Time to stop

Hi Matty

I wish you all the luck with your rehab. You have obviously done amazingly well in the past, staying abstinent for a few years!! That is a fantastic achievement. Do you mind me asking what you think was the trigger for your return to gambling? I have been gamble free for one year on 18th Jan (apart from a moment of madness back in August when I gambled for a few hours).

I know what my triggers are - pay day and feeling financial pressure at certain periods. My last slip taught me a great deal - to understand what my triggers were and how to now manage them and to realise that trying to earn more money by gambling most definitely is not the answer.

Take care Matty. I am sure you can go back to becoming abstinent once more.

Feb.

I read a good book called Overcoming Problem Gambling by Philip Mawer. Maybe worth a try.

Cant speak for rehab or how it works except I guess of the wealthy film/pop/sports stars do it then all should be able to.

Im gonna stick with cold turkey, I can go long perods without gambling and this time I have had enough.

Hope all works out for you in rehab - perhaps you can let us know how you got on there?

In response to the two posts, regarding triggers I think I struggle with pressure and stress of home life and work and gambling is the escape, I think there's something missing in my brain when it comes to this.

As for rehab I went 8 years ago it is not what you think as In fully f posh twits, just a handful of down to earth people who. Have addiction issues

I think deciding to go back to rehab is a HUGE step in recovery, just in itself, as you are truly facing the magnitude of the problem and truly saying "I am willing to accept help for this and to really commit to recovering". So massive kudos to you.

I would also be very keen to hear how you get on, though of course you have to put your recovery first before you get into reporting back to the forum. 🙂

You do have a long gamble-free period in your past which you should draw on for strength - you CAN live without gambling. Having returned to it does not mean that you are "hopeless", it was never inevitable, the truth is that you have lived a normal life for many months without gambling and you can do it again. Yes you'll need to look at those issues that triggered you to go back, and you'll need to replace whatever gambling gives you with some other comfort (for me, meditation and exercise are very helpful). Whatever work you did in rehab before, you probably just need to do that little bit deeper, and maybe think about forgiving yourself?

I honestly think it's a great sign that you are still "getting back on the horse" in terms of recovery, you are not giving up, you're saying "right, back to rehab, because my life deserves to be better".

Anyway I just want to send best wishes and you genuinely have my respect for choosing the very public, very committed step of rehab.

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Thank you feet forward for your nice words, I'm leaving work to do this as I can no longer go on, telling work tomorrow, I will restart after my stint!

I to find that I use gambling as an escape from family issues and financial issues and always think I will win I havent obviously good luck I would be interested to know how it goes