Hi all would like to join the 2015 challenge.
A month gamble free now, ups and downs and regrets about money lost etc but its slowly coming back. Few big urges but resisted so far and hope to continue this streak of no gambling. Going to be a slow process but am determined and know the future will be much brighter gambling free, 10x better than my past.
Tnsk
Morming troops, Happy Easter, sadly I still have to work! Theres 10 check ins missing, so I will extend check in till 10pm tonight and do the update then.
Sorry late check-in day 81, happy Easter everyone
Checking in day 127, been a good gamble free day feeding the family and enjoying an afternoon of board games. Good wholesome fun.
Cheryl xx
Sorry for missing check in guys. If I'm honest I'm not on the site often anymore and checking in totally slipped my mind all week. Sorry for missing it phil know how hard you work on it
Apologies for the late update, didn't go home after work last night, will get it up before work today if I can get home in time, otherwise will be after work tonight.
No need to apologise Phil, you are doing a fantastic job keeping us all focused on this challenge thread.
Will check in now I am here on 343 days.
Suzanne xx
As suzzane says no need for apologies, it takes a lot to look after this challenge and there's bound to be the odd Sunday were you can't update for whatever reason but your doing a great job and I for one (of many) are reaping the rewards of your hard work. Thanks again and looking forward to the update.
Checking In - Day 298
Hope you all enjoyed the Bank Holiday weekend.
Suzy
Checking in on Day 44, sorry I am so late, was out and about for Easter. It was nice having an Easter where I didnt lose money on slots!
Before you update you better get me off the list for now. Had a relapse on Sunday night. Feel very ashamed of myself and very disappointed. Have promised myself I will restart. Well done everyone else.
Challenge Update Week 14
Intro
Firstly apologies for the late update, I feel really bad for letting everyone down. At the moment I have a lot going on in work and I have been more tired and stressed than usual. I also have started seeing someone and it’s putting more pressure on my time. I promise everyone that things will go back to usual this week. This weeks update will be much shorter than usual.
We head into the first check in of April with 58 troops and 6 missing soldiers. This week brings up the first 100 days of the challenge and we have a really strong group of soldiers marching together and making incredible progress. I’m proud of you all! Thanks for the feedback about finances, it’s been really useful and clearly it’s not just me who has issues with dealing with cash post gambling.
Missing Soldiers
Poblwc, ry4ncj, dot83, egfr, natangclan and newhorizon71 I hope you are all well and you are welcome to rejoin the challenge at any time.
Milestones in the coming week
brennzky and tt1980 hit the half century this week, well done soldiers!!
mrdaniel1 and mjc1974 reach ten weeks free this week, tops stuff troops!!
Lemon25 reaches three months gamble free on Tuesday, great work!!
Mo, Jm24, Greggsboy, OneMoreDayLesMis, New-Start, insanity, spud1966, LEST-WE-FORGET and Honk all join the 100 club this week. Brilliant to see you all hitting the big three figures in the same week!!
Glads Dad reaches 20 weeks free this coming week, well done on 140 days pal!!
lollypoplol hits 30 weeks this week, huge achievement buddy!!
John64 and SuzyLemon smash triple figures this week. 300 days clean, amazing stuff!!
Roll of Honour/ Days Gamble Free!
Really hope the counts correct, please check I have got your figures right. Now for the important stuff, based on an average loss of 50 pounds a day we have collectively saved the grand total of……………………………….£280300…………………………………Amazing work troops, well done!!
Summing Up
Once again apologies for the late and shortened update. I promise this weeks will be back to normal. Stay strong troops, this Friday is day 100 of the challenge and you are all doing so well!!
Tnsk once you have made another post you will be added to the challenge, you need to check in with a count of days gamble free.
Poblwc so sorry to hear of your slip, try to learn from it and don't chase your losses, they are gone now, chasing will only lead to losing more. The challenge is open to you at anytime you wish to rejoin.
Phil no need to apologise. You are doing a great job. I think us soldiers need to step up and help you out. All Phil asks of us is that we check in once a week by a Saturday which is not such a difficult task to complete. When we were all gambling we did not think twice about giving up hours of our time to feed our addiction so 2 mintes a week to aid our recovery should be no problem. Once again Thanks for everything Phil and i know without your help i would have struggled to be this upbeat and positive 99 days in.
checking in on day 299, think this forum is absoulutely fantastic and i know this week will be tough for everyone on here but stay strong, remember i can not win because i can not stop
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