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Very powerful post jjones thanks for the share/insight. Wishing you only good things.

Day 8 has started for me. Read the posts for an hour......feeling empathetic and that I have read enough to know I am a compulsive gambler and will try not to gamble today

Day 8 almost up. Feeling a bit bored sometimes but trying to not dwell or stare at screen. Do regress and check scores but 8 days in and delighted to be eight days of not giving into this horrible illness. Goodnight

Day 9. Struggling lots if urges. Have tried to resolve by taking on couple of extra hours of work at sports club today. I have also just paid online for a sports massage to treat myself. I NEVER EVER do this as I normally ring-fence this as gambling money . Is this okay that I treat myself

Hi Rafa,

Hang in there and definitely treat yourself. Gambling gives you a perverse sense of money ... I went for a year not having lunch at work to save a tenner, and would then bet £5k on a hand of blackjack. I’ve told myself that I will treat myself to something every pay day, if i’ve not gambled .... not sure what yet, but need some carrot as well as the stick! Just think, if you were gambling, you would off betting, not taking on extra hours, so you deserve the upside from your hard work ...double figures tomorrow! Rich

Thanks mate thanks so much. Signing off day 9 feeling content. Goodnight and wishing everyone an enjoyable weekend

Day 10. Stupidly looked on BBC sport and saw a darts player was 4-1 down in sets and won 5-4 and keep thinking I definitely would have backed him as opponent would bottle it. U almost deluding myself to think I did win and I an back in profit and ready to gamble again. Gosh I hate this illness and need to stay clear

Day 11. Feeling great to not be gambling but feeling crappie to not gambling complete contradiction but that is what illness does to ones mind. Got to stay busy and distance myself from all these sports events

Good start..

If you want to keep it going click on my username and the follow the link to my blog. There you will see everything I have done to keep the problem at bay.

Read the whole thing, and send the link to everyone involved in your recovery so that they can understand how best to help you.

All the best
Mike

Thanks Mike will do

Hi and welcome to the GamCare forum!

I see you are off to a great start. Well done on reaching Day 11! You are quite right to try and keep yourself busy.

You seem to have really settled in to the forum and have been posting on your introduction thread every day. Why not start a Recovery Diary over in the Recovery Diaries section? Just go to http://www.gamcare.org.uk/forums/recovery-diaries, scroll to the bottom and click 'new topic'.

Best wishes for your continued recovery - we look forward to reading more of your posts.

Best wishes

Deirdre

Forum Admin

Thanks so much. ...will investigate tomorrow. Currently day 12 struggling but surviving

your doing very well keep it going the reason you maybe struggling a little is you a lacking the highs that you felt when you won at gambling you need to replace them find an activity or maybe take a course also maybe post on others forums on here especially if they are new to the site supporting others can often make you feel better also.

sorry didn't mean to hijack another members posts...

Understood and thank you. Day 14 underway feeling positive people say I looking well and I starting to realise just how many hours my eye's were glued to rotating odds and prices and odds comparisons and form sites.....it took over my life and time. Now the bags under eyes have gone and I am starting to look like a sports coach and not a tired bloke

Day 14 finishing with rather bored emotions again playing back a fortnight ago I was 8,000 richer and all the results i may have predicted correctly since. ....but I forget that I wouldn't be happy even with all correct predictions because I would then play more and more and not be satisfied