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Thanks for the Rollcall mixer!

Happy to report all is good here and still GF! Just getting used to the normal gf life, and have just taken a better job with better salary and better prospects so I am feeling really positive at the moment. I am confronting my anxiety, which has really got bad through gambling every day and putting my body through hell. That is my next "obstacle"!

Although I havent posted recently, i do read through the chain regularly and it is great to see the activity!

Hope everyone is well and will try to check into chat soon!

Athena

Thanks Mixer. I'm here for the long haul. My finances can't withstand another period of gambling so that's that. With gambling, my future is bleak and without gambling I can see a much better future ... approx 2/3 years time where I could be much more financially stable. I'm paying back gambling debts of several hundred a month. I feel the effects of gambling every month and it's a huge regret. I know I can't turn back time or change the past. I can only make changes one day at a time and this will shape a much brighter future. Really determined this time. I will do it !

Day 10 checking in

I have blocked another 3 companies and can't find anymore

Athena - I'm delighted to hear you're on the 'straight and narrow' and enjoying life 🙂

Boxingday - I really enjoyed your post. Try not to regret - but always remember, There's an enjoyable life to live in this next 2-3 years; you'll appreciate the important things and find money is but one of many key components. Time, and spending much more quality time with others, is another.

Christer - consider blocking software that will save you trawling for more companies. Because the devil side of your brain WILL find another spending opportunity (straight after payday, of course). Always be alert my friend.

Moorey - Congratulations. You are never gambling again. One day at a time, of course, but why do it? What's the point? Time to enjoy life, right 🙂

Checking in on day 23. Feeling ok, just treated us to a chinese- first time spending anything on something "unnecessary" . Full and fulfilled, happy days. Keep going everyone!!

Day0 after 193 I had to be honest with my self

I'm here, been quiet for a while. I have not gambled but I'm feeling fragile. I need to be strong, not easy this, is it??

Another gamble free week. Work has been so busy I haven't had any time to come on here, but will make the effort to catch up this weekend.

Have a nice Friday all!

Checking in on 30 days.

Thanks Mixer for all your hard work and encouragement with this challenge.

Velvet - excellent; treating you and your loved ones for a guilt-free treat; wasn't that meal, and the bonding, worth it?

HowDidIGetToThis - I'm really sorry to hear you relpased and just hope it didn't cost you the earth; relapses can hurt tremendously. Straightaway, get back in the saddle. You've done it once, and can do it again. 193 days to beat. It's as simple as that. Also, take a close look at why you relapsed and put practical steps to stop a re-occurence. Kudos for your honesty; you know this is deadly serious, you know I'm deadly serious, so there's no room or time to mope - so straight back on the right path Ok 🙂

Adam808 - delighted with your progress, thank you for popping by and have a great weekend, my friend!

Paull - A pleasure; thank you for the kind words. You are now a Striver - the most important target to reach. Now, you're in the zone, PROVING you mean this and heading towards one of the best Christmases in recent times. Yep, let's - for once - look forward to Christmas. Even with limited funds, it's more than possible without the ball-and-chain of the ghost of gambling past. We're saving ourselves, and our loved ones can't get enough of it too! Have a great weekend Paulll.

SlotFool - thank you for your post and, you're right, this isn't easy and you did the right thing to post. I understand fragility - I've been there, I won't pretend I haven't. But remember the hurt, guilt, skint feeling and how others perceive this pathetic addiction. Rise above it: how you deal with this, and the steps you put in place, will define you as a person. How do you want to live this life? Also remember, gambling a mere ten hours a month can wipe your entire monthly income. Just do "something else" for those 10 hours! Being bored with money in your pocket is infintiely preferable than being bored and skint.... a month's a long time when you're skint. Keeping posting, SlotFool, and I'll always respond, every day. Keep strong, Ok, and remember: you don't HAVE to gamble, you know. You don't HAVE to choose misery. Choose the alternative, that is, life, and how life is meant to be lived. You know I'm speaking sense 🙂

Day 5 day gf ree good advise mixer as always is there any blocking software u would recommend for android phone

Checking in on day 69....On holiday at the minute one which had been thankfully paid for before my last relapse ....Know we can have more good family times together in the future but only if I remain gf .... using this as motivation for me.

Day 6 gfree I'm impressed I found more sites and opened with them both and self exclude and I never even wanted to gamble on them I still feel bitter for last week and self excluding all of them

156 GF DAYS !!! Checking in 🙂 whooopp whooop