2015 Challenge

Morning all.

Checking in on Day 100 Gamble Free! So happy to make this milestone!

Morning troops, 9 check ins to go, lets have them all by midnight!

Morning Troops.

Missing soldier back from battle !

Hope all troops are still on track and that I'm welcome to return and rejoin the 2015 challenge with gusto !

Boxingday1 here I should have been on 148 days and after just under a week of online gambling I've returned to give it another try and stop for the rest of this year.

After around 140 days gamble free the urges got too much. My trigger was allowing myself to go to the bingo. Somewhere inside I believed I had the strength to resist the slots and just play bingo on a social level. Although I never had my issues with bingo (it was always slots) I always knew bingo was a trigger to go home and play slots online.

Sure enough I managed to get online and open a new bingo site (still the intention of just playing bingo) but as soon as I did... Yes you guessed it. Bingo wasn't enough and I was straight on the slots. I'd let my barriers down and when I'd bought a new laptop about a month ago I'd installed k9 blocking software but never 'got around' to having my friend set the password.

I'm now feeling a bit regretful about the week. I initially won £120 and thought wow, easy money. But a few nights later that was gone and I'm now £110 lighter. Not a disaster but that's because it's a week before payday. But still, at a time when I'm saving all spare money to convert to euros for our family holiday it's £110 less spending money for us.

I can quite well imagine if there'd been more available funds in my account I could've wasted a lot more money.

But wait a minute, I'm beginning to see a £110 loss in six days as not a big deal. Who am I kidding ? £110. That's a £6700 loss over a year if I did that every six days .... And that was me playing 'carefully' and not having access to more available funds.

Well ... I've had my few days of 'fun' and clearly it isn't fun. It turned me into that horrible person again, short tempered with my family and feeling unhappy. Looking forward only to wasting the night watching reels spin around. Knowing I could win ... But ultimately I won't win. Gamblers can't win as they can't stop. I for one know that is soooooo true.

So I'm here ... Back to take the reins and give it another shot. Here to beat my 140 days gamble free stint in my first attempt to quit gambling. Second time around now, I've got the same determination and motivation I had back on Boxing Day 2014 which was my day 1.

Now my day 1 is may 15 and that means around 224 days left to beat my record and see out the rest of the year gamble free. With blocking software installed on my laptop (and still on my phone) I'm ready for the challenge. Today is day 2 !

Clare (aka boxingday1)

Glads dad checking in on a good week.

Checking in day 12 and in a reasonable place mentally and steps taken to ensure today is gamble free..

Hello my name is Chris

my gambling is totally out of control I cannot go a day without placing a bet online ... I got paid no more then 48 hours ago and have lost the lot chasing lost money betting more money then I have I've bet and lost all my bill money and more.

A few years ago I finally got out of a very abusive relationship ( thank god! ) and not soon after met the girl of my dreams and 2 years down the line were in talks of saving for a mortgage but how can I when im gambling all my money week in week out I've spent majority of the morning banning myself from all online betting shops and I feel good for that could say this is the first step to stop I need to do this for my girl for myself and for my future

my name is Chris and I'm a compulsive gambler.

heres to day 1

Checking in day 49. 7 weeks no gambling, feel ok at the moment. I did find myself looking at a betting ad that showed up on a website, plus there was a pop up that was saying open a new account, bonus this/that...

I just put my tablet down and found something else to do. So I can't say urges are the problem, it's more the temptation side of things. Thankfully I didn't gamble.

Hey Chris...keep focused, you clearly WANT/NEED to stop gambling. 7 weeks ago, I pretty much had no hope left. Now, with the support of some great people on the forum, and through many posts in my diary, stopping gambling is at the front of my mind. No it's not easy to stop, but with a little commitment to this website, and staying active here, it gets easier. You will literally watch your gamble free counter go up...

Good luck mate...

Checking in on day 148. No gambling so all good.

Checking in.119 days without gambling. Not posting on other threads recently due to computer problems. Had to use mobile to do this.Internet connection not good.

Cheers Paul much needed uplift there 1 day at a time is harder then it sounds

Checking in day 114 GF

Checking in 168 days clear and gamble free
Cheryl x

Checking in on day 423.
Steve.

Early check in for me as will be busy this week so Checking in for this week and will be smashing the 20 week barrier this week.