2016 Challenge

Garyl1976 wrote:

Hi all,

Welcome to the first check in totaliser for the year. Great to see many new names and welcome back to people who were on the 2015 challenge. Can you please check your numbers and I will edit if I've made a mistake!

Glad to see 35 people checked in. I've had a good read of all the stories and it's been a great reminder to me of the pain and suffering I was in when deep in my additction.

Every day bet-free is a success to a compulsive gambler...hope you all have a fabulous gamble-free week ahead and I shall provide an update next Monday. The challenge will, of course, remain open to anyone that wishes to join.

happy days - 751

triangle - 659

delboygolf - 654

Garyl1976 - 640

I Wished - 615

Glads Dad - 406

MrStop - 351

Balvaird - 265

Casey - 259

boxingdaysmay15 - 234

andy14 - 224

The Ghost - 161

brutus123c - 129

Hallster - 129

Thegerman - 64

William1986 - 48

adampoker - 44

Dean8008 - 44

Manupnow - 39

justwanttobenormal - 31

spud1966 - 29

change - 28

MichaelS - 25

LifeBegins - 19

Samster - 19

Stephen2105 - 12

FEB2013 - 5

Rick6832 - 4

GT - 3

Noproblem - 3

tilly1976 - 3

Dejanero - 3

johnlostmydo - 3

donas1979 - 2

JaneyMc - 1

Checking numbers I knew there was a difference of 7 days between myself and delboygolf. Not that important but if you get a moment.

• triangle 293
• delboygolf 286

thanks for the hard work Gary. Appreciated. Tri

triangle wrote:

[quote=Garyl1976]

Cheers pal and apologies..updated it so there's the right gappage! Think it's correct now as I've added an extra day to last years total to take effect of the extra day to a Sunday now. Stupid spreadsheets...

Hi all,

Welcome to the first check in totaliser for the year. Great to see many new names and welcome back to people who were on the 2015 challenge. Can you please check your numbers and I will edit if I've made a mistake!

Glad to see 35 people checked in. I've had a good read of all the stories and it's been a great reminder to me of the pain and suffering I was in when deep in my additction.

Every day bet-free is a success to a compulsive gambler...hope you all have a fabulous gamble-free week ahead and I shall provide an update next Monday. The challenge will, of course, remain open to anyone that wishes to join.

happy days - 751

triangle - 659

delboygolf - 654

Garyl1976 - 640

I Wished - 615

Glads Dad - 406

MrStop - 351

Balvaird - 265

Casey - 259

boxingdaysmay15 - 234

andy14 - 224

The Ghost - 161

brutus123c - 129

Hallster - 129

Thegerman - 64

William1986 - 48

adampoker - 44

Dean8008 - 44

Manupnow - 39

justwanttobenormal - 31

spud1966 - 29

change - 28

MichaelS - 25

LifeBegins - 19

Samster - 19

Stephen2105 - 12

FEB2013 - 5

Rick6832 - 4

GT - 3

Noproblem - 3

tilly1976 - 3

Dejanero - 3

johnlostmydo - 3

donas1979 - 2

JaneyMc - 1

Checking numbers I knew there was a difference of 7 days between myself and delboygolf. Not that important but if you get a moment.

• triangle 293
• delboygolf 286

thanks for the hard work Gary. Appreciated. Tri

Checking in on day 4. Feeling rough lately, work is stressing me out and i think that is why i caved in on new years eve, didnt make me feel better though. I have anxiety and panic attacks sometimes too so gambling just adds to it. it is a nasty addiction. Its only day 4 but i will break my no gambling record this year. Hope you all stay strong.

Check in on day 4

All the best everyone and stay strong

D

Good luck everyone! Gary, please put some numbers in brackets next to the names?! These could be previous attempts?? Mine is 75....usually crumble by then! Not this time!

Thegerman wrote:

Good luck everyone! Gary, please put some numbers in brackets next to the names?! These could be previous attempts?? Mine is 75....usually crumble by then! Not this time!

Thanks, but didn't you say yesterday it was Day 64? Not a problem updating it...but a little confused!

Sorry Gary. I meant if people have previous records to beat, they could be put in brackets

Thegerman 65 (75 to beat)

DAY 5 - CHECKING IN. Long road ahead. Worried i will crumble again when i get to 33 day mark like i did on new years eve.

Hi

day 1 for me did really well abstained on challenge from march until November then fell apart

will now try again

good luck everyone

jim

Sorry to hear that Jim...but welcome back to the challenge and good luck in 2016.

GT - will add the extra day on for you 🙂

Check in day 268.

Best wishes

J33 wrote:

Hi

day 1 for me did really well abstained on challenge from march until November then fell apart

will now try again

good luck everyone

jim

Welcome back Jim. Grab hold of the challenge this year and don't let go.

thanks gary for resettling days

Just a reminder in the 2015 challenge, a wednesday night in the chat 8-9pm was a useful place for any 'challengers' to meet and give each other a bit of support. Its a casual invite.

Tri x

I'm a bit upset with the amount of people on this site not confident that they will last long gamble free and 'crumble'

In my experience negativity breeds negativity and I feel a more positive approach I.e 'I am definitely going to beat my last attempt' will not only help yourself stay strong but also have a positive effect on other people on here also...

I'm a bit upset with the amount of people on this site not confident that they will last long gamble free and 'crumble'

In my experience negativity breeds negativity and I feel a more positive approach I.e 'I am definitely going to beat my last attempt' will not only help yourself stay strong but also have a positive effect on other people on here also...

Maybe Dejanero people look for advice on here and dont get a single reply off anyone. I joined this challenge and yes i am struggling, that is why i am on here, and i havent had a response from anyone. Your post is very unhelpful to me and many others. A lot of people on here are battling this in their own way so sorry if its not all upbeat positive posts. Maybe people should actually bother responding to people's posts or trying to see why they might crumble etc. Anyway DAY 7 CHECKING IN, but i might just keep my own record of it if this site is like this. Useless.