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Hi
Im new to this to.im on day 7 hoping to make another 7.
I have registered with GAMStop it doesnt stop all sites but it has helped me alot.
Good-luck x

Hi Glenda,

Good luck in your journey. I have GAMSTOP with the 5 year exclusion, I have also installed GamBan on all devices that I think would gamble on, even if someone has showed you how to delete it, ignore them have the determination to fight the urge to gamble. Every day you go gamble free, the more you can actually enjoy life. I am a young 18 year old and had not had any debt but with an addictive personality I knew I had to stop, I am now 32 days without a single bet, no guilt, no shame, no tears.

Everyone has their own way of keeping their mind occupied throughout the day, maybe find some new activites - take up a new sport? attend an evening class? I always like to keep a note of the amount of days I have gone without gambling, which i do on my notes on my phone, simply every night before I go to bed add the date and add an emoji tick. This just keeps me on straight and narrow, now with 32 days ticked off it looks great!

Good luck with your journey, hope things work well for you. And get rid of gambling, vile thing. It disgusts me that people profit off people illnesses. We had an external speaker conduct a talk at my university and the first thing he told us was how much money he made by owning a casino, I could not sit there anymore because I was disgusted by his morals in life.

Where there is a will, there's a way. If there's a will to stop, maximise all the possible adjuncts to eliminate your access. You have done the right thing..but no hard dropbox full proof, and our minds can find ways to deviate and get around such blocks, if the mind is willing towards gambling..

My advice.. Don't figure out how to take off any gambling stopping sofrware..if you find yourself uninstalling stuff and removing your barriers, pause... Seriously pause.. And turn your phone off, give it to someone else..

Best way is to downgrade to a non smart phone... I did that once went back to a Nokia.. It worked well for me when I needed it to.

Thank you everyone means a lot and knowing I’m not alone and and talk to people who knows what it feels like day two but feelin like I can do this xx