How are you doing change? Still on the straight and narrow mate? P.s. Thanks for the encouragement it genuinely means a lot 🙂
Yeah im doing good thanks - feeling in a better mental state this time round. No real thoughts of gambling. I just want it gone and dont want to mess up rest of my life. It's my pleasure pal. We're in this together.
How you doing New Day and Anon Ad? Hit us with some posts to tell us you're ok and talk to us about anything you want to discuss?
Well done uncertain outcomes that's what I call a great result! You've came so far already 🙂 here's to another gf day!
Despite loads of sport viewed today no real urges,did think it would've been nice to have a footy coupon on as Jeff stelling was going around the grounds but I also know that to even attempt to do this inevitably means I end up on the roulette so that idea got quickly dismissed. Another day down and feeling happy as my gf total very slowly creeps up. Hope all is well lads I know the weekends can be tough.
Checking in and I've had a tough weekend if I'm honest. Just a cumulation of things really. Lots of sport on show around the weekend. Lots in the news. Work is incredibly stressful. Life is quite tough as well just trying to juggle things when work is so difficult right now. I've been heavy drinking. Even bought a pack of cigs which I'm not happy about. Balance of my account is low as I've had to buy a few things this month but I'm owed some travel expenses back from work so that will help once I put them through and get repaid. A lot of this stress would be reduced if I'd never gambled or if I didn't have the inclination to gamble. Managing the urges and the constant reminders that come from every normal activities - watching tv, seeing match of the day, picking up a paper, chats in pubs etc - make it very itching and stressful just to survive a weekend. I can see myself right on the edge and I need to push on through this week get to pay day just after the bank holiday and regroup to go again for another month. I need some release from work this week as well and need to avoid any conflict but that could mean I try and avoid things and the following week's difficulty is multiplied. All-in-all I'm feeling about 1 out of 10 today.
Morning lads,hope you woken up in a better frame of mind change. No one said this recovery would be easy but you've came so far I'd hate to see you throw it away. As for the drinking and the cigs at least you know that's not proving helpful. You need another form of distraction or a hobby even just pop out a walk clear your head space. I know that with work and debt and money worries things can seem a bit suffocating but it's a slow process and we can't go back. You'll get there mate. I'm also counting down the days till payday but then that brings a new temptation. Hang in there Change better days are coming! 😉
Checking in. Still gamble free. Hope everyone is going strong!
Well done New day me to 🙂 quite enjoying this however I know mr gamble will rear his head again...
Thanks everyone - had a bit of a better day so getting back to a level. Got an horrendous workload for this week but only so much hours in the day and I can only work through so much in a day. If someone wants to have a pop at me for that it's water off a duck's back. Thanks again everyone.
This guy is an unbelievable talent - please enjoy:
Nice one change. Talented guy indeed. I think the Wee tune playing on the piano on the jools Holland clip is from an artist called jaheim. Here's to a gf day,have a good one lads 🙂
I'm not sure if we have discussed before so here goes - The difference between abstinence and recovery.
A lad at GA who has been GF for a similar amount of time as myself said he was struggling to get into recovery even though he hasn't had a bet. It made me relfect on my own abstinence and recovery. Personally I feel like I am in recovery as I'm working the GA programme and trying to improve all aspects of my character. Initially I tried to do this all at once but soon realised I needed to slow it way down and literally take things a day at a time whilst not going the opposite way and procrastinating. A healthy life balance goes hand in hand with recovery and I feel I'm taking small steps there every day.
I've had previous periods of abstinence, the longest being 2 years, but in truth I was never in recovery. I simply thought all I needed to do was stop gambling and my life would be great. I never tried to fix the defects of my character or even looked at why I felt the compulsion to gamble at all.
Would be interesting to hear others thoughts on this.
The weekend is upon us let's make it a gamble free one lads! 🙂
Reasonably quiet weekend few beers,sport etc no gambling 🙂
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