2014 Challenge

hi ye I going to joint with you to challenge 2014

Mrbrightside and Marek. I too, will join you guys in this. Look forward to hearing about us winning this fight in 2014.

For me, It's a fight for life. My thoughts tend to become more and more severly suicidal after each relapse. Not sure how much more I can take, the fights real. I must win.

Goodluck friends.

Count me in.

I know precisely what you are saying Judderman, after my last relapse for the first time I seriously considered the though of ending it. I'm not saying I came close or anything but it was the first time I found the proposition of suicide appealing. So Yes, a fight for life it is and one each and everyone of us can win. One day at a time right now. Wishing everyone the very best of success I beating this disease in 2014

Rock & Judder - you've both just scared the living day lights out of me.......I lost my younger brother to suicide in 2009 and don't think me or my family will ever truly recover from the devastation it caused. I've thought about it many times but am getting help for it as I could never ever put my family through that again. Please promise yourselves that you'll speak to someone before it ever gets that far.

As for the 2014 challenge, I wouldn't even know where to begin, hence the ask. But at least I know there's 4 of us that are up for it.......I might make an a**3 of it, but I'll give it a try.........but I'd imagine of of the regular posters will start something.

Mr Brightside

would really like to join you guys for this challenge. I am currently 10 days clean and counting!

Good on you, Hardtimes. 10 days is good going! I can't go a day without normally. Will post back when I get to 10 days. Goodluck.

I'm definitely interested. Why don't you start one Mr Brightside?

Me too but getting confused about which thread we are all staying on! I am proud of reaching day 12 today but not pretending that I have cracked this, of course. Louise

Why not have this as the thread! Day 1 - gamble free.

Also, why wait for 2014. Start now! We need all the help we can get, make 2014 a better year.

I posted on the other thread as well but have copied and pasted, as I take it this is the thread we are using now

I would be happy to join the thread, I stopped gambling 11 days ago and would be happy to share experiences, milestones and support that would help with the recovery.

Babybluesky

its been 11 days for me to babybluesky. I really am aiming for a gamble free 2014 so would really like to do this challenge. we can all do it together which really makes things easier.

hardtimes well done on your abstinence of 11 days. I'm also aiming for a gamble free life, it's great to know we are not alone and can all help each other out. This is a great idea as hopefully will make us all more determined to reach our goals of a better life.

Mrbrightside - Really sorry to hear about your brother, I can't imagine what that would feel like. The good news for me is that when I'm not gambling I'm as happy as they come, it's just in those moments of weakness I think those dark thoughts. Of course I would never do that, I have 3 children and I intend to be here to see them all grow up.

I'm doing this in 2014 but I'm not waiting either, by the time new year comes I will be a month clean already. I've done longer before and I'm sick of hearing my own bull s**t about how this time it's different so i'll let my abstinence do the talking this time.

Best of luck everyone.

Morning everyone

So my inexperience with the forum and challenges has shone through - and I guess my want to support and be supported!! So, let's use this combined thread for ongoing chat, milestones and threads.....plus to encourage each other through the good and the bad times. There's quite a few of us who have been chatting.......and made commitments to themselves that this is their time to release from the hell that is gambling addiction...........so here's who they are and how many days I think they all are on the journey.....

Mr Brightside - 14 days today

Marek - ?? days today

Judderman - 2 days today

Rock_Bottom - 20 days today

Hardtimes - 12 days today

lec101 (Louise) - 13 days today

babybluesky - 12 days today

I'm sure a few others will join us too. I'm not going to spend a huge amount of time administering things - predominantly because I don't know how to, but let's keep checking in with requests, days tallies, supporting words and any experiences that you think may help the group.

What's amazing is that we have a combined total of over 70 days of being gamble free.......which means that there's a potential when Marek adds his days and another 1 person joins that on Wednesday this coming week, with the support of each other and no relapses then we could reach a group milestone of 100 days......now, that would be a Happy Christmas!!! Looking at it another way, and knowing some of our collective gambling habits and losses.........that would mean that as a group, we would have refrained from giving around £10,000 to the bookies. Scary huh? But fantastic!!!

Let's keep going everyone - we can do this!!!!

Mr Brightside