One month GF

It's been just over a month since I reached out for help through GamCare and I can happily say I am still gamble free. The day I put the blocks in place was the day my life restarted. A month ago I still felt so lost, putting the blocks in place I wasn't sure how this would all go, whether I could really restrict myself from something I have spent soo much of my free time doing. My debt had built up and felt totally out of control but its true what they say one step at a time. 

The first step for me was putting the blocks in place, the second step was battling my mountain of debts. 

I reached out to StepChange regarding my debts and they have been brilliant. They set me up with a DMP and were so quick with doing so. They were brilliant to talk to and have given me a way of being able to afford life again without sinking deeper. I urge any one on this site who is worrying about debts that they have racked up to go through StepChange. Yes, you lose your credit score but lets face it in the grand scheme of things we can't be affording to take out new credit anyway so to live within our means is the best outcome. 

If it wasn't for putting the blocks in place I do think the temptation would've been there... I've self excluded through gamstop also so even without the websites being banned I cannot sign up for anything and honestly this is actually the best way to tackle this awful addiction. 

The money I was losing earlier on this year was shocking. I had lost all sense of moneys worth, I was wasting time after work sitting on slot sites and totally lost myself along the way. 

I didn't know what I liked anymore, I didn't watch TV, I didn't text people back all I used to do was sit for hours gambling away my hard earned money. 

My first DMP is getting taken out on the 1st June this has honestly given me such a sense of relief. After a month of having my own money not seeing withdrawals to slot sites taking up all of my transactions instead seeing NORMAL transactions like Tesco, petrol etc everyday life things gives me such satisfaction. 

The wins were never worth it because the losses were soooo bad. I have more hope than ever to stick gamble free and I hope anyone who has only just signed up see's this today and remembers just how quickly life can change in a month don't debate the exclusions just do it.