It has to stop now

Hi Guys,

My parents do have my bank card.. The only problem is that I can still go to the bank itself and get money out. I will see how I deal with it when it comes to pay day. At the moment I have not got any urges to go and gamble. If I do I will fully have to handover all my money to my parents. I want to see if I can control my urges on pay.

I will keep u updated!! Thanks for reading 🙂

Good luck sadgirl. As payday approaches I would ask your parents to make sure your whole wage is withdrew just incase. It may be too early to test yourself and better safe than sorry? X

Hi jw1976,

I guess you are right at the moment I feel like i have a good frame of mind on. Im actually start to feel different. After reading Allen Carr on easyway to stop gambling have me changed me in thinking differently. Gambling is an addiction and we are brainwash into thinking we will win. The only way to over come it is to train your mind into thinking that you never going to win in gambling. The house will always win. So I have been training my brain that im never going to win and it kinda works. It's putting me off gambling. So the only way to know that it's working is wait til pay day. Plus I have not touched my funds that came into bank on Friday. It is still in the bank and I haven't got the urges to gamble that!

Thanks for reading x

Well done hun. I haven't heard of the book I might have to try it. For me personally I only find I gamble to win when I'm chasing losses. The rest of the time I can't explain it. Iv got no reason to do it At all other than the thrill of it and I'm starting to think I actually enjoy losing! That's sounds ridiculous but I can't explain it. Anyway I'm planning an early night because I don't yet have blocks put on the computers and I have money in my account at midnighT. I'll update tomorrow hopefully with news of the bills iv paid and nice things iv bought insteaD! Night Night x

Good luck and night night

Hello everyone just thought I'd check gotta say it's been difficult so far this week with Cheltenham but so far I haven't really been tempted because I've been working but it has been in my face a lot, I am staying determined though and have therapy tomorrow which is helping, stay strong everyone

Well done AlbiOn. I wish I could share some good news but a free 20pd bet led to a 110 loss. I am so disappointed in myself. I am fighting the urge to chase it back. It was money I couldn't afford to lose and was feeling so good. It isn't a lot of money but it's the fact that I did it AgaiN..I'm beginning to think I'm beyond help X

Your not beyond help jw, you seem to have a lot going for you but this illness will take anyone, take some positive steps it's gotta be done, have you tried your local GA? x

Jw1976, that's why these vermin bookies offer free bets, I phoned one up once to cancel my account only to be told they had put £50 credit in because I was such a valid customer, of course the addiction in me said THANKS VERY MUCH!!! £600 later I was phoning up again to cancel my account!!!!! They just squeeze that bit more out of ya!!!! Don't beat yourself up over it, it's been and gone. Just learn from it and be prepared for it next time. You need to ask yourself.... Ahh that's nice of them, WHATS THE CATCH!!! Stay strong mate!!!

Thankyou both for your kind words and advice. I can't go to a ga meeting bcos of work and family but I know I have to try harder and somehow beat this. I don't just want to stop losing I want to stop gambling and that is only gonna be possible if I do something to help myself. I need my life back. Xx

Jw you seem to have all the answers and know what needs to be done, I've had many failed attempts at stopping gambling and every time I start again I seem to get myself to a lower point than before, It's a terrible illness this but it can be beaten with enough effort, best of luck xx

Thankyou AlbiOn. I suppose the plus side is we aren't in denial and know we have a problem. I can talk the talk now I need to walk the walk. Back to feeling run down and anxious but determined. I hope u r still doing well x

it's 50 days today gamble free today, by far the longest period of abstinence for me, things are getting a lot better all round but I'd thought I'd get back on here before the complacency gets in, hope everyone else is doing ok!

Hello everyone I've just come back to share some good news its 101 days today gamble free for me, I just want to thank everyone on here for there support, things are starting to look better financially slowly but surely, it will take time because of the huge amount of debt but there is light at the end of the tunnel and my mental state has improved ten fold, I don't miss gambling but I also realise one moment of weakness could be fatal so to speak, thanks again everyone and good luck to you all

Well done Albion.

A fantastic effort.