2017 Challenge

Day two and counting

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Thanks Deano,

I thought about it and decided to come off the challenge. It's not good "example" to follow & such " gambling" is exactly the main issue for some (as yourself). I truly don't want to mislead orhers.

Sorry for taking your time up.

Keep going everyone, don't believe what devil is whispering..it's empty promises.

All the best for the year all

Sandra x

Just wanted to say I think Sandra do whatever is going to help your recovery and if joining this challenge will help do it and if you are happy with the way you go about your recovery then you tick this off as a win. I buy the lotto now and then and I'm happy to say I'm gamble free for 200 odd days but I respect that others don't want to do anything which is why I just don't talk about it if I have bought a ticket. If I bought 40 tickets one day I'd say that's gambling but for me the odd ticket I'm happy with. We all need to do what makes us happy and what works for us. That's what I think anyway. Good luck to you whatever you decide but you've helped many on here (myself included) I'm sure we all on this challenge would be happy knowing we have helped you to. But you do whatever you feel will help your recovery.

Thank you so much 2ndApril17,

I am appreciating your thoughts and am absolutely fine with what you say ☺

I shall think about it all and come back on the challenge later in the year if feel it's right thing for me to do.

Again, sorry for my ever changing decisions, i have to do what i feel is right for me.

One day at a time
All the best

S x

Checking in for the first week, 30 days GF.

Just to say thank you for the setting up of this group but that I'm now going to regular GA meetings so will use this for support and to measure my progress, but wish everyone on here a very successul 2017 whatever way you choose to access support.

Checking in at 105. Back to work today, urgh!

RA

Day 6 for me lol but well done on 105

Room for a late comer boys ?

Worked out my losses amounted to £16,000 in 2016. No more. 8 days GF. I once went 1,200 GF so I know I can do this.

Please count me in.

We'll add you into the next update your more than welcome to join anytime.

Sandra I'd say you're more than welcome to continue as long as you're being honest with yourself and if that means abstaining from slots that's fine.

Posted on behalf of LEST-WE-FORGET

Amazing achievement 1000 days plus. Congratulations.

i can second the need to stay focused though as i messed up after a straight run of 596 days gamble free and it was destroying to start again at day 1......so keep up the great work and methods. i have just failed for the second time, this time @ 136 days as i thought i could trust myself to go just £100 and ended up in a few hours doing ten times that limit i'd set as lost my control on it as soon as i had a little taste. Back on day 1 again.

Third time lucky.....

Its a disappointment to lose such massive day counts and has a bad effect on life in the aftermath, such as getting credit and loans/overdrafts where you would not normally of had to, its best avoided in the first place.

As "triangle" says don't think you're cured as thats the crux.

All the very best to you, and i shall aim for your target once i get successfully through the 2017 challenge.

Best Regards

LEST-WE-FORGET

Posted on behalf of Honk

Hi all,

I would like to sign up to the challenge again. This will be the fourth time now and really need to start again and kick this habit once and for all. Things were looking up but started again about a week ago by opening up a new account online. I was attracted by the welcome bonus and unfortunately I found myself around £500 up. This started it all again and I've been betting on everything including basketball and ice hockey into the early hours of the morning. I'm now around £1000 down in a week and need to struggle through to pay day. This is no life! I was starting to feel good about things again but now I'm back to square one!

Anyway, one step at a time. I've been here many times before and know how much easier it gets with time.

Thanks to Dean0 and Oldham for running the challenge this year. Happy new year everyone and good luck!

Honk

Keep the faith , come on people we can do this , I hate to see people feeling like they've lost but you haven't we are all human we can fight this

Checking in

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