New here, just lost my family

Yes I found comfort in food... Eating it though, not cooking it LMAO 🙂

Yum All done!! And I haven't put a bet on!!

Day 6 tomorrow!!

Well done and not giving in to the urge, these will come and go, you will get stronger and the days will tot up before you know it. Each day you are claiming a bit of the person back that you used to be before the awful addiction controlled you. Best wishes on your road to recovery x

Great job on resisting the urge K. I resisted some strong urges just last night I'm too tired from work today to have urges . I have not totally admitted I will ever stop gambling but I have admitted I need to take a break and get and keep with the counseling and working towards a mindset of stopping. That's the best I can do for now. And I'm open-minded to the counselor changing my mind in the forum change my mind and helping me see that I have to stop I'm just not there yet. But I am resisting are just trying to go less and less as I just cannot afford the time or money spent he's not as much time and money as I've been spending maybe about I'm to 20% that amount of time and money is what my life could handle.

Keep going KP!

Keep going everyone. Let's all have an enjoyable Chrustmas - for once! Lets give ourselves a break from this waste of time and money.

KEEP GOING!!!

Congratulations on a new day GF 🙂

This is superb KP. Genuinely proud of you mate. We know this is a tough journey but what an amazing start!

I believe me, you and Katie can genuinely do this!

We are going to get our lives back. And whatever twists and turns life brings here's an old saying...

If you do your best, everything will be for the best.

I just been into chat room. Because I put my usual 1 lottery line on which I have for last 10 years I've just been told I've gambled and I'm back to square one?

I don't see an issue as it's not an issue for me?

Am I really back to square one?
I don't think so.

To me gambling is pumping a fruitie.

Keep going everyone!

I don't think so....:-)

Exactly, Rhoda. Welcome to the Day 6 club, KP! What a great place to me. You are doing brilliant

Thanks all!

I knew it would be fine.

It's not like smashing a machine is it.

We CAN and we WILL.

No way !! I for one don't see a line on the lottery as problem gambling..

Quite agree Katiecoo 🙂

I was told at my GA meeting even a lottery ticket or a flip of of a coin is a no no so its a tricky one but even if I did do the lottery regardless it creates a false illusion that it can change your life by winning lots of cash just like any other gambling when you dont win you keep trying the odds are always stacked.I rarely won anything big anyway so its seems like i am a rubbish gambler beginning to realise the important stuff that I have sacrificed not just money but my wellbeing,time wasted on this nasty habit and most important of all family and trust.Im sure most of us here have people that genuinely care so to me thats my focus yes at the moment there is an emotional distance with highs and lows but got to keep being positive.

I tend to agree with Uncertain Outcomes. I think what constitutes gambling is a subjective matter at the fringes. I'm in a lottery syndicate at work and intend to continue, for example.

Why, you may ask. Well, for one, people at work don't know I have this problem. Suddenly withdrawing from a syndicate I've been in for over 15 years would raise unnecessary questions and leave me feeling uncomfortable.

Secondly, I do not class it as gambling but that's my personal view. To me, I Iook at it a bit like premium bonds, where you 'gamble', I suppose, foregoing the interest element with the chance of winning a cash prize.

My brain simply doesn't see it as a problem. £4 a month over 15 years, I can live with that. It simply doesn't turn me on gambling wise. I'm on Day 10 and, for me, that's the end of it.

However, quite rightly, other views are available. We set our own boundaries when we embark on this battle to stop, and good luck to everyone who goes for it.