Checking in 21/07/19 day 365. I can’t believe I have gone a whole year without gambling, ive been trying to quit for 18 years and never thought I could do it. I’m still not complacent and take it day by day. Blocks and self exclusion has been key for me especially the self exclusion from land casinos and online, without these I fear I could never quit.
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That's fantastic - its exactly how I feel.
5 year exclusion was just a massive weight off my shoulders and I think proved to myself I was serious about stopping.
Must have self excluded for short periods from literally dozens of sites individually over the years, in hindsight it was always just a desire to repair slightly my finances or wait for the next loan / credit card to come through.
Totally agree, people are to afraid to commit to long term self exclusion including myself, I used to do 6 month stints of self exclusion from my local casinos and then count the days down till it elapsed, did 5 years from the lot this time which probably isn’t enough either ....
Checking in 21/07/19 day 365. I can’t believe I have gone a whole year without gambling, ive been trying to quit for 18 years and never thought I could do it. I’m still not complacent and take it day by day. Blocks and self exclusion has been key for me especially the self exclusion from land casinos and online, without these I fear I could never quit.
🙂
That's fantastic - its exactly how I feel.
5 year exclusion was just a massive weight off my shoulders and I think proved to myself I was serious about stopping.
Must have self excluded for short periods from literally dozens of sites individually over the years, in hindsight it was always just a desire to repair slightly my finances or wait for the next loan / credit card to come through.
Totally agree, people are to afraid to commit to long term self exclusion including myself, I used to do 6 month stints of self exclusion from my local casinos and then count the days down till it elapsed, did 5 years from the lot this time which probably isn’t enough either ....
Nico L here ,
Im back again after trying to attempt this last year on several occasions. Having gone through this for probably about 9 years enough is enough with stints of abstinence in between . I hate gambling it’s been like a weight on my shoulders for sometime. It has been casinos both online and local and FOBTs at the bookies.
Today is day one having spent a lot of money last night which left me feeling on the edge of being suicial, I don’t think I can’t take gambling anymore.
Cheers Nico.
Dear Nico,
I am sorry to hear that you feel so low. Would you like to contact us on the Helpline or Netline to talk this through?
https://www.gamcare.org.uk/get-support/talk-to-us-now/
There is a lot you can do to help yourself stop and we can also offer additional support and treatment in person. Our services are open from 8 am to midnight every day.
Kind wishes
Gabriele
Checking in on day 593 still gamble free
Checking by on 138 days now !
138 days checking in
Congratulations johnlostmydo on achieving one year gamble free
Checking in.
congrats all, especially John. Inspirational stuff
Nico L
Checking in on day 4.
Checking in gamble free. 🙂
Booking in another week gf ?
Checking in for the week GF
Many thanks
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walliss77 - 3511
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Johnlostmydo - 372
K2 - 335
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Gareth1983 - 151
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Matt692 - 19
Nico L - 5
Well done Gareth1983 for passing the 150 day mark.
Welcome back to Nico L, sorry to hear you have lapsed and feeling so low.
As a minimum please register with Gamstop for 5 years.
Exclude from betting shops using the multi exclusion scheme
https://self-exclusion.co.uk/how-the-scheme-works/
Exclude from UK high street casinos
www.playingsafe.org.uk/sense-information
Give gamblers anonymous a try.
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