I'm on day 80 of not gambling today and I thought the gambling demon had left me especially as I'd been sober also for 35days today. I gave up alcohol as I was always far more tempted to gamble when I drank. But for some reason tonight I was so tempted to go to the casino gamble and break my good effort and have some drinks and ruin my sober run. I don't know if it was because I was in close proximity to a casino I like and have been to many times, or because I heard of someone going to the casino on their work Christmas party today. In any case I eventually resisted both the urge to gamble and drink and did neither, just went for pizza instead. Anyway just wanted to share how vulnerable I felt and how this addiction is still in me even after nearly 3 months of abstaining. I thought I'd cracked it but I'm clearly still not strong enough.
Hi well done for not giving in and staying strong, Its still early days for me but from reading posts on here even after a year or several it would be so easy to go back to and you always have to be on your guard. It is all about one day at a time, we cannot change the past bu we can make the future better by not gambling. stay strong and positive let's make that 100 days. X
Hi Mladina, full credit for resisting such a strong urge. I hope you have continued with your successful run and wish you all the best the festive period.
Hiya and thanks so much for the lovely message. Yes I've stayed gamble free since joining gamcare 97 days today. Lately I've had a few strong urges to gamble as I've felt I'm over my addiction and why can't I just enjoy a few hands of blackjack but I know that's just false sense of security lulling me to fail and the fear of going back to my s**t life as a gambling addict keeps me focused not to go back to the gutter that gambling addiction causes.
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