Hi Change ! I'd like to join the challenge please. Im 6 days gamble free. Really feeling positive.
Still got enough time left in your challenge to join you to 200+ a massive milestone I'm determined to reach.
Lets do this.
Welcome aboard Andrew! 208 days to go...
Completely agree on post #30 and did in fact have a chuckle.
My money app became my best friend. Knock ВЈ20 of this and £5 of that - woo hoo i can gamble again tomorrow.
The vicious circle of planning for another bout of madness!!!.
Best wishes
Yeah you have to laugh or you'd cry.
My fav... Q - how do you become a millionaire from gambling? A - start off as a billionaire.
208 days to go (well really 207.5 days)!
How's everyone doing today? Been thinking of a topic to pick for today and I've come up with this... if there is one thing that gambling has taught you what would that be?
I think my answer is that it has made me more self aware of my own situation. I can now appreciate how I must have looked to someone on the outside looking in - the person sat next to me on the train as I scribble down odds, the person behind the counter in the bookies as I hand over a months wage, my wife as I have another mood swing, my work colleagues who I'm trying to avoid etc. It has taught me that you can't operate on auto pilot and let something control your actions for weeks on end. You need to step outside and regain control because as things start to descend they then descend much more rapidly. So self awareness and an appreciation of how I was acting has been a key thing for me.
Change wrote:
208 days to go (well really 207.5 days)!
How's everyone doing today? Been thinking of a topic to pick for today and I've come up with this... if there is one thing that gambling has taught you what would that be?
I think my answer is that it has made me more self aware of my own situation. I can now appreciate how I must have looked to someone on the outside looking in - the person sat next to me on the train as I scribble down odds, the person behind the counter in the bookies as I hand over a months wage, my wife as I have another mood swing, my work colleagues who I'm trying to avoid etc. It has taught me that you can't operate on auto pilot and let something control your actions for weeks on end. You need to step outside and regain control because as things start to descend they then descend much more rapidly. So self awareness and an appreciation of how I was acting has been a key thing for me.
Can relate to all that mate, i've not had a bet since friday and actually not missing it, the pain and money lost over the years has finally hit home, still early days i now but my mindset has totally changed regard wasting money just hoping it will continue.
Well done mr head. Thanks for sharing. Stay focused and drop by whenever you need to chat.
Topic of the day - if there is one thing that gambling has taught you what would that be?
To be thankful for what I have rather than what I don't. I have lost more than money due to (and sometimes partly due to) gambling, most crucially time. I accept that’s one thing I can’t get back. Everything else either can be or maybe can depending on circumstances. I now recognize what I do have; a handsome and healthy son, a loving family, my health, good looks :P, nice house, good steady job, good friends. Even typing those down helps me realize how lucky I am. Of course there are negatives but I’ll not ruin this positive post with any of those.
I am not overly religious but I’ll end with this quote; ‘God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, Courage to change the things I can, And wisdom to know the difference’
Hi Sam - that was my second choice... honesty. I think gambling made me so greedy. I really hated my job and didn't want to work (probably because it took me away from gambling) and I thought I could be a pro but I obviously can't! Since that delusion lifted I actually quite like my life.
Sam Crow wrote:
Topic of the day - if there is one thing that gambling has taught you what would that be?
'Some people are only rich in money'
Never a true word spoken.
Great chatting to you tonight change
Stay safe mate
Gaz
Top man Gaz! Keep the faith.
Motivation:
207 days to go...
Interesting discussion on chat last night talking around motivation to stop so think about what your motivation is and let me have your thoughts. Stay safe everyone.
Morning change, as I said on chat last night it is to give myself and my family a better life. Also I don't want to go through "that feeling" of losing everything again. The panic. The stress. The fear. The guilt.
Have a good day mate
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