Hello everyone. It's been a while since my last post about relapsing. I can thankfully say since then i have remained gamble free due to putting stronger blocks in place. I've added more shops to my multi self exclusion and also not only giving my cards to my girlfriend but also every bit of cash to her. I used to give myself an allowance for the month but i found this meant if i found a way past my blocks i'd have a way to blow it all. So now i have to go to her house if i need as little as a fiver. I've welcomed the news of the fobt machines being slashed to £2 stakes with utter joy. Now i have been reading other peoples views on this and some people have been saying it wont help as they will go online. I do agree with this but for anyone reading this post i strongly suggest you sign up to GAMSTOP now. By the time the machines get changed over the online multi self exclusion will have every online gambling website in the scheme. I signed up to GAMSTOP as soon as it went live but please do it if you haven't already. Back to my view on the stakes reducing. I used to play on the fobts for the thrill of winning big and obviously when losing, used to chase. Although i'll be renewing all my shop self exclusions and remain gamble free, i know that i wouldn't play on the machines with only being to play small stakes. Even in the thick of my addiction i never used to play pub slots or even those roulette machines you get in **************. My brain knew i couldnt win the big money it needed to satisfy my addiction. So id know if i decided to gamble again in the bookies on football bets, i wouldnt even bother on the machines. Like i said im not going anywhere near bookies again (banned from so many) and remaining gamble free. It's just my view on it. I haven't posted on here recently as i've been busy with my mind else where. Looking to put an offer for a mortgage with my fiancee so got all that going on. All i can say is that the recent news of GAMSTOP and £2 stakes has come at a good time for me. I could never say that i wont gamble again. This was something i used to post when i went 148 days gamble free. I said "I dont think ill gamble again". This time i'm just going to take it one day at a time. All the best
I have just signed up to Gamstop, was a final feeling but oh my I feel so much relief like i can actually now start living. I haven't lost a lot but what done it for me was leaving for work early to finish the online game that kept me up most of the night before? That is NOT normal behavior, that was out of control
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