Time to finally give up !!

I always seem to find ways to gamble, last Monday I nearly lost all of my £6000 savings account which I had saved up in the bid to buy a house next year, however I ended up winning £6800 with my last bet. Then on Friday night I got the gambling bug again, as soon as my timeout had finished which I had set after managing to win my money back on the Monday night I then proceeded to lose £3800 on sports betting and virtual racing. I'm open and honest about how gambling has effected my life but now it's time to quit !!

Hi Craigy ! First of all ! You're in the right place and well done for signing up here ! I'm also a recovering addict and had only been GF for the last 16 days ... you'll find this place really helpful ! Keep us updated with your progress 🙂 I'm pretty much in the same situation as you are ... if you have time you can read my diary too 🙂

Sars

Thanks for reading my post and I've just gave your diary a read too! Think this is going to be a struggle but willing to battle through it. I know for a fact that I'll still be checking horse racing results and football results etc most days and thinking that I could have been betting on them but I've self excluded from all my betting accounts and I've never been one to go into betting shops and bet hundreds like I do online !

The start of day 1 for me and up bright and early getting ready for work. Sadly still have that sickening and gutting feeling in my stomach at the amount of money I lost over the weekend. I've decided that when I have an urge to gamble I'll now be heading into my local gym which is a stones throw away. If anyone else has any good ideas or good books especially then let me know.

Day 2 ! Been a hard last 24 hours especially mentally ! Keep thinking to myself when my next win will come or my next bet but dont have any betting accounts to bet on as they are all self excluded which i suppose is a big help !

Just out of interest does anyone have any good books that relate to getting over addicitons ? Thanks

A suggested book on another diary is Allen Carr which looks good S:)

I personally would give Alan Carr's book a swerve...I read a few pages & ditched it as in my mind I was reading "just say no" over & over again.

If you're serious about getting help, the Big Blue Book (which is the AA bible for want of a better phrase) is an eye opener. You've been around the site a while so you know that you need to do more than just self exclude & hopefully some people will be able to recommend other self help books.

Have also just read good words over on one of the f&f threads about The Happiness Trap...Recommended by cardhue (Louis) who is successfully using ACT.