.
i feel I need help and I am really hoping someone on here can talk to me about how I can stop gambling
I don’t know if I have an addiction but I do binge gamble on football.
For exmaple over over the last 5 days I have staked over £2,000 on football and mainly in play. Yes I have won some of this back but I have never spent this much in a short period of time. I need to stop.
I have done gamstop but op but I always find ways around this.
Can anyone relate?
Tjanks
@TBA you are writing on a 100 years old post
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