34 days gf checking in
73 days
Little miss lost wrote: Checking in by the skin of my teeth. I know for a fact I would have gambled if I didn't have this diary to update so thankyou Deano and Oldham. It pains me to say it but it's true. How anyone can stop gambling and say they've no urges is beyond me. One day I hope to get there!! x
Well done and keep going, you can battle this!! 🙂
I only started this a couple days ago but I've already managed to mess things up for myself - I went into detail in my recovery diary.
Day 1 (this is my final Day 1 - mark my words)
Checking in, still gf...I never thought I'd make it to 35days let alone 350!
Been a very busy week, even more so than usual...but I'm not complaining 🙂
41 and still going strong
Checking in on day 83
Checking in
Checking in day 60 GF
Checking in for the week, keep fighting everyone x
checking in day 8, feeling good
Checking in 47 days wow feeling bit un easy as got money again nearly failed this week
Good Morning !
I'd like to join this challenge - a little late but I'm here to try again. I first joined this site in Dec 2014, on Boxing Day, having spent another few hundred I couldn't afford to lose on online slots. I've had varying success over the past couple of years - I think the longest I went gamble free was around 9 - 10 months and I also helped manage the check ins for a while on the 2015 forum. Well, I last checked in on the 2016 challenge around October time having had a reasonably successful few months. I decided the challenge wasn't needed and wasn't helping and that I wasn't interested in gambling any more ... it was just reminding me of gambling. So, I just stopped checking in. Since then, it hasn't been a complete disaster - I refrained from gambling for the rest of 2016, but in January this year, an 'innocent' trip to the bingo resulted in my guard down and complacency allowed my old 'friends' to entice me to play. The dreaded slots!
Recently I've been heading there a few times a week, usually averaging £150 losses - I cannot win as when I do win, I just play longer - until I lose the lot and more than I can afford to lose. It's a vicious circle - as a compulsive gambler I really cannot do gambling as a social thing .. like I pretend I can ! Eventually I just end up losing sleep, worrying about bigger and bigger losses and frantically reassessing my personal finances and debt recovery plans. I'm actually good at managing my money in some ways believe it or not, it's just the gambling I cannot manage - it manages me - logic and reasoning and all common sense leaves me when I'm piling the pounds into the machines.
Anyway, on the positive - I've returned to join this challenge ! My goal is to reach 365 days gamble free.
I am using today as day one as it is a particularly memorable date for me, it holds memories of a person who is sadly no longer with us, but who was a person of great strength and wisdom. In that persons memory I want to take strength and use this to mark my new DAY ONE. As a mark of respect, I vow to stay true to what I say here today and I'd like to join you all on this journey to a gamble free future.
Best wishes to you all for the coming week and year and it's great to see so many familiar names back on here as well as loads of new names. Thank you and congrats to Gary - 1000 days - and for running last years challenge. Thank you to Oldham KTF and Deano for starting this challenge - I won't let you or myself down this year and that's my promise.
I'm here 🙂
Checking in, thank you Deano and Oldham for doing this , best wishes all on this journey x
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