Max withdrawal on my debit card again!.....Roulette machines

Well done for staying strong Chris! My problem is slots in the casinos. d**n machines.

Thanks star 27!

Guys its been 32 days no gambling and i feel so diffrent... i cant really explain you just need to see for yourself! WHEN you get to this stage you will understand. ive been gambling for around 15 years and ive got memories coming back to me from year ago. its like ive been a zombie for years just moving on in life looking down and not focused on what was happening around me. I look at my wife and my daighter and im thinking how did i get here? Where the last 15 years gone? ive missed so much. the world has so much to offer. Again i cant really explain but will all soon see what i mean.

The question is... AM I LOSING IT?!! when i read back what ive just written its sounds like im on a diffrent plantnet. but its the only place i can actually sau what im feeling becaue ive kept this secret life of being a addcited gambler to myself all these years!

Hi Chris , I spoke to you pretty much the first time you came on the forum on post 5, just wanted to say well done buddy and yes ,I know excactly how you feel right now !. When I spoke to you I was on day 67 and tommorow will be 100 days since I last gambled , I can tell you chris it only get's better my friend . I too realise that I was in a totally different world while betting and I'ts great to be back home again !.

You sound great and so positive , so happy , I'm glad you found your life again , what better present to yourself and to your family at xmas .

Really happy for you buddy !

been there mate , always my fav place to go on high street , ???? but its not our friend as it messes with your head and lose control and thats what they want , well done alan only way of getting better is to abstain and slowly be a normal person , i want to treat the bookies liek an arcade place , ill never go in there , its krap and rob u , still see bookies different , we are nation of gamblers its obvoius loads gonna turn into addict , its an addictive game

Hi everyone, I'm just checking in! been really busy the last few days so I haven't been on here much. I have sometime tomorrow to catch up. 34 days today and no gambling!!!'nn

hi chris mate how are u ? well done mate your doing class , i been paid today and i gotta admot had £20 in FOTB as had meeting all day and was waiting to be picked up 0930am , and knew it was wrong so won forst spin took out £33 and now really trying to avaiod all bookies on my walk home

stay in touch over weekend dont be weak like me

Hi Spraggy2014, im good thanks. how are you? Its good that you walked away after one spin but you have to stay out the bookies mate. go get a coffee or a beer instead. that £13 you won is nothing compared to how much they will take from you in the future. can you imagine if you lost that £20? i gaurantee you would have put more in there chasing your money! be strong this weekend... check in as much as you can. keep reading what other people are goung through. theres a guy who lost 120k in 8 hours just last week and that was his retirment money!! can you imagine how he feels... going from having a comfortable retirement... pun lunches, little holiday, etc to having a basic life and struggling to keep up. mate... we need to stop this before its to late.

Spot on Chris... the time for messing around and treating this as a game has passed. This is serious life changing stuff. Need to get it confined to history.

Hi change, d**n right my friend. I'm not messing around with this s**t anymore, I'm done with it. 34 days and not one penny gambled, and I don't even want to play...... Can't stand it

We seem very similar on that Chris. I think I've been playing round with quitting for too long. I'm totally done with it. It's over. I fail to see the point anymore as I never win.

How long have you been gambling change? Im 34 and been doing it since 18 started on the fruities and then moved onto the roulette machines. Something just clicked in my brain and I've suddenly looked at myself and through what the hell are you doing

Yeah gambling properly since I was legally able to... but it wasn't compulsive gambling. I'd say the past 4 years have been compulsive behavioural gambling. Large bets. Lots of stress. Lots of anxiety. Every day. In the past it was a coupon every weekend and nothing when the football season finished. I bet on any and everything and mostly I know very little about the sport. I was fasinated with bet fair. I saw videos of people trading and winning but it's all smoke and mirrors.

Let's keep ourselves busy today, play with kids, take your partner out shopping, watch a DVD, go for a coffe, clean the house, etc. just don't gamble!!!

wise words chris , bloody hate xmas shopping tho , but gonna take my little girl to the park and watch the footy so wierd watching 3pm games without a bet , that how long i done it

At home playing with my daughter, we walked to the shop earlier and I've just realised I didn't even think about buying a scratch card!! I forgot they were there. 35 days today. Feeling happy and a lot more relaxed. I can't believe how much better I feel and it's only been 35 days. I've noticed that a lot of people only come on here when they've lost or when theve just gambled and then disappear for months and then come back saying the same thing. So what I'm going to do is to try and check in every few days at least, even if no one reads it its great for me to keep track of my progress. I thank everyone for your support and it's great that I've got somewhere to share my thoughts as I've kept this secret for 15 years to myself! I hope your all having a gamble free day!!