2016 Challenge

Sorry late checking in.

437 Days.

Take Care Now.

Good Evening All.

I'd like to rejoin the 2016 challenge after a shakey couple of months back gambling away my hard earned cash. I've read through the 138 posts I've missed since I've been away and hats off to those of you still on track and hitting those personal milestones. I don't want to dwell on the past 2 months but now want to look forward to a gamble free remainder of 2016.

Being part of the 2015 challenge played a big part in my success last year and I now want to make tomorrow my day one and commit fully to this challenge once again.

i look forward to treading the gamble free path with you all once again.

Thanks to Gary for keeping this running and also to those of you posting inspiration for others too.

Boxingdayfresh

Welcome back, great to have you back aboard ☺

boxingdayfresh wrote:

Good Evening All.

I'd like to rejoin the 2016 challenge after a shakey couple of months back gambling away my hard earned cash. I've read through the 138 posts I've missed since I've been away and hats off to those of you still on track and hitting those personal milestones. I don't want to dwell on the past 2 months but now want to look forward to a gamble free remainder of 2016.

Being part of the 2015 challenge played a big part in my success last year and I now want to make tomorrow my day one and commit fully to this challenge once again.

i look forward to treading the gamble free path with you all once again.

Thanks to Gary for keeping this running and also to those of you posting inspiration for others too.

Boxingdayfresh

Thanks Gary - I am here to stay ! Really helps knowing others are fighting the same addiction and seeing people like yourself doing tremendously well over a sustained period of time. I will do it ! No bingo, no slots, not wasting another penny on the gambling this year !

Hi my name is Steven and this has been a long time coming. I've just walked away from a loss less then an hour ago and need to do this. I'm too ashamed to talk to anyone about this and I think that's a massive hinderance to my recovery so I think this is a step in the right direction.

I've been gambling since my 18th birthday and haven't stopped (I'm 30 now), it's been a hell of a ride with a lot of highs and lows but I need to stop now. I don't get any enjoyment out of it and even when I do it I know it's stupid and it's going to lead to heartbreak and a huge waste in time. I need to stop, I want to stop but I keep getting sucked in.

I'm sick of lying to myself about quitting so I'll just say I'll try my best to keep coming back here and stop gambling until 2017.

Thanks for reading

Garyl1976 wrote:

Hi all,

Hope you all had a lovely Easter and welcome to the slightly delayed check-in for the week. I've been doing some nice positive (normal?) things with no thoughts of, or urges to gamble. Will keep on the right road today and then plan to do it tomorrow. I hit 2 years gamble free around midday on Sunday. Am on a stag-do this weekend, have had to turn down so many of them of the years as gambling left me with no money. Onwards and upwards.

Welcome to the new members - JoshP1861, Wiga89 and Cardiffboy27. I hope you find this challenge helps you on your journey. Also welcome back to Batman22.

I've also done a quick check and 44 people have joined the challenge this year. but haven't checked in this week - anyone is more than welcome to rejoin at any point.

Huge congrats to everyone who has passed a milestone this week - xmercx, bjornpogi and Tom_2015 have all bashed through 50 days; LifeBegins and Samster have reached triple figures, and OldhamKTF has been 6 months GF. Congrats to you all.

Keep up the good fight guys and do the right things.

happy days - 835

triangle - 746

delboygolf - 739

Garyl1976 - 724

I Wished - 699

Glads Dad - 490

Balvaird - 349

Casey - 343

andy14 - 308

Oldhamktf - 186

Thegerman - 148

Dean8008 - 128

LifeBegins - 103

Samster - 103

FEB2013 - 89

tilly1976 - 87

johnlostmydo - 84

xmercx - 53

bjornpogi - 51

Tom_2015 - 51

thereaper - 47

newbeginnings - 29

Its Over now the rain has gone - 19

Batman22 - 9

Cardiffboy27 - 8

Wiga89 - 5

JoshP1861 - 4

Hats off to one and all!!

Checking in gambling free this week. Well done to all those other soldiers checking in!

Tri

Checking in day 54 🙂

Please can I join your challenge? I had been 239 days free of gambling and then stupidly I started again about 10 days ago, online slots being my downfall, lost over £400 in just that short time, sickening, have now installed k9 on my laptop, should have done that when I first started on my gamble free journey last year, I could kick myself :(, coming on here and joining a challenge last year helped me so much and I really could do with some help as those urges are back with a vengeance!

Check in on day 353

Joining again please...

Checking in. Day 95.

Take care all.

Feb.

Hi everyone, Saturday and Sunday are my hardest days. Sport is on and it's so tempting to open a new online sports gambling account!! I wish I could put my details in a website database that would stop me from playing from all new online bookies!!

But hey!! Stay strong! 156 not out and I will win this time! I am double my last effort and I am determined to be one of the model citizens of this community!!!

Checking in day 35!

Good Morning All

Best wishes for the weekend. Stay strong The German, you're doing amazing 🙂 find something fun to occupy your weekend free time. Forget the bookies !

Checking in on day four. Tough going in the early days but the decision to rejoin this challenge is helping me to stay strong against temptations. Going to find other ways to occupy my time and spend my cash. Going to the cinema and out for a meal tonight. Must remember not to begrudge spending money on these things and remember that gambling to pay for everyday expenditures and treats is not an option. I have enough money to live and gambling is not a necessary part of my life. I must remind myself I've never made money from gambling. I like to think I can make money from gambling if I play sensibly. I have to force myself to see the bigger picture and look at how many thousands of pounds have disappeared from my pockets and bank account into the casino's coffers.

Thousands of pounds of debt still!

Previous attempts to quit saw my overall happiness and wealth improve dramatically. I will beat this daft addiction and be a proud member of the 2016 challenge once again with a lot of days left to clock up ! Nine months ... Approximately 270 days I guess. I will be able to build up a respectable number of days gamble free ... I can and I will !

Enjoy the weekend Guys 🙂

Boxingdayfresh

Checking in on 441 Days.