2015 Challenge

Checking in 77days

Good Morning.

Hope the sun is shining in your gamble free weekend wherever you are.

This week we have a few missing troops .. brutus123c, LEST-WE-FORGET, dontchase, GT, paul1001, adampoker33 and Chaney86. We'd love to see you back signing in this week..hope you've just forgotten to check in and look forward to your return.

Day Counts

happy days 604
SuzyLemon 423
triangle 514
I Wished 468
Glads Dad 259
delboygolf 507
Jm24 225
sonic boom 228
MrStop 204
insanity 221
mrdaniel1 189
chartom3 152
J33 148
barryt27 219
beckyc290 84
John64 436
Dazz1982 112
Balvaird 118
scotty1971 216
Garyl1976 493
bright future 100
boxingdaysmay15 87
Casey 112
Gerry8 41
andy14 77
Thegerman 45
nomorelosing 100
A86N 101
No problem 32

Rejoining this week, we welcome back:

Emily82 16

Better life 233

matty21 133

We also welcome a new member to the forum:

westham phil 6

A big congratulations this week to Mike happy days who hit 600 days this week. Mike has also made some excellent posts in the challenge this week about the difference stopping has made on his life.

MrStop reached 200 days this week too and this is a great achievement.

Joining the century club this week there's three... bright future, nomorelosing, A86N!

Some fantastic posts this week and many of you remembered to post a top tip or just share a little about how stopping has positively impacted upon your life and those around you. Thank you for sharing 🙂

No problem reached 4 weeks this week and Emily82 hit 2 weeks. These early weeks make all the difference in your comittment to this challenge and you can now build on this solid foundation and see out the next 5 months gamble free.

Wishing you all a great week and happy holidays if you're going away !

boxingdaysmay15 (Clare)

Thank you Clare, always get a little buzz seeing my name with the number of days growing beside it each week! Checking in safely for this week, will be doing battle against the evil demon day by day. Keep fighting fellow soldiers x

Hi,
I would like to join the challenge as everyone seems to offer good advise and support in our battle to change for the better.
My story is similar to a lot of yours starting with the weekend football coupons, then the fobts, then the online casinos. Lost literally tens of thousands during the last 10 years.
Currently on day 14.
Quit before for over a year, but fell back into the old bad cycle.

Hi TheGhost and welcome to the 2015 Challenge! Well done on reaching 14 days gamble free it's an excellent start and the days will build up one at a time. Keep strong and safe and remember just for today I will not gamble, good luck x

Welcome TheGhost

Welcome to the challenge and congratulations on already reaching two weeks. If possible, check in again towards the end of the week and let us know how you've got on. The first few days and weeks tend to be the toughest in my opinion, but with the determination to succeed it does get a little easier as you find other things to occupy your time.

boxingdaysmay15 (Clare)

Thanks for your very inspiring update Claire,

Checking on 468 days .

Keep marching forwards troops, keep strong and keep safe for you and all around you.

Suzanne xx

Checking in on day 507.
Steve.

Checking in on day 1

yes thats right, had a moment of weakness and should have known better

just have to knuckle down and forget this minor blip

Keep strong soldiers, it only takes one moment of weakness which could lead to days, weeks even months before refocusing.

Im confident that yesterday was just a small bump in the road for me.

thanks clare

checking in this week 514 days but never forgetting today is the most important day

Sonic Boom Hope you're ok and good you've come straight back on here to continue your recovery. The main thing to remember is nothing's changed. You are still 200 plus days into recovery for 2015 with the same knowledge and determination that got you there. You had a minor blip and reset the days counter.....however you've been honest with yourself and us and Triangle's spot on in what he says. Today is what matters and saying today I will not gamble is what you must now continue to say.

Be alert to the potential of chasing losses (if there were losses I hope not substantial ones). It is a risky time after a blip and can be difficult (but very possible) to jump straight back into recovery. If you have any way of minimising access to funds it could be a good idea to do something like that to help you stay gamble free in the next few days. Only you can decide whether you need to take any steps like this.

Best wishes and I know you can do it.

Clare

Welcome back GT congrats on your week one done.

Hi Clare

You are doing a really great job - appreciated!

Happy to say i am checking in on 100 days no gambling.

Last few days have been tough on a personal level and i've so wanted to gamble but i can't.. not this time.. i've now got 300,000 reasons not to gamble ever again.. i'm sure you can all guess what they are..

cheers

bf

Thanks bright future ! Congratulations on 100 days and well done for resisting during tough times.

Morning all,

Sonic Boom (Mark) sorry to hear of your minor blip, yes it is minor, and you have showed great moral courage to come straight back on hear to report your small error. Your doing really good and I am sure you will be able to dust yourself down and continue with your recovery.

Well done bright future for reaching 100 days, may it long continue.

Great weekly update Clare. Thank you for your continued time and effort supporting others in this forum.

Have a good week.

Mike