Never gambling again

Welcome bad boy....as seen said you will get mega support here....I'm only 24 days gamble free...but knowing I can come on here anytime and get help us fantastic....one day at a time love...you will get there x

Hi Badboy and welcome to the forum fella , Firstly if your badboy I must be evil bloke ! Exactly the same problem with the bookies Fobt machines , I've lost thousands over the last few years as have many of us on here and it seems a pretty common way of doing it !.

I stopped gambling 151 days ago after a gambling career thats lasted over 34 years , so if I can stop then so can you my friend .

A few things that will help you along the way are to get something between you and the next bet , blocks they tend to be called on here and the simplist thing to do is to keep your Time , money location triangle broken , so if you take one away then you cant have a bet and it does work ! . Firstly if your betting mainly in shops then you need to self exclude , a couple of photos and a few minutes is all it takes , if any betting is on line then you can download free softwareyto stop you accessing gaming sites , also think about limiting the cash or cards you have access to , maybe by handing control of your finances to someone you can trust ?.

If you need any pointers then either contact the gamcare team or post on here and someone will reply to you pretty quickly usually !.

Hope this helps a bit but just ask if you need anymore help !, We all know how you feel right now because we've all been there , so no judgements here just help and advice !

Best wishes my friend and welcome to recovery !

Alan

Best wishes my friend

Hi Badboy welcome to the forum you have came to a great place for help and advice on how to tackle this addiction and move forward with your life. Read as many posts and stories as you can, recovery can happen, I wish you well x wcid

Hi Badboy, welcome to the forum, I'm still new myself, 6 days gamble free and finding this forum really useful, I find that anytime I think about anything gambling related, come to the forum and have a scroll through, takes your mind off what you want to do at that precise moment, and also by reading, you can remind yourself why you don't want to place that next sure loser! Hope it works out for you mate

Hey bad boy...how's it going...x

Hi all thanks for all your advice , I'm going to beat this addiction I must think positive ... I'm glad I found gamcare 🙂

Hi Badboy, hope you're doing ok. Well done on joining the forum; you will find lots of support here. Keep posting, I look forward to following your journey. Take care x

Hi all just an update 7 days gamble free .... I'm really determined to keep this up .. Not much more to say really but glad I found this site 🙂

Big congratulatons badboy.

1 day free for a complusive gamler is an achievement, so 7 is really great. If you haven't started a diary here, you should. When I was giving up the evil slots (which controlled me from the age of about 13/14 until 38), I found joining others who were current or ex gamblers, really helped keep me focussed. It was a sort of online family.

It can be very easy for the mind to say, I can do this by myself at first, but everyone trying to give up most definitely needs assistance and help, on and offline.

You will get urges and it's important to not only deal with them, but also when you have think why you had the urge and how you dealt with it. As someone has said break that time/money/location triangle and you'll be half way there.

Whatever you do, good or bad, stick around and keep us updated.

Hi thanks for all the advice 🙂 , I think the next big mile stone will be pay day at the end of the month .... Must stay focused on the goal 🙂 thanks all,your help is very much appreciated .

Hi all just an update still gamble free ,but still feel the urges to gamble but getting stronger ,you can do it but its hard ...no one said it would be easy just take one day at a time.....how you all beat this addiction ....love to all keep strong

Loxxie wrote: Hey bad boy...how's it going...x

yep going well not been here while just an update still gamble free ,hope your well

Poem i got online ,reads very well .....i wasnt into roulette but some are ...

When you are cutting it so fine Knowing all that is at stake Making mistake after mistake What lesson have you learnt From having your fingers so burnt That you can't even feel the pain You have inflicted on yourself again Have you forgotten that you have Responsibilities now you're a dad Your meant to be the one Who supports your wife and little lad You've used up all 9 lives and exhausted all the lies Can't kid yourself no more and started to despise The person you think you are Driven by dreams of a better life Believing that happiness is about the one thing that drives us all in life Money is the problem, you see We all have just one go, to live our lives as intended and pass on what we know Our children are the future now and that is why we must change To show them that we all have flaws but you can always rearrange The importance of the thoughts and far reaching dreams you have Take your chances when they come, let go of the nearly-hads Every day is a gamble for us, we try our luck in life But one step forward two steps back is the only path we've tried So time and time again our master plan is the same, expecting that streak of luck to come our way again You will know if you have had that chance handed on a plate But didn't call it a day in time before your compulsion sealed your fate So where do you draw the line, and how many times will you stake The love of every single person who has helped you out of your pitiful state The cost of losing self respect and loved ones who have tried To understand our problem, and supported us, while hurting bad inside We lean on them when all goes wrong and they carry all the strain Tired of hearing I'm sorry, and and it's only me that's to blame You believe every excuse you make for the situation you are in The mess you knew you would create with reckless spin after spin. So wake up now before it's too late, or it'll eat you up inside The slippery slope will kill all hope and drive you to suicide It's called the devils game for a reason you know, on your mind it will play tricks, did you know that all the numbers add up to 666? Good luck everyone