2016 Challenge

Day 10 and my first check in ,

Have set up an alarm on my phone to post on this thread every Friday .

I am Adam I've had problems with gambling online poker mostly and I've been on this website for five months. I'm currently on day 42

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Great to see some familiar names from the previous challenge joining the 2016 challenge and also welcome to new members too. Let's make 2016 memorable for the year of success in our efforts, checking in weekly and keeping an eye on the forum thread really is a motivation to keep going each day and week that goes by. Best wishes to each of you.

I'm checking in on day 29 for the 2016 challenge! I'm hoping to get to this time next year 2017! I truly truly want to......A little bit about myself.. iv been gambling on and off for around 10 years probably more to be honest, it started with scratch cards, for years i,d spend hundreds a month on them! Then I discovered online slots a few years ago and boom!! Life got a whole lot worse and poorer! I,d sit for hours at nights gambling hundreds away on slots, one thousand in one night!! is the highest I went.. my problem is I think I also have an addiction to saving money, and I give myself stupid targets to save each month it's ridiculous really!.. I'm now at a point after 29 days gamble free, where i think f##k it!! I'm gonna have fun with my kids! and spend all the money I would have spent on gambling on fun days out and treat my kids to things they want and need, and what evers left over gets put aside for a fab holiday in the summer! Xx see u all next week Xx

Hi all, really pleased to have come across this challenge and would like to be a part of it. I have been a CG for approx 22 years now on/off......more on than off! I started on fruit machines at the age of 17 and then turned to online slots. I have been bailed out of debt a couple of times by my partner and family as they are aware of my addiction. Last year I took up a DMP with Payplan and will be debt free by Aug 2016 so long as I keep to it.....which I have done so far. I normally get paid on the 29th of the month and usually by 30th there is very little if anything left in my account. I have previously received counselling and I am feeling much better than I did this time last year and I do feel that I can achieve my goal. I last gambled yesterday and determined that will be my last day. I have money (only a bit) in my account so I have self excluded from all sites and will stay strong. Good luck to all with the challenge and well done to those who have achieved their goals and sharing their experiences.

triangle wrote:

Welcome to all the faces new and old to the challenge. 2016 is a fresh start for us all but if i offer myself any advice its not to see this as a short term solution. Stopping gambling for those afflicted needs to be taken as seriously as the consequences could be.

Here's to the second of many posts and check in's of 2016. Tri

Welcome again to all those joining the challenge.

I would like to invite you all to the 2016 challenge chat that we hold on a wednesday night in the chat room. Last year it was a bit hit and miss, but nothing says new years resolutions like giving some hope. So come on roll up lets make the difference.

To get on the chat, hit the chatooms on the forum board and follow the instructions. Wednesday 8pm - 9pm. See you there.

Day 128
Happy New Year
I started 9-10 years ago and have hit rock bottom to finally make me accept I have a problem.
I have lied, stolen from OH, sat up all night chasing ВЈ100 but spending £500 in the chase had no self worth and no true concept of money whilst doing all of this.
I have and will everyday check myself to make sure I don't submerge myself in that destruction.
To be the person I once was pre gambling will never happen as the scars and the hurt are too deep.
But to be a recovering CG for the rest of my life I will accept the title and work hard to maintain it.
I faltered several times last year but I am a tryer for life now so will try to not give up giving up
Cheryl xx

Checking in Day 223

Checking in on day 2. Struggling, but have no cards at my disposal so impossible to gamble. Does anybody else have anxiety or panic attacks which could be linked to gambling or woek. Just wanted to see. cheers.

Checking in on day 27 for me...

Hi all, and Happy New Year.

Checking in on day 47 for me. Christmas and new year went by without any thoughts of gambling, plenty of frustration when reflecting over 2015 but feel I'm going in to 2016 more determined than ever to get my life together.

128 days gamble free

I would like to join this thread. I too am in the GA program and it seems toi be working for me. Though the old temptations are still there and actually crept up on me last week but I didnt act on those and promptly went to a GA meeting to talk about it. I was addicted to financial spread betting for about 7 years and lost a lot of money. It tended to be binges where I would gamble a couple of months, then quit for a few months. My longest time quit was about a year and my biggest fear is a relapse. But I'm now in recovery and I hope and pray that never happens.

Wishing you all the best in 2016 and I hope to check in once in a while.

I want to join the 2016 Challenge. 351 days without gambling.

We've all suffered one way or another because of our addiction. I've had my own personal journey to hell and back.

This forum and the people that contribute have helped me greatly over the last 12 months.

There have been many success stories and I have been encouraged by them to stay "clean".

Things can get difficult but it is possible to beat this addiction with the right measures in place.

Best Wishes and Happy New Year.

First Sunday Check In

GT wrote:

Checking in today as it's Sunday. I need to make this a regular routine for the next 52 weeks or so.

Have a great week, all.

GT

Gamble-free in 2016

It is a good routine. pick the same day and do it whatever. well done all. Chhecking in myself for the week. Tri