Hi,
Wanted to check in and start a new thread as I felt that the other one now has served its early purpose to wake me up to what I was doing and get the relevant advice. Plus the tag line of it is a sorry reminder to the mistake made.
I'm currently on holiday and it's the holiday I mentioned on my first post thinking I had now blown the chance of going on. Thankfully I can pay for it in chunks with the parents and will be giving £300 out on pay day. It's been a great holiday and cheered me up somewhat. Looking forward to seeing my GF back in the uk now tho.
Anyways 29 days completely free and I want that to be 365. Working over time to recover my (comparatively small) loss. I will have this in 12 to 15months. If I steer clear I will have the lost amount plus a decent amount in an ISA for my house deposit.
I've woken up to the errors of my ways and can't imagine wanting to give money away now that my brain has lost its delusion. I have been in a bookies since the loss (but that was to hand in my CV in a desperate attempt to get extra work to cover the loss) stupid right! Temptation would be nasty!
Thanks for all the support along the way and thanks for the indirect support from other forum threads. I was told about a casino self exclusion and I will look to do this when I'm back in the uk as drive around a lot with work and see these ("glamourous") places a lot.
Don't really know what I actually came here to say. Nothing inspirational coming to mind but I don't want to put myself in the fininacial or mental mess that was whirring through my head (and still is a little bit) ever again.
I'm sure I will still be visiting the site on my journey. Not for just the year but probably my whole life as I know I probably have a weakness in this area. The more money I have to hand will not help the situation either I can imagine. I hope the words of advice I may offer is ok and I just want to give a little back to those that have helped me. I don't have much to offer regarding advice as young and lack experience but my support and hope that no one finds themselves in a mess as a result of acruel business is mainly what I normally want to communicate
Thanks again.
(Put this on the new members section as 29days must be considered as new, plus I have a diary on a separate site, think it's a bit boring tho as not quite a poet but instead a construction worker haha)
Reddy
Good to hear youre recovery is going well reddy , good positive thoughts and moving foward. Never ever forget the darkness though my friend. You will always be a recovering compulsive gambler and like myself be on gaurd now ....
Have a great holiday , gamble free and good luck !!!
Thanks LostSoul.
Im just really annoyed at myself now because even tho I have only lost a small amount in perspective I know how long its going to take to get it back on track with overtime. I guess that alone is a reason not to gamble, just too easy to splurge and binge! It needs to be treated with caution majorly....
At least January/Feb 2017 I can say I will be in a better place financially and mentally as I will have this fixed and learnt a massive life lesson on the way. Just taking one day at a time like they say....
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