[Closed] 2019 Challenge

Checking in gf for the week ?

reset please Gamble free 4days.sorry to let myself and you guys down.

Checking in day 316.

Checking in day 316.

Checking in day 316.

walliss77 - 3455

onlyme - 1177

Samson - 994

dswright1 - 826

chartom3 - 540

Johnlostmydo - 315

K2 - 279

Rst2019 - 158

bdog - 155

D122010 - 138

Gareth1983 - 95

boxingdayfresh - 84

tamber12 - 79

Chrissybcfc - 4

Browner24 - 2

Big welcome to Chrssybcfc and Browner24 joining this week.

Day 87 checking in still gamble free 

Day 142. Checking in. Thanks for the update 

Posted by: Ineffable

Back to day 1 - d**n it!

Didn’t lose much and don’t feel the urge to continue - just disappointed I gambled - don’t know why - didn’t have a big urge to - I might suppose it was a bit of a test but I could be deluding myself.  Anyway it’s over.  Determined to enjoy the summer without the cloud of gambling over me - am going to get my life back on track and enjoy another gamble free year.  -365 and counting down to 4 June 2020.  

Sorry to hear that Ineffable. Glad there was not too much damage done.

Don't get too focused on a calendar year or 365. Just numbers in the grand scheme of things.

Try and work on what triggered you and how you will cope in the future.

Ken

Checking in for the week on day 544, gladly still gamble free.

Early check in because it’s my birthday weekend and I may not be around.

160 today (days gamble free, not my age)

Happy Birthday Bdog - hope its a good one

Everything is better when you aren't gambling.

Checking in - gamble free. 

Checking in gf for the week 

Hi Everyone,

I have had problems with gambling for coming on 20 years now, can remember going to my first GA meeting only 16 thinking that i didn't have a problem and it was only a bit of harmless fun (how wrong was i). I have had long periods in the last 20 years where i have not had the urge to gamble however this last 12 months have been as bad as i can remember;

Im spending far more than i can afford in betting shops & casinos and this has caused me serious financial & personal problems. My addiction has always been on slot machines and casino games - blackjack, roulette etc. In the last couple of months alone i have lost hundreds of pounds at a time and left myself in a position where i am struggling for the remainder of the month until i am paid (by which point i have borrowed, pawned items to manage and have to pay these back leaving me feeling the need to gamble again to make up what i am paying out). It has been a horrible routine i have been in these last few months and something i am determined to get out of.

I have a young son with my ex and i have found my gambling over the last couple of months has cost me time that i should be spending with him & not in casinos. Im not sure what has caused me to gamble so much in this last 12 months but i would like to join this challenge and check in for day one.

Hopefully this can be the first day to finally becoming GF.

Thanks and continued best of luck to everyone else.