2014 Challenge

Checking in. No thoughts of gambling at all but I know the next 2-3 weeks are going to throw a fair bit at me which in past I've fallen down on. If i don't cave in then I might actually believe I can have a gamble free future. I can do it!

Morning all - Check in Day 183 so that pushes me just through 6 months which is something. All the best!

Good morning everyone,

Checking in gamble free for 1 more week. First week back at work after 4 weeks off has been difficult.

Welcome to the new or returning members and well done to all involved in this challenge for your contained efforts to beat this addiction.

Have a great gamble free weekend.

Mike

Checking in day 55. Not a bad week probably the best yet in terms of feeling ok however betting is never far from my thoughts. Particularly difficult at work where gambling is spoken about most of the day!

Have put some things in place that may allow my awful financial situation to be at least organised and give me a path out of this mess although it will take years, but I think that may allow me to relax a little and maybe have some clarity of thought to actually appreciate where I am after 55 days of abstinence because at the moment I feel no different to day one.

hope and strength to all.

Mark

Hello everybody, strange week an old friend of mine from my casino days told me he's gambled away his entire life savings and is preparing to come clean to his wife. We had a long chat and I told him about my problems I think it helped us both just to talk to somebody. Well busy week ahead so hopefully be about to keep my mind on other things. Take care, Daz.

Mark

So on day 55 you still feel like you did on day 1. Wow your doing ever so well then mate.

Keep it up

Hi, my name is Julie. I am struggling to quit on my own and wonder if I might join this challenge group. My gambling, slots mainly, has been a problem for five years but I have only recently been honest enough to admit it. I am thankful (hence the name) that I have a chance to put things right and work towards a better future. Jx

Quick check in for me this week. Day 9 done! Best wishes to all.

Checking in still GF 🙂

Checking in on day 38, been a tough in aspects of family life! The gambling has remained away, I have my head in the right places now so I am actually able to help out more and prove to the people around me that I am taking the right steps to lose this addiction and disease.

Hi everyone. Mr B has asked me to let you know that the update will be late! He has had an even more crazy week than usual! He has been working away & dealing with the family issues he has already shared. He has been at the hospital all night with his Mother in Law who has badly broken a bone near the elbow. They are now waiting to see if it will need surgery! So he will do the update as and when he can! He has had such a huge amount of things to cope with & through it all he has pressed on with his recovery! I am so proud of him! His recovery is a gift to us all 🙂

Bornagain where are you? Please post!

Baggins I hope your twitch has now settled - you are fab 🙂

Hope you are all having a better weekend than Mr B, stay strong and don't waste one single penny!

Love Mama B xx

Checking in on day 171 nearly 6 months.

Mama B - sorry to read that Mr B's still experiencing 'the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune' - but what a fighter!

Please pass on our good wishes and best thoughts to him.

May I just echo your plea to Bornagain - Phil, please come back to us - we miss you!

Welcome to the newcomers - stick with us - when Mr B gets back to base camp he will give you all the gen.

Joanna

Thanks Mama B and Joanna, been a bad week for me as I slipped up again. After all my hard work I feel I'm back to square one. I have felt for a long time so close to giving in and now I've gambled twice, my last bet was earlier in the week. I feel like I won't ever beat this, I can self exclude from more bookies and put more barriers in place, but the thing I can't stop is this feeling inside that lures me back into a bookies. First time round I won and had a night out, second time round I very quickly won a large amount and then very quickly gave it all back plus an extra 400! I have avoided the forum this week as I had pretty much given up as I just keep going round in circles. I want to stop more than anything but just keep making the same mistakes. I'm not even sure I should be posting on here, I committed myself to this challenge and I've failed.

Hi Bornagain

I am very sad for you that you have gambled and are feeling pretty s**t at the moment, However You have recognised your mistake and you are still here.

I am sure that you are low and have a worthless opinion of yourself due to your actions.( I know cos I have been there)

There is ALWAYS light at the end of the tunnel. We are all in this together and if it means starting again.

PICK yourself up DUST yourself down soldier, GET a grip of your urges - YOU need to implement some BIG barriers to help you start back on the straight and narrow.

When I get my urges ( after 150 days my urges are still there) I think about if I gambled how UTTERLY GUTTED I would feel the minute,the hour the day after.

The biggest thing that helps me is the thought of letting my fellow soldiers down - that for me is something that keeps me clean and that in itself is my strength my barrier my survival technique

I hope that my post and the other comments that I am sure you will get will help you continue on and aid you in your journey

I keep pushing my goal on and on..and it feels brilliant to get to each one - think this way it helps !!

Take good care be strong and while you are a little weaker post every day if needs be

Best Regards Glads dad